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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 28, 2011 FBO #3564
SOLICITATION NOTICE

68 -- Helium 3

Notice Date

8/26/2011
 

Notice Type

Presolicitation
 

NAICS

325120 — Industrial Gas Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
 

ZIP Code

20899-1640
 

Solicitation Number

NB610020-11-04113
 

Archive Date

9/22/2011
 

Point of Contact

Charlene M. Spollen, Phone: 3019755349, Patrick K Staines, Phone: (301)975-6335
 

E-Mail Address

charlene.spollen@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov
(charlene.spollen@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to negotiate a firm fixed price purchase order, on a sole source basis, with Linde, LLC of Murray Hill, New Jersey for the purchase of Helium-3 gas to be used for the production of spin-filters for neutron scattering at the NCNR-NIST under other than full and open competition by the authority of FAR subpart 6.302-1: Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Gas: Helium-3 Purity: Isotopic Enrichment: 99.9%, Chemical: 99.999% The Department of Energy controls the supply of Helium-3 for the United States and only licenses Linde North American, Inc. for the distribution of Helium-3. These Helium-3 distributions are allowed only through the 3He sub-IPC (Helium-3 sub-interagency policy council), a federally organized program of annual allocations which are reviewed and approved for each federal agency. Therefore, Linde LLC is uniquely qualified to provide the required Helium-3 gas. Delivery shall be FOB Destination, Gaithersburg, MD, and be completed in accordance with the Contractor's commercial schedule. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 325120, and the size standard is 1000 employees.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/NB610020-11-04113/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States

Zip Code: 20899
 

Record

SN02552109-W 20110828/110827000241-a435f815600c629d1bdafd6293aba13c (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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