Hawthorne Global Aviation Services LLC

Hawthorne Global Aviation Services LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in North Charleston, South Carolina, supplies aviation turbine fuel meeting Joint Aircraft Authorization specifications to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy as a prime contractor under full-and-open competition with no set-aside designation. The vendor operates exclusively as a fuel supplier and does not subcontract.

Hawthorne Global Aviation Services competes entirely within a single customer relationship — DLA Energy accounts for 100% of the vendor's recent federal award footprint, representing 6,781 prime delivery orders valued at $15 million in combined potential value across five parent indefinite delivery contracts. The vendor's activity has declined from a peak of 1,153 awards in 2022 to 213 awards in 2026 through mid-July, reflecting a downward trajectory year over year. The combined dollars obligated across all awards reach $5.8 million, or 39% of the combined potential value.

The vendor holds positions on five DLA Energy indefinite delivery vehicles. The largest vehicle is Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE60721D0078, which carries 3,096 task orders valued at $2.8 million in combined potential value. Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE60719D0075 carries 1,162 task orders valued at $895 thousand, and Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE60723D0057 carries 1,116 task orders valued at $1 million. The remaining two vehicles, SPE60017D0150 (888 task orders, $738 thousand) and SPE60017D0060 (514 task orders, $394 thousand), complete the vehicle portfolio. The primary focus vehicle, SPE607-23-R-0202, a single-award indefinite delivery contract valued at $2.531 million and running through March 31, 2027, was awarded July 1, 2023, under lowest-price technically acceptable criteria and covers approximately 192.7 million gallons of turbine fuel delivery across nine southern states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. The contract solicitation, posted December 15, 2022, with a February 3, 2023, bid deadline, specified fixed-price contracts with economic price adjustment. DLA Energy has issued approximately 128 delivery orders to the vendor in 2026 alone through mid-April, sustaining an active monthly ordering volume of 15 to 25 delivery orders. Place of performance is the vendor's North Charleston location.

Hawthorne Global Aviation Services' commodity concentration is absolute — all 6,781 awards fall under Petroleum Refineries (NAICS) and Liquid Propellants and Fuels, Petroleum Base (PSC). The vendor competes full-and-open with no SBA set-aside designations and operates as a sole-source supplier under the primary DLA Energy parent vehicle with no documented subcontract relationships.