NASA Awards Liquid Hydrogen Supply Contracts
- NASA has awarded contracts to two companies, Plug Power, Inc. and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., to supply liquid hydrogen for use at various agency facilities.
- The total value of the combined awards is approximately $147.2 million, with the contracts set to begin on December 1, 2025, and extend until November 30, 2030.
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. will supply up to 36.5 million pounds of liquid hydrogen to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Marshall Space Flight Center, and Stennis Space Center in Florida and Alabama for a maximum contract value of $144.4 million.
- Plug Power, Inc. will deliver up to 480,000 pounds of liquid hydrogen to NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, for a maximum contract value of about $2.8 million.
- The contracts are firm-fixed-price requirements that include multiple delivery orders critical for the agency’s use of liquid hydrogen as fuel in cryogenic rocket engines.
NASA has selected Plug Power, Inc., of Slingerlands, New York, and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., of Allentown, Pennsylvania, to supply up to approximately 36,952,000 pounds of liquid hydrogen for use at facilities across the agency.
The NASA Agency-wide Supply of Liquid Hydrogen awards are firm-fixed-price requirements contracts that include multiple firm-fixed-price delivery orders critical for the agency’s centers as they use liquid hydrogen, combined with liquid oxygen, as fuel in cryogenic rocket engines, and the commodity’s unique properties support the development of aeronautics. The total value for the combined awards is about $147.2 million.
The contracts begin Monday, Dec. 1, and each consists of a two-year base period followed by three one-year option periods that, if exercised, would extend the contracts to Nov. 30, 2030.
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. will supply up to about 36.5 million pounds of liquid hydrogen to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida; NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama; and NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, for a maximum contract value of approximately $144.4 million.
Plug Power, Inc. will deliver up to approximately 480,000 pounds of the commodity to NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and at Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, for a maximum contract value of about $2.8 million.
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