This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy to Merlin Petroleum Co Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged and woman-owned business, for the delivery of marine gas oil (MGO) and various fuel oil grades to support U.S. vessels as ships' bunkers. The $88,650.00 contract awarded on April 26, 2021 has an ultimate completion date of April 28, 2021.
The order was issued under DLA Energy's larger $1.8 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with Merlin Petroleum, which facilitates the issuance of fixed-price orders for delivering petroleum products across the Northeastern United States to support Department of Defense operations. This specific delivery order is part of the DLA's broader solicitation SPE606-21-R-0200 for procuring distillate and residual fuels for ships' bunkers on a spot-buy, as-required basis worldwide through the SEA Card Online program. The contract does not utilize any set-aside designations.