| Location: | Maryland |
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| Posted: | Aug 6, 2025 |
| Due: | Aug 16, 2025 |
| Agency: | COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF |
| Type of Government: | Federal |
| Category: |
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| Solicitation No: | 1333ND25QNB640160 |
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Amendment I - Amendment I edits the specification requirements and the terms of the solicitation. Submission due dates have been amended until 8/16/2025.
Terms and conditions have changed, as a result of this amendment.
Industry Questions & Responses are below:
1. Industry Question: Vendor contacted the Original manufacturer, Luxfer for a quote with a response stating, "At this time, we can only supply SGS cylinders to the United States."
Government Response: Only non-SGS cylinders is considered for procurement in item 1 (Qty 80). Item 2, or separately priced line item (Qty at least 50) can be SGS cylinders.
2. Industry Question: Clarification requested on the following:
All other terms and conditions remain unchanged, as a result of this posting.
COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION 1333ND25QNB640160
Gas Cylinders
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6- Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested, and a separate written solicitation document will not be issued. This solicitation is being issued under the authority of FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures.
This solicitation is a Request for Quotations (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-04, effective 6/11/2025.
The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 325120 – Industrial Gas Manufacturing with a small business size standard of 1200 employees.
The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Material Measurement Laboratory (MML), Gas Sensing Metrology Group (GSMG) is maintaining groups of Primary gas Standard Materials (PSMs). A large amount of PSMs are depleted and GSMG is in urgent need of producing replacement PSMs. GSMG requires Eighty (80) Luxfer non-SGS and, optional maximum of fifty (50) empty (size 30 cu-ft.) Luxfer SGS® or fifty (50) empty additional Luxfer non-SGS aluminum compressed gas cylinders with packless CGA-660 stainless steel valves to make NIST Primary Standard Materials. Cylinders will be filled at NIST.
Responsible quoters shall provide pricing for the following brand name cylinders.
This is a Brand Name Only procurement:
| Jun 15, 2025 | [Solicitation (Original)] Aluminum Gas Cylinders |
| Jun 24, 2025 | [Solicitation (Updated)] Aluminum Gas Cylinders |

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