68 -- High grade liquid helium

The contractor shall provide liquid helium on an Indefinite quantity/ Indefinite delivery (ID/IQ) basis in contractor owned dewars. Deliveries will be made weekly in contractor owned vehicles and not by common carrier, preferably as early in the week as possible. The contractor will pickup and return the empty dewars at that time. Dewar size furnished by the contractor will be in 100 and 250-liter capacity, in good serviceable condition to minimize helium loss, with the contractor performing all required maintenance on the dewars. These services include, but are not limited to, inspection, testing, evacuation, and cleaning at each and every filling of a dewar to comply with the applicable regulations, specifications, and normal good practices and standards of the Compress Gas Association. The contractor must be on the list of authorized Federal Helium Suppliers and have entered into an In Kind Crude Helium Sales (IKCHS) Contract with BLM Helium Operations. The ID/IQ contract will begin from the October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2004 with four one-year options. The estimate for each year is 58,000 liters per year. Solicitation Packages will be available on or about August 16, 2004. Includes NAICS code 422690.