GASOLINE, AUTOMOTIVE

The Defense Logistics Agency awarded Petroleum Traders Corp, a small business with a CAGE code of 7W738 and verified Women-Owned Small Business status, a firm-fixed-price contract with economic price adjustments under solicitation SPE60524D4511, effective November 1, 2023, with a delivery period extending through June 30, 2028. The total estimated contract value is $31,215,022.55, encompassing multiple line items for automotive gasoline and diesel fuel delivered to Department of Defense installations nationwide, including Goodfellow AFB, Selfridge ANGB, Rock Island Arsenal, and Altus AFB. The contract specifies F.O.B. Destination terms, placing all transportation risk and cost on the contractor until delivery, and requires delivery via approved tank trucks with a permitted ±10% variance in quantity for two line items. All petroleum products must comply with ASTM D4814 and specific QAP standards, with acceptance occurring at the destination by government personnel. Invoicing and payment are exclusively handled through the Wide Area Workflow system, with electronic funds transfer mandated and no paper-based submissions permitted. The contractor is required to implement cybersecurity safeguards per DFARS 252.204-7012 and 252.204-7009, including NIST SP 800-171 compliance and reporting cyber incidents to the DOD Cyber Crime Center within 72 hours, and must adhere to prohibitions on covered telecommunications equipment and Bytedance applications. Delivery operations require FEDCIVESCORT at multiple sites, necessitating advance coordination, valid driver identification, and compliance with local access protocols. The contract includes no formal options for extension and no named key personnel, and while packaging and marking standards such as MIL-STD-129 are not specified, identification labeling via NSNs and DoDAACs is used. Economic price adjustments are tied to a base date of September 1, 2022, and anti-counterfeit electronic parts detection requirements apply to any eligible deliverables. The award was made under a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable strategy, with contract administration and oversight managed by Contracting Officer Matthew Womer and WAWF technical support provided by the DLA.