NIGP 40518: Gasoline, Aviation (Including Jet Fuel)

NIGP 40518 Gasoline, Aviation (Including Jet Fuel), an Item code, covers bulk delivery of aviation-grade fuels—Jet-A turbine fuel and Avgas 100LL—to airports, municipal aviation operations, and university flight programs. State and local governments buy this commodity to fuel law enforcement aircraft, corporate aviation facilities, fixed-base operations (FBOs), and general aviation reliever airports, with suppliers delivering to on-site storage tanks via tank wagon or bulk transport trucks, typically within 24 to 72 hours of request. Recent solicitations emphasize compliance with ASTM and FAA standards, tank monitoring systems, quality assurance programs, and credit-card payment processing. Issuing bodies include municipal airports (City of Tucson, City of Dalton, Beaufort County), county aviation authorities (Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners at Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport, Peachtree City Airport Authority in Georgia), and state higher-education institutions (Texas Southern University, Middle Georgia State University). Counties and cities soliciting fuel contracts often bundle aviation and ground-fuel procurement under the same RFP, as in Ventura County's concurrent gasoline and diesel fuel request. Insurance requirements are substantial and standardized—typically $1 million to $5 million general liability, $500,000 to $5 million automobile liability, and workers' compensation—reflecting the hazardous-materials nature of fuel operations.

Geographic activity concentrates in Florida (Leesburg, Walton County, Beaufort), Georgia (Dalton, Peachtree City, Middle Georgia State University), and Texas (Tucson, Houston), with additional recent solicitations from California (Alameda County Water District) and South Carolina (Beaufort County). Representative opportunities include the City of Tucson Police Department's RFP for Jet-A delivery to its Air Support Unit (response due May 28, 2026), estimated at 50,000 gallons annually; the City of Dalton, Georgia RFP for Avgas 100LL and Jet-A fuel and associated POS, branding, and training support at Dalton Municipal Airport (proposals due April 29, 2026); Beaufort County's RFP for Jet-A and Avgas 100LL service at Beaufort Executive Airport with mandatory pre-proposal meeting on February 19, 2026 and response due March 12, 2026; and Middle Georgia State University's eRFP for Avgas and Jet-A fuel plus truck lease (proposals due February 26, 2026), restricted to pre-qualified suppliers. Contract terms typically span one to three years with optional renewal periods of one to four years. Pricing is commonly indexed to OPIS rack averages (Los Angeles PAD 4/5 or Pensacola) with vendor-quoted fixed markups or discounts per gallon, and delivery requirements often include 24/7 emergency response and minimum next-business-day service.