Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Solicitation: SPE605-26-R-0219 (Korea, Post, Camps & Stations (PC&S) 1.8V)
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
AI summaryDLA Energy wants to buy diesel and gasoline for U.S. military posts, camps and stations across South Korea, delivered by tank truck or tank wagon from February 1, 2027 through January 31, 2030. This first closing covers 61 delivery locations and roughly 18.5 million U.S. gallons (about 16 million of diesel). It is open to all businesses (not a small business set-aside) and will stay open for new line items until January 2030. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 27, 2026. It moves the due date from Oct 30, 2026 to Nov 9, 2026, which is the date shown on this page. See the latest version.
AI summary Beta
Summary of the version posted Oct 2, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 27, 2026. The due date moved from Oct 30, 2026 to Nov 9, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 1 of 13 attachments weren't read (Attachment K - Korea Options Pricing Submission Spreadsheet.xlsx). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
DLA Energy wants to buy diesel and gasoline for U.S. military posts, camps and stations across South Korea, delivered by tank truck or tank wagon from February 1, 2027 through January 31, 2030. This first closing covers 61 delivery locations and roughly 18.5 million U.S. gallons (about 16 million of diesel). It is open to all businesses (not a small business set-aside) and will stay open for new line items until January 2030.
Who can bid (6)
- Open to all businesses; this is not a small business set-aside
- Active registration in SAM, WAWF and DIBBS at the time of offer, plus OET access through AMPS
- Supplier letter of commitment (evidence of responsibility) showing volumes, specs, delivery points, escalators and terms; Attachment I is a sample. The clause saying when it is required was not in the text provided.
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- List the refineries or storage facilities that will supply the fuel, with country of origin, quantities, transport mode and transit countries
- Must be able to start deliveries within 48 hours after the performance period starts and may face a pre-award survey
- Use U.S.-flag vessels for any ocean shipping of supplies unless a waiver is granted
How to submit: Enter prices in the PC&S Offer Entry Tool (OET) and also email the offer and all required documents to Colleen.Fantasia@dla.mil and Kimberly.Binns@dla.mil (the solicitation also lists DLAENERGYFEPAB@dla.mil for email proposals), due October 30, 2026 at 9:00 AM Fort Belvoir, VA time (notice field shows Oct 30, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT); DLA suggests submitting by 4:00 PM the day before. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (10)
- Serious: SAM.gov and the solicitation disagree on the set-aside. SAM.gov lists no set-aside, but the solicitation the AI read says a set-aside for small businesses. Ask the contracting officer which applies before you bid.
- Serious: Fuel supply chain into Korea is hard for a small business. You must source product, certify its origin, move it by truck to many escorted military sites and meet DLA quality testing, and it is an unrestricted competition against large fuel suppliers.
- Serious: Price is tied to Platts indexes you cannot change. Prices move daily with the named index, so your margin depends on delivery and supply costs against a fixed base price, and no other escalator is accepted.
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- Worth checking: Quantities are only estimates. A requirements contract does not guarantee volume, so actual orders can be lower or higher than the listed gallons.
- Worth checking: Long offer validity and 48-hour start. You must hold prices for 180 days and be ready to deliver within 48 hours of the start date, which ties up supply commitments before award.
- Worth checking: Dual submission and tool access lead time. You need an AMPS account and OET role approved before you can bid, and the offer must go in both OET and email.
- Worth checking: Item 0003 period of performance conflicts with the rest. Item 0003 (NAVSUP Chinhae, regular gasoline) lists 08/01/2026-07/31/2031 while the notice and other items run 1 February 2027 to 31 January 2030, so ask the buyer which applies.
- Worth checking: Escalator and base price mismatches in the schedule. Attachment A shows no escalator for items 0058 to 0061 while Attachment B lists one, and Attachment B pairs the gasoline index with the diesel base price on items 40 and 42; confirm before pricing.
- Minor: Escorts, short delivery windows and multi-drop sites. Many sites require military escorts, set delivery hours, trucks with pump and meter, and metered tickets for each drop, which raises delivery cost and scheduling effort.
- Minor: Open continuous solicitation. New line items and closing dates will be added by amendment through January 2030, so you must keep watching for amendments.
Read from the notice and 12 attachments. 1 of 13 not read. Show which files.
