Michael Curie
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
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Allard Beutel
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
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allard.beutel@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 five-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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