TURBINE FUEL, AVIATION

Defense Logistics Agency Energy Bulk Petroleum Product awarded a contract to Qatex Limited, an 8(a) small business, for the procurement of Aviation Turbine Fuel (JA1). The overarching contract SPE602-26-D-0455 has a total award amount of 159,960,269 dollars. Under this vehicle, delivery order SPE60226FD18R was issued on August 11, 2026, for 13,020,000 UG6 of fuel at a unit price of 3.8698 dollars, totaling 50,384,275.20 dollars. The fuel was scheduled for delivery via the tanker M/T Shegardia to DFSP Mesaieed, Qatar, by August 16, 2026, under FOB Destination terms. However, modification P00001, signed on August 13, 2026, executed a termination for convenience of the supplies listed under CLIN 0001. The contract mandates strict adherence to cybersecurity standards, specifically requiring the implementation of NIST SP 800-171 Revision 2 security controls to safeguard Covered Defense Information. Qatex Limited is obligated to report cyber incidents to the DoD within 72 hours via DIBNet and must preserve affected system media for at least 90 days for forensic analysis. Administrative requirements include providing a Certificate of Origin, Proforma Invoice, and a non-negotiable Bill of Lading, with a quantity variance tolerance of plus or minus 10 percent. Payment remittance is directed to DFAS Columbus, Ohio.