GASOLINE, AUTOMOTIVE

Merrimac Petroleum, Inc. has been awarded a delivery order under the long-term requirements contract SPE605-25-D-4502 from the Defense Logistics Agency for the supply of automotive gasoline, with a total contract value of $26,103.76 for 7,300 units at a unit price of $3.5759, subject to a ±10% quantity variance. The award was issued on July 20, 2026, under solicitation SPE60526FHSE5, and deliveries are to be made via tank truck to designated DoD locations in California and Nevada, including Beale AFB, NAS Lemoore, and Indio Station, between May 1, 2025, and October 31, 2029. The contract is structured as a fixed-price requirements agreement with economic price adjustment provisions, and all deliveries occur under FOB destination terms. Payment will be processed through Wide Area Workflow using the designated remittance address in Columbus, Ohio, and the DODAAC SL4701. The contractor is identified as a Women-Owned Small Business under NAICS code 324110, with a size standard of 500 employees. Mandatory clauses include cybersecurity requirements under DFARS 252.204-7012, mandating NIST SP 800-171 compliance, 72-hour cyber incident reporting via DIBNet, media preservation for 90 days, and submission of malicious software to the DC3. Additional clauses cover limitations on information disclosure by litigation support contractors, exceptions to certified cost or pricing data for foreign military sales, advancement of small business growth, prohibition on use of fluorinated firefighting agents, encouragement of contractor policies against texting while driving, and accelerated payments to small business subcontractors. Inspection and acceptance occur at the destination point by the Government, with no specification of industry standards such as MIL-STD or ASTM for fuel quality or packaging. No detailed packaging, preservation, or labeling requirements are provided, and no attachments are listed. The Contracting Officer’s Representative is designated as Marichell Scott, with no Contracting Officer information provided. The contract does not enumerate specific evaluation factors, and the award decision is presumed to be based on acceptance of a commercial offer under FAR Part 12, though no formal evaluation methodology is stated.