FUEL, ETHANOL

The contract awarded to Pinnacle Petroleum, Inc. under DIBBS solicitation SPE60526FHRQ8 is a delivery order issued under the base contract SPE60525D4503, with a total value of $24,086.67 for the delivery of ethanol fuel (NSN 9130014702024). The award was made on July 16, 2026, and is part of a broader, long-term requirements contract with a performance period spanning from May 1, 2025, to October 31, 2029, valued at approximately $134.7 million across multiple fuel types including diesel, gasoline, and biodiesel. Deliveries are made F.O.B. destination to numerous U.S. Air Force bases and military installations across California, Nevada, and other locations, with inspection and acceptance conducted by government representatives upon arrival at designated facilities. The contractor is obligated to meet stringent quality standards for fuels as defined by ASTM and DoD Quality Assurance Plans, including ASTM D5798 for ethanol and ASTM D975 for diesel. All deliveries must be transported via tank truck to above-ground storage tanks, with no explicit packaging or labeling standards beyond mandatory identification marking tied to contract and delivery documents. The contract mandates strict compliance with federal cybersecurity regulations, particularly DFARS 252.204-7012, which requires implementation of NIST SP 800-171 security controls to safeguard covered defense information, timely reporting of cyber incidents to the DoD within 72 hours, and preservation of forensic media for 90 days. These obligations extend to all subcontractors handling sensitive information. The contractor, identified as a small business with multiple socioeconomic certifications including WOSB, EDWOSB, SDVOSB, and 8(a) status, must invoice exclusively through the Wide Area Workflow system using SF 1449, with payments processed by the DLA Energy Paying Office using DoDAAC SL4701. The contract structure is fixed-price with economic price adjustment, and while the base delivery order is low-dollar in value, it operates within the larger framework of a multi-year, multi-line-item requirements contract. No formal attachments, evaluation factors, or special contract requirements section are explicitly detailed in the provided documentation, though compliance clauses from FAR and DFARS are fully incorporated and enforceable