NASA has selected Plug Power, Inc., of Slingerlands, New York, and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., of Allentown, Pennsylvania, to supply up to approximately 36,952,000 pounds of liquid hydrogen for use at agency facilities.
NASA’s agency-wide liquid hydrogen supply prices are fixed-price contracts that include several fixed-price delivery orders essential to the agency’s centers because they use liquid hydrogen, combined with liquid oxygen, as fuel in cryogenic rocket engines, and the unique properties of this product support the development of aeronautics. The total value of the combined awards is approximately $147.2 million.
The contracts begin on Monday, December 1 and each includes a two-year base period followed by three one-year option periods which, if exercised, would extend the contracts until November 30, 2030.
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. will supply up to approximately 36.5 million pounds of liquid hydrogen to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Space Station in Florida; NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama; and NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, for a maximum contract value of approximately $144.4 million.
Plug Power, Inc. will deliver up to approximately 480,000 pounds of product to NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Neil A. Armstrong Test Center in Sandusky, Ohio, for a maximum contract value of approximately $2.8 million.
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Tiernan Doyle
Headquarters, Washington
tiernan.doyle@nasa.gov
202-358-1600
Amanda Griffin
Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
amanda.griffin@nasa.gov
321-593-6244
