Ports Petroleum Company, Inc.

Ports Petroleum Co Inc., doing business as Fuel Mart through its Ports Petroleum Division, is a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Wooster, Ohio that supplies automotive gasoline, diesel fuel, ethanol fuel, and marine gas oil to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor under indefinite delivery contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime (100% of recent awards) and does not subcontract federal work.

Ports Petroleum's federal footprint is heavily concentrated with a single customer. DLA Energy accounts for 1,323 of 1,426 total awards (93% of award count) and $124.8 million of the combined $138.7 million potential value (90% of dollars), representing near-total customer concentration. Secondary federal customers include the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (23 awards, $909 thousand), the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons (47 awards, $268 thousand), and the Department of Transportation Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (8 awards, $46 thousand). The vendor's NAICS footprint is tightly aligned with fuel supply: 1,316 of 1,426 awards fall under Petroleum Refineries (NAICS 324110), with 98 awards under Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers and 6 under Fuel Dealers. PSC codes mirror this focus, with 736 awards for Fuel Oils and 688 for Liquid Propellants and Fuels, Petroleum Base.

Ports Petroleum holds five active indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Energy. The largest vehicle by task order count is Indefinite Delivery Contract SP060013D4027 (377 task orders, $28.1 million combined potential value). The primary award in the source is a five-year IDC (SPE60522D4020) with DLA Energy, awarded September 30, 2022, with a $3.25 million ceiling and completion date of July 31, 2027 under partial small business set-aside. Since award, Ports Petroleum has issued hundreds of short-duration delivery orders for automotive gasoline (exemplified by a $5,637 order in March 2026), diesel fuel ($6,387 order, March 2026), ethanol fuel ($2,330 order, December 2025), and marine gas oil ($3,128 purchase order, February 2023), typically valued between $1,000 and $30,000 with performance periods spanning days to weeks. Pricing uses fixed-price with economic price adjustment to accommodate fuel market volatility. Recent activity shows 12 awards in 2026 (through March), 59 in 2025, 56 in 2024, 69 in 2023, and 52 in 2022, indicating stable but moderate award volume after the IDC establishment.

The vendor reports $138.7 million in combined potential value across 1,426 awards, with $50.1 million obligated (36% of potential). All work is performed at the Wooster, Ohio facility with no identified subcontractors across the award footprint. Ports Petroleum competes predominantly under partial small business set-asides on the DLA Energy IDC vehicle, though many individual delivery orders are issued without set-aside, making them available to full and open competition. The vendor's positioning is narrowly specialized as a responsive fuel supplier to DoD logistics operations, with no apparent geographic or customer diversification beyond the five DLA Energy contract vehicles.