Liquid Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide deliveries

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Acquisition and Grant Services is soliciting commercial deliveries of liquid nitrogen and carbon dioxide to support laboratory operations across six FDA research facilities in Silver Spring, Maryland, under solicitation number 75F40126Q133600. The contract, set to commence on June 1, 2026, is structured as a firm-fixed-price commercial item acquisition under FAR Part 12 and includes a one-year base period followed by three optional one-year extensions, potentially extending performance through May 30, 2030. Deliveries are scheduled with strict frequency: liquid nitrogen in 240L dewars every two weeks (26 annual deliveries), 50 lb carbon dioxide cylinders quarterly (four deliveries), 20 lb carbon dioxide cylinders one to two times annually, and high-purity nitrogen gases biannually or annually, all requiring a guaranteed one-hour delivery window during business hours Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays. All tanks must be at least 90% full, equipped with digital gauges, leak-free, and retrieved empty upon each new delivery, with certified Certificates of Analysis verifying purity levels of 99.995% to 99.999% for nitrogen and compliance with industry standards. The place of performance is fixed at Building WO-64, Silver Spring, MD, with inspection and acceptance occurring on-site by the Government’s Contracting Officer’s Representative. All proposals must be submitted electronically by the May 26, 2026 deadline at 1:00 p.m. Central Time to the designated contracting officer email and must include technical documentation, past performance details, a completed Accessibility Conformance Report aligned with VPAT Version 2.0, and a letter of supply if acting as an authorized reseller. Submissions with macros, executable files, or non-compliant formats are non-responsive and will be rejected. Invoicing is exclusively through the Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform, with no WAWF or paper submissions permitted, and payment is due Net 30 days after government acceptance. The award will be made through a trade-off process emphasizing technical capability and past performance as co-equal, non-price factors that collectively outweigh price, which serves as a discriminator when technical and performance qualifications are comparable. Contract clauses incorporate mandatory provisions for whistleblower rights, child labor prohibition, anti-trafficking, Buy American, sustainable procurement, and cybersecurity prohibitions, with