Imperial Flying Service Inc.

Imperial Flying Service Inc., a woman-owned small disadvantaged business (WOSB) headquartered in Imperial, California, supplies aviation turbine fuel (Jet A, Jet A-1, and JP-8) to the Defense Logistics Agency Energy as a prime contractor, competing in the unrestricted federal market without set-aside restrictions. The vendor operates exclusively under a series of single-award indefinite-delivery contracts with DLA Energy and has delivered over 39,500 delivery orders since 1994, with combined potential value of $283.2 million across all awards.

Imperial Flying Service's customer footprint is narrow: Defense Logistics Agency Energy accounts for 39,576 awards (100% of the award count and 100% of combined potential value), with DLA placing into-plane fuel delivery orders at seventy-four airport locations across eleven western U.S. states and territories (Alaska, American Samoa, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). Performance is concentrated at the contractor's Imperial, California facility. The vendor's NAICS posture centers on Liquid Propellants and Fuels, Petroleum Base (PSC classification); 39,572 of 39,582 awards are classified under Petroleum Refineries (NAICS 324110), with the remainder under Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (NAICS 424720).

Four successive single-award IDIQ vehicles anchor the award portfolio. The most recent, awarded April 1, 2026, carries a ceiling of $34,059,625.44 and runs through March 31, 2029; it authorizes delivery of aviation turbine fuels meeting MIL-STD-1548H standards to Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies. The three preceding IDIQs—SPE60718D0037 (15,520 delivery orders, $35.3 million combined potential value), SPE60722D0097 (13,418 delivery orders, $36.1 million), and SP060014D0050 (10,454 delivery orders, $38.9 million)—remain active across the portfolio. Individual delivery orders issued under these IDIQs are structured as fixed-price with economic price adjustment, with historical order values ranging from $148 to $12,662. Award volume has grown: 3,413 orders in 2022 to 3,887 in 2025; 1,235 orders have been issued in the first four months of 2026.

The vendor holds no subcontractor positions and generates no sub-awards; 100% of activity is prime contracting. The originating solicitation (SPE607-25-R-0204), posted October 1, 2025, with proposals due October 31, 2025, originally carried EDWOSB set-aside provisions; however, Imperial Flying Service Inc.'s current contract does not carry set-aside designation and reflects competitive full-and-open award. The source notes the solicitation employed Lowest Price Technically Acceptable evaluation methodology and incorporated Platt's 5-day average price escalator mechanisms with allowances for weekly market-based adjustments up to 350–550 percent of award price. Combined dollars obligated across all awards stand at $126.4 million (45% of combined potential value), signaling heavy execution against the ceiling across the portfolio.