ACETYLENE, TECHNICAL

The Defense Logistics Agency awarded a delivery order under contract SPE4A616D0226 to HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY, identified by CAGE code 7DSQ0, for the supply of 3.000 cylinders of technical-grade acetylene (NSN 6830003370389) at a total price of $352.08. The award was issued on July 16, 2026, with delivery required by August 4, 2026, to the destination address in Rosemount, Minnesota, under FOB Destination terms. The contract specifies that shipments must be sent via traceable means, explicitly prohibiting parcel post, and requires compliance with standardized marking protocols including the Transport Control Number (TCN: W57TA461970008), Reference Delivery Date (RDD: 197), and Transport Probability (TP: 3), with the BBP code W57TA4 used for machine-readable identification. The acetylene is to be inspected and accepted at the delivery site by a government representative, with compliance governed by the basic contract and DFARS 252.232-7003 for invoicing procedures. Invoices must be mailed to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service at P.O. Box 182317, Columbus, OH, using payment code SL4701, with accounting data identified as 97X4930 5CBX 001 2624 S33189. The awardee is certified as a small business but has not claimed any additional socioeconomic designations. The contract administration is managed by DLA Aviation through the local administrator Phillip Hart, with Marie Harrison serving as the Contracting Officer’s Representative. No formal inspection criteria, preservation methods, packaging specifications, or MIL-STD standards are explicitly referenced beyond the required traceability and labeling. The award was likely made on a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable basis due to the low-dollar value and simple nature of the commercial item procurement, with no option periods, modifications, or complex compliance clauses identified.