GASOLINE, AUTOMOTIVE

MERRIMAC PETROLEUM, INC., a Women-Owned Small Business with CAGE code 1BYK1, has been awarded a delivery order under the larger DLA Energy contract SPE605-25-D-4502 for the furnishing of Automotive Gasoline, with a contract value of $31,005.75, awarded on July 17, 2026. The delivery order is for NSN 9130001487103, to be delivered to designated military installations across California and Arizona, including Beale AFB, Travis AFB, Lemoore, Fresno, Luke AFB, and Bridgeport, under FOB Destination terms, meaning the contractor assumes all costs and risks until delivery is completed at the specified location. The overall parent contract spans from May 1, 2025, through October 31, 2029, with an estimated total value of $110.4 billion, indicating a broad, multi-year, multi-location IDIQ structure that incorporates multiple CLINs for diesel and aviation fuels beyond this specific gasoline delivery order. Performance is subject to strict quality compliance with ENERGY-QAP-E12, QAP-C16.15, and QAP-E37 standards, and all shipments must be properly marked with the contract and delivery order numbers for accountability. The contract mandates full compliance with NIST SP 800-171 for safeguarding covered defense information and requires immediate cyber incident reporting within 72 hours via the DIBNet portal, including preservation of incident-related media and submission of malware to the DC3. The contractor is bound by the DFARS 252.204-7012 clause, with flow-down obligations extended to all subcontractors handling protected data. Payment is processed through the Defense Finance and Accounting Service using WAWF, with permitted submission methods including web entry, EDI, and FTP, and remittance addressed to P.O. Box 182317, Columbus, OH. The acquisition is structured as a firm-fixed-price commercial item contract under FAR Part 12, with no LPTA methodology applied—the award was based on a trade-off evaluation, accepting MERRIMAC’s offer dated March 13, 2025. The contract incorporates multiple clauses including accelerated payments to small business subcontractors, limitations on information use by litigation support contractors, and