OXYGEN, AVIATOR'S BREATHING

The contract awarded to AIRGAS USA, LLC under DLA contract number SPE60126D1506 is a five-year requirements contract spanning April 1, 2026, to March 31, 2031, for the delivery of Aviator’s Breathing Oxygen and related services to military installations in the Indo-Pacific region, primarily at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, and MCBH Kaneohe Bay. The sole line item for oxygen is priced at $4.96 per unit with a total fixed-price value of $10,416.00 for 2,100 units, subject to a ±10% quantity variance as permitted under FAR 52.211-16. The contract additionally includes multiple service line items supporting oxygen delivery, fuel (JP-8), equipment installation, and logistics, with an estimated total value ranging between $1.4 million and $1.6 million, though specific pricing details for all line items are not fully enumerated. All deliveries are FOB destination, with risk and transportation costs borne by the contractor, and inspection and acceptance occur at the delivery point by government representatives under FAR 52.246-15 and FAR 52.246-2, requiring certification of conformance to MIL-PRF-27210J for oxygen and CID A-A-59503D for liquid nitrogen. The contract is classified as a commercial item acquisition under FAR 52.212-4, issued as a fixed-price firm contract administered through the Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF) system for invoicing and payment, with DoDAACs SL4701 and SPE601 designated for payment and administrative purposes. It is awarded under a Women-Owned Small Business set-aside, with the awardee self-certified as a small business under NAICS code 325120. The contract incorporates a comprehensive suite of FAR and DFARS clauses related to cybersecurity, including mandatory compliance with NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2 for safeguarding controlled unclassified information, cyber incident reporting within 72 hours via DIBnet, and adherence to FedRAMP Moderate baselines for cloud services. Prohibitions on procurement from Kaspersky Lab and ByteDance entities are enforced, and supply chain security obligations under FAR 5