May 29, 2009

Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 allard beutel@nasa gov

Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael curie@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-026

NASA AWARDS LIQUID NITROGEN AND LIQUID OXYGEN CONTRACTS

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- NASA has selected three companies to provide liquid nitrogen, or LN2, and liquid oxygen, or LOX, to six agency facilities supporting activities for the Space Operations Mission Directorate and Exploration System Mission Directorate

Linde LLC of Murray Hill, N J , has been awarded a new fixed-price contract to supply approximately 256,500 tons of LN2 and approximately 173,000 tons of LOX to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md , NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans during a five-year period of performance The three-year base period contract with two, one-year options has a maximum value of about $28 8 million The contract begins July 1, 2009

Air Products and Chemicals Inc of Allentown, Pa , has been awarded a new fixed-price contract to supply approximately 197,250 tons of LN2 and approximately 26,000 tons of LOX to support NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala , during a five-year period of performance The three-year base period contract with two, one-year options has a maximum value of about $14 2 million The contract begins July 1, 2009

Under these contracts, the LN2 will be used for pneumatic actuation, purging, cooling and pressurization of equipment The LOX will be used as an oxidizer in cryogenic rocket engines

Air Liquide Industrial U S LP of Houston has been awarded a new fixed-price contract to supply approximately 90,000 tons of LN2 and approximately 1,300 tons of LOX to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston during a 5-year period of performance The three-year base period contract with two, one-year options has a maximum value of about $6 1 million The contract begins July 1, 2009

Under this contract, the LN2 will be used for pneumatic actuation, purging, cooling and pressurization of equipment The LOX will be used as a breathing agent for astronauts

NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is responsible for releasing the LN2 and LOX solicitation, known as the NASA Acquisition of Nitrogen and Oxygen, on behalf of the agency

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