Draft Request For Proposal (DRFP) for NASA Agency-wide Supply of Liquid and Gaseous Helium
NASA · NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 80KSC024R0010 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
UPDATE: December 5, 2024. This announcement is being updated to add information regarding the Virtual Industry Conference and site visits in support of the NASA Agency-wide Supply of Liquid and Gaseous Helium acquisition. Information regarding the conference and site visits are posted to this announcement and is titled "Notice For NASA 80KSC024R0010 Helium Industry Conference and Site Visits Rev 1." This serves to update the available site visit times. UPDATE: December 3, 2024. This announcement is being updated to add information regarding the Virtual Industry Conference and site visits in su… (show all)
pport of the NASA Agency-wide Supply of Liquid and Gaseous Helium acquisition. Information regarding the conference and site visits are posted to this announcement and is titled "Notice For NASA 80KSC024R0010 Helium Industry Conference and Site Visits." This serves to update information in "Industry Day Presolicitation Conference December 6 2024." THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. NO PROPOSALS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE. This notice is issued by the NASA/Kennedy Space Center (KSC) to post a draft RFP (DRFP) 80KSC024R0010 - DRAFT for potential offerors to review and comment on the NASA Agency-wide Supply of Liquid and Gaseous Helium DRFP. The principal purpose of this acquisition is to acquire Helium to support requirements at the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facilities (CSBF) in CA, TX, NM and OR; Glenn Research Center(GRC) and GRC/Armstrong Test Facility (ATF); Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC); Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL); Johnson Space Center (JSC), Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and KSC/Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS); Langley Research Center (LaRC); Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF); Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC); Stennis Space Center (SSC); and White Sands Test Facility (WSTF). This DRFP is not a solicitation and NASA is not requesting proposals. All comments on this DRFP shall be submitted electronically via email to: KSC-Helium-Info@mail.nasa.gov, no later than December 12, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time using the attached Industry Comment form. No final RFP exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the final RFP. Any subsequent final RFP will be synopsized prior to its release and published on https://www.SAM.gov. It is the responsibility of prospective offerors to monitor this site for the release of any final RFP and any amendments. Prospective Offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the final RFP and any amendments. NASA Agency-wide Supply of Liquid and Gaseous Helium Virtual Pre-Solicitation Conference December 6, 2024, 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (Register by December 5, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time) For more information, see attachment - Industry Day Presolicitation Conference December 6 2024
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (NASA), same NAICS 325120.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $4.1M to $17.3M, median $8.5M; range $1.2M to $33.1M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINDE INC. · $LIN · $35.4B | 1 | $33.1M | Oct 6, 2026 |
| COSMODYNE, LLC | 1 | $12.0M | Jun 16, 2026 |
| ELECTRONIC FLUOROCARBONS, LLC | 1 | $5.0M | Mar 28, 2025 |
| SILVER BLUEMOON LLC | 1 | $1.2M | Sep 18, 2025 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $LIN reported $35.4B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 4 past awards, $8.5M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 6, 2026LINDE INC.$33.1MRequest For Proposal (RFP) NASA Agency-wide Acquisition of Nitrogen and Oxygen 4 (NANO 4)Materiality: 0.09% of $LIN revenue (Low) SEC
- Jun 16, 2026COSMODYNE, LLC$12.0MJohn C. Stennis Space Center (SSC) Liquid Nitrogen Air Separation Unit (LNASU)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 18, 2025SILVER BLUEMOON LLC$1.2MRefrigerant - Virgin (unused) 1,1,1,2 Tetrafluoroethane (R-134a)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 28, 2025ELECTRONIC FLUOROCARBONS, LLC$5.0MXenon Gas ReprocessingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
Competitive landscape
For the 4 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) since 2024 (3 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 16 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 1 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.