Request For Proposal (RFP) for NASA Agency-wide Supply of Liquid and Gaseous Helium

Updated Nov 14, 2026

Solicitation from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for work in Orlando, Florida. Due Dec 1, 2026, 4:30 PM (UTC-5), 17 days left.

Bid documents (17)

• Attachment 1: Statement of Work 256 KB
• Attachment 2: Capability Form 93 KB
• Attachment 2.1 Capability Form 91 KB
• Attachment 4: Government Furnished Property 508 KB
• Attachment 5: Reserved 63 KB
• Attachment 6: Price Proposal Template 198 KB
• Cover Letter 1.0 MB
• Draft Request for Proposals Questions and Responses 88 KB
• Solicitation 1.6 MB
• Amendment 1 2.8 MB
• Questions and Responses to Request for Proposals 130 KB
• Amendment 2 1.3 MB
• Questions and Responses to Request for Proposals January 31 2025 91 KB
• Attachment 6: Price Proposal Template Revision 0001 198 KB
• Attachment 2.1 Capability Form Opt-In 2027 EDPC VERSION 213 KB
• 2027 IDIQ CLIN Opt-In Questions and Answers 95 KB
• Amendment 3 2027 IDIQ CLIN Opt-In 548 KB

Paid members download every document from this page, or buy this bid alone.

Federal prevailing wage rates for this place: Florida Davis-Bacon and SCA wage determinations.

Description

Update 11/13/2026 The purpose of this announcement is to publish Amendment 0003 to Solicitation 80KSC024R0010 for the 2027 IDIQ CLIN Opt-In (Amendment 0001 and Amendment 0002 were posted with the origninal solicitation), extend the proposal due date from November 20, 2026, to December 1, 2026, and provide Questions and Answers. See attached 80KSC024R0010 Amendment 0003 IDIQ CLIN Opt-In and 80KSC024R0010 2027 IDIQ CLIN Opt-In Questions and Answers. __________ UPDATE 10/20/2026 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) John F. Kennedy Space Center is pleased to release the 2027 NASA Agency-wide Supply of Liquid and Gaseous Helium opt-in opportunity as described in the original Helium Request for Proposal (RFP), Sections 2.10, IDIQ CLIN Pool Opt-in, and 2.10.1, IDIQ CLIN Pool Opt-in After Award.

The Helium RFP was issued on December 21, 2024, and the original solicitation (as revised) remains open throughout the ordering period through the use of innovative provisions as prescribed in Section 2.10.1, IDIQ CLIN Pool Opt-in After Award. The Helium contract's ordering period remains valid through September 30, 2030. The RFP has resulted in the award of four fixed-price indefinite delivery (ID) requirements contracts to supply liquid and gaseous helium in support of operations at agency centers and facilities across the United States.

Awards were made to the following companies: Airgas USA LLC (South), Airgas USA LLC (West), Linde, Inc., and Messer LLC. Each year during the life of the solicitation and at the time established via synopsis, the Government will accept proposals from new entrants for each IDIQ subCLIN location and the Government will also accept proposals from existing helium contractors for each additional IDIQ subCLIN location.

A new entrant is a company that does not currently hold a NASA liquid and gaseous helium contract. The Government will evaluate the proposals to determine technical acceptability for a specific NASA location. Upon the Government's determination of technical acceptability, a contract (for new entrants) or contract modification (for existing helium Contractors) will be executed to add the Contractor to the IDIQ CLIN Pool for the specific NASA location.

Thereafter, the Contractor will be eligible to participate in the IDIQ CLIN Pool process described in Section 2.10 for the NASA locations awarded to that Contractor. All eligible Contractors who are awarded an IDIQ subCLIN for a particular NASA location will have the option to compete for requirements within those IDIQ subCLINs which they are awarded. The commodities will support current and future aerospace flight, simulation, research, development, testing, and other operations at the following NASA centers and facilities: Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) locations (Palestine, TX, Ft Sumner, NM, Port Hueneme, CA, and Burns, OR); Glenn Research Center (GRC), Cleveland, OH 44135; GRC Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility (GRC-ATF), Sandusky, OH 44870; Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD 20771; Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA 91109; Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston, TX 77058; Kennedy Space Center (KSC - including Cape Canaveral Space Force Station - CCSFS); Langley Research Center (LaRC), Hampton, VA 23666; Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Huntsville, AL, 35812; Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF), New Orleans, LA 70129; Stennis Space Center (SSC), Stennis Space Center, MS, 39529; White Sands Test Facility (WSTF), Las Cruces, NM 88012; and other such places of performance as required in this contract.

