Merlin Petroleum Co Inc.

Merlin Petroleum Co Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged and woman-owned business, supplies automotive gasoline, diesel fuel, marine gas oil, and burner fuel oil to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor under a single-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Energy. The vendor operates without set-aside designations on individual task orders despite holding SBA small disadvantaged business and woman-owned business certifications.

Merlin Petroleum is headquartered in Westport, Connecticut, and operates as a for-profit Subchapter S corporation specializing in petroleum product distribution across nine Northeastern states (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont). The company's primary federal footprint centers on a single large IDIQ vehicle: the DLA Energy Fuel Products contract awarded October 1, 2021, with a ceiling value of $1.8 million and completion date of April 30, 2026. DLA Energy has issued hundreds of delivery orders under this vehicle since inception, with individual task orders ranging from under $600 to over $950,000. The source data captures recent delivery orders issued February through April 2026 for marine gas oil, automotive gasoline, diesel fuel, and burner fuel oil, all priced fixed-price with economic price adjustment and completed at the Westport facility within one to three days of award.

Customer concentration is extreme: the Defense Logistics Agency Energy accounts for 3,263 of 3,409 total awards (96%) and $707.4 million of the $712.6 million combined potential value across Merlin's full award portfolio. The next four customer agencies combined—US Coast Guard, National Park Service, Army Corps of Engineers (two districts)—represent less than 2% of awards and potential value. This concentration reflects Merlin's role as a fuel broker and distributor for DLA Energy's bulk petroleum procurement mission supporting military installations, Navy vessels, Military Sealift Command ships, and federal civilian agencies throughout the Northeast. Merlin also holds participation in several other DLA Energy IDIQ vehicles, including contracts SPE60016D8519 (547 task orders), SP060011D0366 (385 task orders), and SPE60518D4016 (318 task orders), though the primary 2021-awarded contract drives current activity.

Activity has remained steady: 130 awards in 2022, 125 in 2023, 128 in 2024, and 137 in 2025, with 27 awards captured through April 2026. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor; no subcontractor relationships are documented in the source. NAICS coding reflects Merlin's commodity posture: 2,808 awards under Petroleum Refineries (NAICS 324110), 540 under Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (NAICS 424710), and smaller counts under bulk stations, heating oil dealers, and other fuel categories. The PSC coding is similarly granular, with 2,740 awards for Fuel Oils and 626 for Liquid Propellants and Fuels, Petroleum Base.

Merlin Petroleum's federal presence is operationally narrow and mission-critical to DLA Energy's fuel distribution network but carries no strategic diversity or customer diversification. The vendor holds no visible growth trajectory beyond commodity fuel delivery and faces operational completion of its primary IDIQ vehicle in April 2026—a hard recompete date for any continuation of federal fuel business with DLA Energy.

Brokers and suppliers of marine fuels and lubricants.