TURBINE FUEL, AVIATION

The Defense Logistics Agency awarded a delivery order under the base contract SPE60225D0483 to Hermes Consolidated LLC, a Women-Owned Small Business with CAGE code 56502, for the procurement of 100,000 units of Turbine Fuel, Aviation at a unit price of $3.4920, resulting in a base contract value of $349,200.00. The order allows for a quantity variance of plus or minus 10 percent, establishing a potential total value range of $349,200.00 to $384,120.00. Delivery is required by July 25, 2026, at FOB Destination to the location identified as Hill Air Force Base in Layton, Utah, with DODAAC SE5F47 and Location ID HILL specified for delivery. The contract type is a firm-fixed-price commercial item acquisition under FAR Part 12, consistent with a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable approach, though this is not formally stated. Payment will be processed by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service in Columbus, Ohio, and invoices must be submitted to the specified remittance address unless otherwise directed. The contract incorporates a suite of mandatory Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) clauses that impose significant compliance obligations on the contractor. These include prohibitions on the use of Bytedance-covered applications like TikTok, restrictions on acquiring telecommunications equipment from covered foreign entities such as Huawei and ZTE, and adherence to the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act to mitigate supply chain risks. Additionally, the contractor is required to comply with cybersecurity incident reporting obligations under DFARS 252.204-7009 and facilitate accelerated payments to small business subcontractors. The contractor must affirm its small business and Women-Owned Small Business status, with representations maintained in the System for Award Management, and is subject to ongoing compliance with federal reporting requirements tied to these socioeconomic certifications. Inspection and acceptance responsibilities rest entirely with the Government at the destination point, and while no specific packaging, preservation, or labeling standards such as MIL-STD-129 or MIL-STD-2073 are cited, all items must be marked with the contract's identification numbers using block printing. The contracting officer is Darren Taylor, with Bernard Mage serving as the local administrative point of contact; no designated Contracting Officer’s Representative or