John W. Stone Oil Distributor, L.L.C.

John W. Stone Oil Distributor, L.L.C., a Louisiana-based self-certified small disadvantaged business, supplies marine gas oil and petroleum products to the Department of Defense and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a prime contractor on a full-and-open competitive basis, holding no set-aside designations across its federal footprint. The for-profit limited liability company, headquartered in Terrytown, Louisiana, and registered in the System for Award Management since October 2001, operates predominantly as a spot-buy fuel supplier under the Defense Logistics Agency Energy's Ships Bunkers program and competes across 13 distinct federal customer agencies.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on marine fuel procurement and distribution. Its work spans fixed-price delivery orders for marine gas oil (PSC 4570), typically structured with economic price adjustment provisions to account for commodity price volatility. Representative recent work includes a $363,366 delivery order from DLA Energy for marine gas oil awarded September 6, 2025; a $722,954 delivery order from the same customer on January 30, 2024; and a $1,007,502 delivery order from DLA Energy on October 3, 2022. Beyond defense fuel supply, John W. Stone Oil Distributor serves as a subcontractor to Weeks Marine, Inc., supplying fuel for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging operations, including work on the Port of New Orleans Approach Channel Deepening and Mississippi River projects.

Customer concentration is extreme. Defense Logistics Agency Energy accounts for 274 awards (64% of total awards) and $78.5 million (83% of combined potential value), establishing near-total dependence on a single customer. The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers—represented across multiple districts—supplies the next-largest set with 110 combined awards and $7.4 million to $1.3 million spread across New Orleans, Vicksburg, and Memphis districts. Tennessee Valley Authority, Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency (distinct from DLA Energy), and other smaller agencies round out the customer base. This concentration creates significant recompete risk: DLA Energy contracts dominate both deal count and dollar value, meaning loss of that customer relationship would be existential.

John W. Stone Oil Distributor places the majority of its task orders under a small number of indefinite delivery vehicles. IDC SPE60820D0354 carries 172 task orders valued at $30.4 million combined potential value; IDC SP060015D0367 holds 45 task orders worth $17 million; and IDC SP060008D0360 carries 9 task orders for $6.5 million. These are single-award DLA Energy indefinite delivery contracts that allow the agency to issue repeated spot-buy delivery orders for marine fuel as operational requirements arise. The IDV structure locks the vendor into a long-term relationship with DLA Energy but also exposes it entirely to that customer's renewal and recompete decisions.

Activity has remained steady but uneven. Over the past five years, award volume ranged from 18 to 45 per year, with growth from 2021 (27 awards) to 2024 (45 awards), followed by a decline to 18 awards through November 2025. The combined potential value of $94.8 million against obligated dollars of $125.3 million (132% of potential value) reflects spot-buy fuel contracts where actual spend often exceeds initial estimates due to economic price adjustment clauses. The vendor's 2019-2024 indefinite delivery vehicle contract with DLA Energy, valued at over $2.2 million, expired in October 2024; continuation depends on recompete success or new IDV award. No recompete cliff data is present in the source, but the expiration of the primary vehicle signals a near-term inflection point for contract continuity.

Subcontract footprint is limited. John W. Stone Oil Distributor is a subcontractor to Weeks Marine, Inc., a marine dredging prime, supplying fuel for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging projects. Recent sub work includes fuel provision for Mississippi River saltwater barrier sill and cutterhead dredge operations (multiple awards through October 2024) and Mobile Harbor Deepening & Widening Phase 5 work (April 2024 onward). These subs account for 18 awards (4% of total) and represent a secondary revenue stream diversifying away from pure DLA Energy dependency, though still within the federal maritime infrastructure space.

The vendor competes exclusively on unrestricted full-and-open basis, holding no small business set-asides, HUBZone certifications, SDVOSB designations, or other socioeconomic preferences. Its self-certified small disadvantaged business status is noted in the source but does not appear to anchor any set-aside strategy; all named awards carry "No Set-Aside Used" designations. This posture positions John W. Stone Oil Distributor as a mainstream commodity fuel supplier competing against larger, well-capitalized competitors on price and operational reliability rather than compliance advantages.