Summary of City of Long Beach Petroleum Fuels Bid Documentation

This file comprises fuel delivery invoices and supporting documentation for the City of Long Beach's petroleum fuels procurement. The documents include multiple invoices from Merrimac Energy Group and Elite Fuels Transportation Inc., covering renewable diesel, regular unleaded gasoline, and premium unleaded gasoline deliveries to various City of Long Beach fuel sites between December 2021 and August 2022. The invoices reflect ongoing fuel supply to municipal locations designated as Sites #2, #4, #7, #10, #12, #13, #14, #16, #17, and the Water Department, with delivery quantities ranging from approximately 197 to 7,649 gallons per shipment. The documentation includes light oil bills of lading, product receipts, hazardous material descriptions, and inventory reports from multiple fuel delivery locations. Various OPIS contract benchmark files dated from June through August 2022 indicate market pricing references for biodiesel and ethanol fuel products during the contract period.

The invoicing reflects multiple fuel products with varying unit pricing: renewable ULS diesel at approximately $2.65 to $4.87 per gallon, regular unleaded 87 octane gasoline at approximately $2.97 to $3.76 per gallon, and premium unleaded 91 octane gasoline at approximately $3.31 to $3.51 per gallon. Individual invoice totals range from $1,653.88 to $46,942.12, with freight-fuel transport charges typically between $0.12 and $0.19 per gallon. Taxes including federal UST-DSL, state excise diesel, state environmental gas, and sales tax were applied according to California regulations. Email correspondence dated January 5-27, 2022, references issues with invoice processing related to multiple purchase orders and indicates the City's accounting system constraints regarding multi-PO invoice payments. The documentation demonstrates the City's consistent fuel procurement from established petroleum suppliers during the 2021-2022 period.