Galp Acores, S.A.

Galp Acores, S.A., a foreign-owned Portuguese subsidiary of multinational energy corporation Galp Energia, supplies marine gas oil and automotive gasoline to the U.S. Department of Defense as a prime contractor operating exclusively through full-and-open competition with no set-aside designations. Headquartered in Ponta Delgada, Portugal, Galp Acores is classified as a petroleum merchant wholesaler and refinery operator under NAICS 424720 and 324110, competing in the open federal marketplace without minority, small business, or disadvantaged-vendor certifications.

Galp Acores' federal work consists entirely of fuel procurement for DLA Energy, which accounts for 99 of 103 recent awards (96% coverage) totaling $70.3 million in combined potential value. The vendor operates as a prime contractor on 100% of its federal awards; no subcontract work appears in the portfolio. Work performance occurs in Portugal and Alviso, California, with place of performance split between Galp Acores' Portuguese facilities (the primary source) and U.S. West Coast storage and distribution points. The vendor supplies marine gas oil, the dominant product line across 77 awards under PSC fuel-oils codes, and automotive gasoline in smaller volumes under DLA Energy's Fuel Essentials Program. Representative delivery orders include a $1.04 million March 2026 marine gas oil delivery, a $346,373 June 2025 order, a $832,423 August 2024 delivery, and a $1.01 million October 2023 order. All contracts carry fixed-price structures with economic price adjustment provisions to account for fluctuating fuel costs.

Galp Acores holds five active parent IDVs with DLA Energy, the largest being single-award contract SPE60825D0350, awarded October 30, 2024, with a $14.07 million ceiling extending through March 31, 2029. That parent vehicle anchors the vendor's European fuel-procurement mission across Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Portugal, with an estimated delivery quantity exceeding 225,932 metric tons. Four additional IDVs (SPE60819D0350, SP060013D9414, SPE60816D9408, and SP060002D1008) together account for 66 task orders across $19.6 million in combined potential value. The concentration of work across these vehicles reflects DLA Energy's reliance on Galp Acores as a strategically positioned supplier in European theaters.

Activity has remained steady year over year, with 14 awards in 2022 and 2023, 17 in 2024, stepping to 9 in 2025 and 3 in the first quarter of 2026. Of the 103 total awards in the portfolio, 49 delivery orders were issued against parent contract SPE60819D0350 alone, demonstrating task-order velocity under that vehicle. The vendor faces no meaningful recompete cliff within the next twenty-four months given the multi-year term of parent IDV SPE60825D0350 (extending to March 2029) and the established pattern of regular task-order placement. Galp Acores' foreign ownership and lack of domestic small-business designation position it outside federal set-aside competition, making it a pure-play open-market supplier dependent on DLA Energy's commercial procurement strategy and international fuel-logistics requirements.