NASA Awards Contracts for Acquisition of Liquid Nitrogen, Oxygen

Abbey A. Donaldson

Jun 06, 2024

NASA has awarded contracts to six companies to carry out liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen in strengthen of operations at company centers and facilities one day of the US. The indefinite-provide/mounted-trace contract runs from Monday, July 1, 2024, via June 30, 2029.

The awards and approximate maximum contract values are:

Air Merchandise and Chemical substances Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania, $36.9 million
Airgas USA LLC (South), Kennesaw, Georgia, $4.7 million
Airgas USA LLC (Central), Tulsa, Oklahoma, $5.1 million
Linde Inc., Danbury, Connecticut, $42.2 million
Matheson Tri-Gasoline Inc., Warren, New Jersey, $1.8 million
Messer LLC, Bridgewater, New Jersey, $62.3 million

The total maximum provide of liquid nitrogen, which NASA uses for pneumatic actuation, purging and inerting, pressurization, and cooling, will be about 656.8 heaps, 30.4 million gallons, and 740,000 liters. The total maximum provide of liquid oxygen, which is dilapidated as an oxidizer in cryogenic rocket engines, will be about 2.1 million gallons and 243,000 heaps.

The commodities will strengthen recent and future aerospace flight, simulation, learn, pattern, testing, and assorted operations on the next NASA centers and facilities: Ames Review Heart in California’s Silicon Valley; Glenn Review Heart in Cleveland and Neil Armstrong Take a look at Facility in Sandusky, Ohio; Goddard Space Flight Heart in Greenbelt, Maryland; Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California; Johnson Space Heart in Houston and White Sands Take a look at Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico; Kennedy Space Heart in Florida; Langley Review Heart in Hampton, Virginia; Marshall Space Flight Heart in Huntsville, Alabama; Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans; and Stennis Space Heart in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

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