Air Center San Diego, LLC

Air Center San Diego, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in San Diego, California, supplies aviation turbine fuel (JP-4) to the federal government as a prime contractor under single-award indefinite delivery contracts, competing on a full-and-open (non-set-aside) basis. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime—511 recent awards carry no subcontractor footprint—and delivers a narrow, high-volume capability: fixed-price fuel logistics with economic price adjustment mechanisms for federal energy and defense operations.

The vendor's customer base is heavily concentrated. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy accounts for 509 awards (99.6% of the total) and $48.1 million in combined potential value; the Department of the Air Force Air Combat Command places 2 awards worth $44 thousand. This concentration reflects Air Center San Diego's role as a fuel supplier under standing contracts rather than as a systems integrator or broad-capability vendor. All work is performance-based delivery against parent indefinite delivery contracts, not pursuit of multiple customer agency requirements.

Air Center San Diego holds two active parent vehicles. The primary vehicle, Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE60725D0027 with the Department of Energy (or Defense Logistics Agency Energy as the ordering activity), carries 461 task orders and $2.3 million in combined potential value and runs through March 31, 2026. A second vehicle, Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE60726D0007, holds 46 task orders and $206 thousand in combined potential value. Both contracts are single-award, fixed-price-with-economic-price-adjustment vehicles focused on aviation turbine fuel procurement for San Diego operations. A newer three-year IDC was awarded on April 1, 2026, by the Department of Energy valued at $31.4 million and running through March 31, 2029, providing the framework for ongoing fuel supply commitments.

Activity has grown sharply. The vendor recorded one award in 2024 (first documented in October), 186 awards in 2025, and 324 awards in 2026 (through mid-April). This trajectory reflects high-frequency, low-dollar delivery orders against standing contracts—the source data shows individual orders ranging from under $300 to roughly $50 thousand, typical of operational fuel replenishment cycles. Combined potential value sits at $48.2 million, but only $2.5 million (5%) has been obligated, indicating that most ceiling value remains unexercised. The vendor's footprint lies entirely within petroleum-base liquid propellants and fuels (NAICS Petroleum Refineries, PSC category), with a secondary footprint in airport operations (two Air Force awards for facility management or airfield lease).

The recompete environment shows imminent risk. The primary IDC SPE60725D0027 expired March 31, 2026, creating a hard recompete cliff. The newer $31.4 million contract awarded April 1, 2026, suggests the vendor won recompete, but the prior vehicle's expiration leaves no overlap or continuity visibility in the source data. Air Center San Diego competes full-and-open across all awards—no set-aside designations appear—and operates as a single-customer specialist under standing vehicle arrangements, not as a multi-agency prime capable of broad federal IT, logistics, or professional services work.

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