Submission information:

1. Opt-in by a Current Helium Contractor. A current Helium Contractor shall submit Attachment 2.1 Capability Form for each proposed IDIQ subCLIN location. The Government will evaluate the capability form to determine technical acceptability in accordance with the weekly maximums for a subCLIN location in contract Section 2.1.1 Schedule of Supplies Table for Gaseous and Liquid Helium - Requirements. If the Contractor is determined technically acceptable, award will be made for the subCLIN(s).
2. Opt-in by New Entrant.

The new entrant shall submit an Attachment 2.1 Capability Form for each proposed IDIQ subCLIN location. The Government will evaluate the capability form to determine technical acceptability in accordance with the weekly maximums for a subCLIN location in contract Section 2.1.1 Schedule of Supplies Table for Gaseous and Liquid Helium - Requirements. Once determined acceptable from a technical standpoint, award will be made for the subCLIN(s).

New entrants will be required to comply with provisions in Section 5 of the RFP and all terms and conditions of the resulting contract. 3. All questions regarding this opt-in notice shall be submitted in writing via email to Hillary Heard at [email protected], and Shana Thompson at [email protected].

The Government will not answer oral questions due to the possibility of misunderstanding or misinterpretation. The Offeror shall submit all questions, if any, no later than November 4, 2026, to allow for analysis and dissemination of responses in advance of the proposal due date. The Government will not guarantee a response to late questions.

Questions shall not be directed to the technical activity personnel. 4. It is requested that any interested party notify the helium Contracting Officers via email no later than November 4, 2026, of your intent to submit a proposal during this opt-in period as well as the name(s) of which NASA Center(s) you intend to propose.

Please send your notice of intent to propose to Hillary Heard at [email protected], and Shana Thompson at [email protected]. 5. All offers shall be sent to Hillary Heard at [email protected], and Shana Thompson at [email protected] by November 20, 2026, by 4:30PM EST.

Late submissions will be handled in accordance with FAR 52.212-1,

The description continues in the official notice.

Contracting contact

• Lindsay Syme · [email protected]

As published on the official notice. Ask questions in writing and before any questions deadline the notice sets.

Is your business small enough?

For NAICS 325120, a business counts as small if it has no more than 1,200 employees (SBA size standard). This notice is not set aside, but the size decides your small business status on it. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.

Notice history

• Oct 20, 2026: Solicitation Due Nov 19, 2026, 4:30 PM (UTC-5)
• Oct 20, 2026: Solicitation Due Nov 20, 2026, 4:30 PM (UTC-5)
• Jan 31, 2025: Solicitation Due Feb 12, 2025, 4:30 PM (UTC-5)
• Jan 29, 2025: Solicitation Due Feb 12, 2025, 4:30 PM (UTC-5)
• Dec 20, 2024: Presolicitation Due Feb 3, 2025, 4:30 PM (UTC-5)

Companies that win this kind of work

Federal contractors paid for industrial gas manufacturing work, who also hold NASA contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.

• AIR Products And Chemicals, Inc $91.1 million in this trade
• Messer LLC $19.9 million in this trade
• Linde Engineering North America LLC $11.5 million in this trade
• Cosmodyne, LLC $11.4 million in this trade
• Safeware Inc $398,615 in this trade

About the buyer

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded $17.0 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were California Institute Of Technology, The Boeing Company and Blue Origin, LLC. See what NASA is buying now.

Industrial Gas Manufacturing contracts right now

There are 15 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 325120), 8 posted in the last 7 days; 60% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Department of Veterans Affairs, Defense Health Agency (DHA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Most of the work with a stated place is in Florida, Maryland and Arizona. A notice in this trade gives a median of 17 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 18 days.

All open industrial gas manufacturing contracts

Coming up in this trade

Planned contracts from the agencies' procurement forecasts, often months before a solicitation. Plans can change.

Recent awards in this trade

• Govparts LLC $26,685 · Defense Logistics Agency · Nov 2, 2026
• GENERAL AIR SERVICE & SUPPLY CO. 1105 ZUNI ST Denver CO $0 · US Geological Survey · Oct 30, 2026
• General Tool Company $37,164 · Defense Logistics Agency · Oct 6, 2026
• Medical Equipment & Supplies Of America LLC $406,911 · Department of Veterans Affairs · Oct 1, 2026
• RAS Enterprises LLC $464,566 · Department of Veterans Affairs · Oct 1, 2026

From the award notices agencies publish.

Similar open industrial gas manufacturing bids