Melzers Fuel Service Inc.

Melzers Fuel Service Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Painesville, Ohio, supplies marine and fleet diesel fuel to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates as a 100% prime contracting operation with no subcontract footprint, delivering fuel under monthly and recurring call orders against a single-award indefinite-quantity BPA.

Melzers holds a $2.5 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Huntington District, awarded February 7, 2024, and extending through July 19, 2028. This vehicle serves as the primary procurement channel for the vendor's work. The BPA supplies diesel fuel—including marine low-sulfur and ultra-low-sulfur variants—to support Rivers Three Fleet operations across multiple regional locations: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Stratton, Ohio; and Kettering, Ohio. Since the BPA's award, Melzers has executed eight call orders against the $2.5 million ceiling, ranging from $46,760 to $167,660, with combined potential value of $873 thousand (26% of the BPA ceiling obligated as of April 2026). Representative call orders include a $167,660 April 2026 order for medium capacity fleet fuel, a $124,327 March 2025 order for marine low-sulfur diesel in support of Pittsburgh operations, and a $146,710 September 2024 order for ultra-low sulfur diesel to the medium capacity fleet. All call orders carry total small business set-aside designations, reflecting the Corps' practice of reserving these recurring fuel procurements for small business participation.

Customer concentration is narrow and monolithic: the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers and its Huntington Engineering District account for 100% of the vendor's documented federal award portfolio. Five awards remain under the parent Department of the Army Corps of Engineers designation (combined potential value $509 thousand), while four awards appear under the Huntington District specifically (combined potential value $2.9 million). Combined across all awards, Melzers has worked with two distinct customer agencies, but both are functionally the same entity—the Huntington District represents the operational contracting office for what is administratively a single customer relationship.

Activity is weighted toward the BPA vehicle itself; eight of nine total awards are task orders or modifications against Blanket Purchase Agreement W9123724A0007. The vendor's award footprint is characterized by consistent short-term fuel supply contracts issued monthly or quarterly to match operational requirements. Year-over-year volume has declined from five awards in 2024 to three in 2025 and one in 2026 year-to-date, though this reflects the BPA structure's lumpy call-order cadence rather than erosion of the underlying relationship. Melzers' primary category focus is Petroleum Refineries (NAICS-aligned), with all nine awards coded to Fuel Oils under PSC taxonomy. The vendor has no stated parent company relationships, teaming arrangements, or subcontract activity.