NASA Selects Contractors to Supply Centers with Helium
- NASA has selected contractors to supply liquid and gaseous helium to multiple agency facilities for at least the next two years, with a total estimated value of approximately $105.1 million.
- The contract, which began on October 1, 2024, will provide about 2.6 million liters of liquid helium and 90.6 million standard cubic feet of gaseous helium to NASA centers and their facilities.
- The awardees include Messer, LLC, Linde, Inc., Airgas USA, LLC, and Long Beach, California, which will supply the helium to various NASA centers across the US.
- The contract has three one-year option periods that could extend it to September 30, 2030, providing flexibility for NASA’s future needs.
- The performance period is from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2027, with the possibility of additional extensions depending on NASA’s requirements.
NASA has chosen a group of contractors to supply multiple agency facilities with liquid and gaseous helium for at least the next two years.
The NASA Agency-wide Supply of Liquid and Gaseous Helium contract is a fixed-price indefinite-delivery requirements contract with firm-fixed-price delivery orders. The awards have a total estimated value of approximately $105.1 million. The performance period begins Wednesday, Oct. 1, to Sept. 30, 2027, with three one-year option periods that could extend the contract to Sept. 30, 2030.
The awardees include:
- Messer, LLC in Bridgewater, New Jersey
- Linde, Inc. in Danbury, Connecticut
- Airgas USA, LLC in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Long Beach, California
Under this contract, contractors will supply about 2.6 million liters of liquid helium and 90.6 million standard cubic feet of gaseous helium for multiple NASA centers and their respective facilities. These include Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, Johnson Space Center in Houston, Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
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Tiernan Doyle
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tiernan.doyle@nasa.gov