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Liquid Helium Delivery
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This notice is a Sources Sought Request for Information (RFI) issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under solicitation number NB192020-26-02035 to gather market research for the future procurement of liquid helium (LHe) delivery services at its Boulder, Colorado facility. It is explicitly not a solicitation, RFQ, or RFP and does not obligate the government to award a contract or pay for any response costs. Interested vendors must submit an Interest and Capability statement limited to 20 pages in Times New Roman 12-point font, with supporting documentation such as cut sheets and drawings permitted at 11x17 inches, all submitted via email to the designated contract specialist by 2:00 PM Mountain Time on July 2, 2026. Submissions must include the company name, address, phone and fax numbers, email address, and business size status under NAICS code 325120 (Industrial Gas Manufacturing), with an SBA size standard of 1,200 employees. All submissions become government property, may not contain classified data, and proprietary information must be clearly marked and segregated. Email submissions must use the exact subject line “NB192020-26-02035 Liquid Helium Delivery Project Sources Sought” and may only contain .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls, or .xlsx attachments; .zip and .exe files are prohibited and will be deleted. The proposed requirement involves furnishing liquid helium in 100- and 250-liter contractor-owned dewars on an as-needed basis to meet the demands of NIST’s research operations. Deliveries are expected to occur weekly on Wednesdays with a one-week lead time, within business hours Monday through Friday (excluding federal holidays and NIST closures) from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM MT, with preference for 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Deliveries must be made to multiple designated locations across NIST’s Boulder campus and must include delivery tickets with contract number, dewar serial numbers, count by size, and date. Each dewar must have a NIST-provided status ticket showing Full/In Use/Empty, a legible calibration chart for volume-to-level conversion, and be tagged with the end-user’s name prior to delivery. The contractor must utilize N
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THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS NOT A NOTICE OF SOLICITATION ISSUANCE. This is a special notice that includes a REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) issued solely for information and planning purposes; it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ) or Proposal (RFP) or promise to issue a solicitation in the future. This notice does not commit the Government contractually for any services or supplies whatsoever. Responders are advised that the United States Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in the response to this RFI. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in a future solicitation if one is issued. If a solicitation is released, it may be posted to the System Award Management (SAM) website, but it is not guaranteed, and it is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor the Government website for a potential solicitation and additional information pertaining to this requirement.
The proposed project consists of the following: The contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, material, equipment, services, and facilities to supply LHe in 100, and 250-liter contractor-owned dewars, on an as-needed basis, in accordance with the statement of work (SOW) for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, Colorado. This requirement is assigned a NAICS code of 325120 Industrial Gas Manufacturing with the Small Business Administration (SBA) size standard of 1,200 employees.
Submit an Interest and Capability (to include cut sheets, drawings, previous installation examples, etc.) shall be limited to 20 pages (Times New Roman, 12 point font, 8-1/2 x 11. Cut sheets and drawings are acceptable as 11 x 17) and submitted via e-mail to the contract specialist listed in this notice.
All correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads " NB192020-26-02035 Liquid Helium Delivery Project Sources Sought". If this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through e-mail filters. Filters are designed to delete emails without a subject or with a suspicious subject or attachment. Attachments with files ending in .zip or .exe are not allowable and will be deleted. Ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xsls, or .xls documents are attached to your e-mail. All other attachments may be deleted.
All responses must reach the point of contact no later than 2:00 PM MT on July 2, 2026 and must include the following information: company name; address; phone number, fax number, e-mail address, and business size status for the applicable NAICS. Responses shall not include classified data. Proprietary information, if any, shall be kept to a minimum and MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED. To aid the Government, SEGREGATE proprietary information. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned.
Questions regarding this notice shall be submitted via e-mail to the point of contact listed in this notice. Questions shall be sent to the point of contact via e-mail ONLY. Verbal or FAX questions are not acceptable, and will not be answered
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