Abilene Aero, Inc.

Abilene Aero, Inc., operating through its Lubbock Aero Division and doing business as Lubbock Aero, is a for-profit corporation based in Lubbock, Texas that specializes exclusively in providing aviation turbine fuel services to the federal government. The company has maintained continuous registration in the System for Award Management since July 2001 and focuses its business activities on supplying Jet Propellant-8 (JP-8) aviation turbine fuel to support Department of Defense operations. Abilene Aero operates as a child entity within its corporate structure and competes for federal contract awards in the open market without any set-aside designations, positioning itself as a reliable vendor for critical defense logistics requirements across the southwestern United States.

Since its inception as a federal contractor, Abilene Aero has demonstrated sustained capability in delivering aviation turbine fuel through numerous delivery order awards issued under its primary indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle. The company has received hundreds of delivery orders from the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, all structured as fixed-price contracts with economic price adjustment mechanisms for the procurement and delivery of JP-8 aviation turbine fuel meeting JAA specification standards. These delivery orders range in individual value from approximately one hundred dollars to over seven thousand dollars, collectively representing substantial volumes of aviation fuel delivered to military installations and government facilities. All contract awards have been funded by the Department of Energy, specifically through the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, with no sub-contractors identified in the award history and no set-aside designations applied to any individual orders. The delivery orders span from March 2025 through July 2025, demonstrating consistent and ongoing demand for Abilene Aero's fuel supply services to maintain military aircraft readiness across multiple southwestern states.

Abilene Aero holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency Energy on July 1, 2023, with a ceiling value of $7,300,750.37 and an ultimate completion date of March 31, 2027. This primary IDIQ contract, identified as SPE607-23-R-0202, enables the procurement and delivery of approximately 192.7 million gallons of Jet Propellant-8 aviation turbine fuel over the four-year performance period from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2027. The contract covers delivery locations across nine states including Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas, with primary performance concentrated at Lubbock International Airport and other strategic military and government sites throughout the southwestern region. Under this IDIQ vehicle, the Defense Logistics Agency Energy has issued numerous delivery order task orders to Abilene Aero as needed to support critical defense logistics operations and maintain the operational readiness of military aviation assets. The contract structure provides the Defense Logistics Agency with flexibility to issue delivery orders as operational requirements dictate, while Abilene Aero maintains the capability to respond rapidly to fuel supply needs across the specified geographic service area.