TURBINE FUEL, AVIATION

Chevron USA Inc. has been awarded a delivery order under SPE60225D0489 for the supply of 630,000 units of aviation turbine fuel JAA at a unit price of $3.7468, totaling $2,360,484.00, with a permitted quantity variance of plus or minus 10 percent, resulting in a potential contract value range of $2,360,484.00 to $2,596,532.40. The contract, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency under solicitation SPE60226FD09P and effective July 21, 2026, specifies delivery FOB origin from Chevron’s facility in Richmond, California, with a mandatory delivery date of August 15, 2026. Fuel must be delivered without optional additives, identified by the NSN 9130003592026 and PR 7017581186, and accepted at the point of origin per government inspection. The contractor is classified as a Women-Owned Small Business eligible under the WOSB program, with a CAGE code of 04BH0, and operates under commercial item acquisition procedures per FAR Part 12. The contract includes strict cybersecurity mandates under DFARS 252.204-7012, requiring full implementation of NIST SP 800-171 safeguards, mandatory reporting of any cyber incidents within 72 hours via the DIBNet portal using a DoD medium assurance certificate, preservation of affected system images for 90 days, and submission of malicious software to the DoD Cyber Crime Center. Subcontractors must receive the same cybersecurity clauses, and the contractor must comply with restrictions on contingent fees, kickbacks, illegal payments, and prohibited telecommunications equipment. Packaging, marking, and preservation standards are not explicitly defined beyond requiring identification numbers on all documentation and shipments, and no MIL-STDs are referenced. The contract includes provisions for accelerated payments to small business subcontractors, limitations on arbitration agreements, prohibition on BYTEDANCE applications, and supply chain security requirements under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act. Payment instructions are directed to a designated government office, with accounting data such as TAS and ACRN required but unspecified. The award was made without a formal evaluation factors section, but cybersecurity compliance and regulatory