Herdair Group LLC

Herdair Group LLC, a for-profit sole proprietorship based in Conroe, Texas, is a prime contractor specializing exclusively in aviation turbine fuel procurement and delivery to the Department of Defense under full-and-open competition with no set-aside designations. The vendor operates as a small business competing on an unrestricted basis and holds a single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Energy.

Herdair Group LLC supplies Jet Propellant-8 (JP-8) and Jet A aviation turbine fuel to commercial airports across a nine-state region (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas) supporting Department of Defense military aviation operations. The vendor's sole customer is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, which accounts for 100 percent of the 7,575 awards in the source portfolio. Work is performed at the vendor's Conroe, Texas facility with fuel distributed to end-user airports across the service region. The vendor competes under PSC category Liquid Propellants and Fuels, Petroleum Base, and NAICS 325110 (Petroleum Refineries).

Herdair Group LLC holds a $10.87 million single-award IDIQ contract (SPE60723D0116) awarded July 1, 2023, and extending through March 31, 2027, authorizing procurement of approximately 192.7 million gallons of aviation turbine fuel. The contract is structured as fixed-price with economic price adjustment provisions. Delivery orders under this IDIQ range from under $100 to approximately $3,700 each, reflecting Herdair Group LLC's capacity to execute expedited, smaller-scale fuel procurement requirements. The vendor also participates on a second vehicle, Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE60719D0066, under which 5,378 task orders carry a combined potential value of $2.7 million.

Award activity has been volatile: 973 orders in 2022, declining to 404 in 2023, rising to 767 in 2024, and 866 in 2025, with 198 orders recorded year-to-date in 2026. Combined potential value across all awards is $18.1 million, with $4.6 million (26 percent) obligated. The vendor's award portfolio reflects a high-frequency, low-dollar transactional model characteristic of expedited fuel delivery logistics, with over 200 delivery orders executed under the primary IDIQ since award. All awards carry no set-aside designation, indicating the vendor meets full-and-open competitive requirements without relying on small business or other protected categories.