NIGP 40512: Fuel Oil, Heating (Use 405-02 for Biodiesel)

NIGP 40512 Fuel Oil, Heating (Item code) covers the procurement of No. 2 heating oil and related fuel products that state and local governments purchase to support facility heating, fleet operations, and emergency energy needs across municipal, county, school district, and transit authority portfolios. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers acquiring heating oil in volumes ranging from 337,051 gallons across twelve Massachusetts municipalities to 500,000 gallons annually for Baltimore City Public Schools, with specifications consistently requiring ASTM compliance, often tied to daily OPIS pricing benchmarks plus fixed markup factors, and delivery windows of 24 to 48 hours. Issuing bodies span cities (Gloucester, Massachusetts), counties (Montgomery County, Maryland; Orange County, California; Barnstable County, Massachusetts), school districts (Baltimore City Public Schools; Frederick County Public Schools, Maryland), multi-jurisdictional cooperatives (Berkshire Regional Group Purchasing Program; Capitol Region Purchasing Council, Connecticut), and transit authorities (METRA, Columbus Consolidated Government, Georgia). Massachusetts dominates recent activity, with multiple competitive solicitations from individual municipalities, regional purchasing consortia, and the Commonwealth's Executive Office for Administration and Finance; Maryland and California also show significant procurement volume. Representative recent opportunities include Montgomery County Department of General Services issuing IFB #1194069 for #2 heating oil and ultra-low sulfur diesel to 400+ county-owned and leased facilities with response due June 17, 2026; Baltimore City Public Schools issuing IFB-26085 for #2 heating oil and standard off-road diesel with estimated annual consumption of 500,000 gallons and bids due June 2, 2026; the City of Gloucester issuing sealed bid #27020 for Fuel Oil No. 2 with response due July 8, 2026; and Barnstable County issuing IFB #8118 for #2 ultra-low sulfur diesel heating fuel to ten service sections across Cape Cod with bids due May 12, 2026. No set-aside restrictions appear standard across these procurements, though a few jurisdictions reference cooperative purchasing vehicles allowing expanded eligible buyer pools.