Request for Information on Helium Pumping Tender in USA - 125010445

Procurement Summary

Country: USA

Summary: Request for Information on Helium Pumping and Compression Equipment

Deadline: 22 Sep 2025

Posting Date: 23 Aug 2025

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 125010445

Document Ref. No.: 80KSC025B0001

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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Description
SECTION 1. BACKGROUND
NASA requires high pressure, gaseous helium to support a range of activities at KSC and CCSFS, including launch vehicle processing and launch operations. NASA provides gaseous helium throughout KSC and CCSFS via high pressure underground pipelines. The high-pressure helium is generated at KSC-s Converter Compressor Facility (CCF), which converts liquid helium into high-pressure gas. Following conversion, the high-pressure gaseous helium is distributed via pipelines to various facilities for processing and launch operations.
Currently, the primary method of pressurization is through the lease of proprietary liquid helium pumps and an ambient air vaporization system. Over the road liquid helium tankers are connected to the liquid helium pumps. The liquid helium pumps pressurize the liquid helium to nominal pipeline pressure and is then routed to sets of ambient air vaporizers to achieve high pressure gaseous helium. Tied to this pump system is a scavenger compressor which can recapture some lost helium through the pumping operation.
In addition to the liquid helium pumps the Government owns a legacy, two-stage compression system. Over the road liquid helium tankers are routed to sets of ambient air vaporizers. The ambient air vaporizers convert the low-pressure liquid helium to low pressure gaseous helium. The low-pressure gaseous helium is sent to the West end of the CCF which contains three compressors that will pressurize the helium to approximately 400 psig. The 400 psig helium is then routed to the East end of the CCF where four high pressure compressors achieve a final pressure of approximately 6, 000 psig.
SECTION 2. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
NASA/KSC would like to gain insight from industry on means to increase, or improve upon, its primary method of obtaining high-pressure helium to support KSC and CCSFS operations.
NASA is currently able to recover approximately 150-200 standard cubic feet per m...
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Notice ID : 80KSC025B0001

Related Notice

Department/Ind. Agency : NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Sub-tier : NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Office: NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER

General Information

Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Updated)

Updated Published Date: Aug 22, 2025 11:38 am EDT

Original Published Date: Aug 22, 2025 09:32 am EDT

Updated Response Date: Sep 22, 2025 05:00 pm EDT

Original Response Date: Sep 22, 2025 05:00 pm EDT

Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date

Updated Inactive Date: Oct 07, 2025

Original Inactive Date: Oct 07, 2025

Initiative: None
Classification

Original Set Aside: No Set aside used
Product Service Code:

NAICS Code: 325120 - Industrial Gas Manufacturing
Place of Performance: Cape Canaveral, FL USA

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