68--68-rental, pickup and delivery of various bottled gases

This synopsis is being posted to both the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) page located at http://www.fbo.gov and the Navy Electronic Commerce on Line (NECO) site located at https://www.neco.navy.mil. While it is understood that FBO is the single point of entry for posting of synopsis and solicitations to the Internet, NECO is the alternative in case FBO is unavailable. Please feel free to use either site to access information posted by the Navy Sea Systems Command. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division intends to modify purchase order N00178-09-P-1030 for the rental, pickup and delivery of various additional laboratory bottled gases used at NSWCDD, Dahlgren, Virginia. The modification shall be made on a sole source basis to Airgas East Inc., 2900 52nd Avenue, Hyattsville, MD 20781. This modification is a sole source because a change to an additional contractor would cause a major disruption in the operations at NSWCDD resulting in substantial costs to the government. The period of performance for the order and modification shall be through 25 November 2009. This requirement is NOT a small business set-aside. The NAICS Code is 454319 with a size standard of $6.0 MIL. This announcement is the only quotation being issued. The quotation number is N00178-09-Q-1906. All interested parties shall contact the Contract Specialist at (540) 653-7091 or [email protected]. to indicate their interest and capability. Anticipated award of the modification to be made by 07 April 2009. In order to be eligible for award, firms must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. Offerors may obtain information on registration in the CCR by calling 1-888-227-2423 or via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov. Please note that the Defense Payment Office may not make payments unless the contractor is established to receive electronic funds transfer (EFT). EFT payments are based on the contractor's EFT information contained in the CCR database. The contractor receiving the award will be required to submit invoices through the Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) website.