DIESEL FUEL

MERRIMAC PETROLEUM, INC, a Women-Owned Small Business with CAGE code 1BYK1, was awarded a fixed-price delivery order under contract SPE60525D4502 for the supply of diesel fuel (NSN 9140-015240139) valued at $20,500.10, with an award date of July 21, 2026. The contract is part of a broader five-year performance period spanning May 1, 2025, to October 31, 2029, under the Defense Logistics Agency’s energy procurement program, with deliveries required at multiple U.S. military installations across California, Arizona, and Nevada including Beale AFB, Travis AFB, Lemoore, Fresno, Fallon, and San Mateo. The delivery is structured under FOB Destination terms, meaning title and risk transfer upon arrival at the designated delivery points, and the entire award was issued as a 100% small business set-aside under the Women-Owned Small Business Program, with no other socioeconomic set-asides applicable. The contract incorporates numerous standard Federal Acquisition Regulation clauses, including 52.212-1, -3, -4, and -5, which are incorporated by reference, and mandates compliance with DFARS 252.204-7012 for safeguarding covered defense information and cyber incident reporting within 72 hours via the DIBNet portal, with strict requirements for media preservation and submission of malicious software to the DoD Cyber Crime Center. Payment for this delivery order will be processed exclusively through the Wide Area Workflow system, requiring electronic invoicing using the Invoice and Receiving Report format, with remittance directed to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service in Columbus, Ohio. The accounting code for this transaction is BX: 97X4930 5CFX 001 2620 S33189, and the contracting officer is Lawrence Watson, reachable via email at Lawrence.Watson@dla.mil. While the primary contract line item specifies 4,000 units of diesel fuel delivered via UG6 tank truck at a unit price of $5.1250, the underlying long-term agreement supports multiple additional CLINs for other fuel types and larger volumes, with estimated total value of the full agreement between $12.87