- SF1449_SPE60526R0219_1.8V.pdf (read)
- Solicitation SPE60526R0219 KOREA PC and S 1.8V.pdf (read)
- Attachment I - Sample Letter of Commitment and Instructions - Copy.pdf (read)
- Attachment J - Fuel Sourcing Data Sheet.pdf (read)
- Attachment H - PCS OET Vendor Guide.pdf (read)
- Attachment G - Requesting the OET Vendor Role in AMPS Guide.pdf (read)
- Attachment F - AMPS Role Guide.pdf (read)
- Attachment E -Provisions and Clauses.pdf (read)
- Attachment D - Quality Assurance Energy EQAPS.pdf (read)
- Attachment C - Quality Assurance Energy CQAPS.pdf (read)
- Attachment B - Korea Govt Preferred BRP Indexes and Escalators.pdf (read)
- Attachment A - Schedule of Supplies Final.pdf (read)
- Attachment K - Korea Options Pricing Submission Spreadsheet.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Supply diesel (KDR, about 15,988,828 US gallons over 3 years) to Korea sites
- Supply midgrade unleaded gasoline (MUM, about 2,307,896 US gallons) and regular unleaded gasoline (MUR, about 181,958 US gallons)
- Deliver by tank truck, tank wagon or tank truck with pump and meter to 61 line items at Army, Air Force and Navy sites in Korea
- Be ready to deliver within 48 hours after the performance start date
- Meet DLA Energy quality assurance plans, including sampling, testing and point-of-inspection rules
- Provide metered delivery tickets, work with escorts and follow each site's delivery hours and equipment notes
- Price each line against the listed Platts index using the fixed base reference price (8 June 2026)
- Contract type
- Fixed-price requirements contract with Economic Price Adjustment (price rises and falls with a Platts index); combined synopsis/solicitation issued as an RFP under FAR Part 12
- Period of performance
- Date of award through 31 January 2030; line items run 1 February 2027 through 31 January 2030 (Item 0003 shows a different period, see red flags)
- Place of performance
- Military posts, camps and stations throughout South Korea (one line lists the Philippines in Attachment B)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA), with award planned without negotiations, though the Government may negotiate if the Contracting Officer decides it is needed
- Offers due
- October 30, 2026 at 9:00 AM Fort Belvoir, VA time (notice field shows Oct 30, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT); DLA suggests submitting by 4:00 PM the day before (from the version posted Oct 2, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Enter prices in the PC&S Offer Entry Tool (OET) and also email the offer and all required documents to Colleen.Fantasia@dla.mil and Kimberly.Binns@dla.mil (the solicitation also lists DLAENERGYFEPAB@dla.mil for email proposals)
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical acceptability (pass/fail)
- Lowest evaluated price among acceptable offers
- Responsibility, which may include a DLA Energy pre-award survey
What to include when you submit
- Questions are due in writing by October 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM Fort Belvoir time; answers come in a Q&A amendment
- Register in SAM, WAWF and DIBBS, and get the OET-100 vendor role through AMPS before the deadline
- Write everything in English, in U.S. dollars and U.S. gallons
- Complete and return all fillable clauses and supplemental forms, including the fuel sourcing data sheet (Attachment J) and transportation company information
- Acknowledge any amendment by completing the SF 30 and returning it to both contacts
- Put any exceptions to terms in a separate attachment labeled exceptions
- Email proposals must be signed, kept under 15 MB per email, and non-PDF files must be sent password protected for read only
- Offers must stay valid for at least 180 calendar days
- If OET fails, notify both contacts right away to ask to submit on Price Data Sheets, but you must still enter data in OET later
Not in the notice text
- Total dollar value of the contract (only gallon quantities and base prices per gallon are given)
- Current or previous contractor, if any
- Full text of the evaluation and responsibility clauses and the clause on when the supplier letter of commitment is required (the middle of the solicitation and Attachment E was cut off)
- Details of the remaining line items in Attachment A that were cut off
- Pricing options spreadsheet (Attachment K) was not read
- Whether a bid or performance guarantee is required
- Which period of performance applies to Item 0003
Eligibility and how to respond
- SAM.gov lists no set-aside, but the notice text limits who can bid:
- The notice text says this is set aside for small businesses, but SAM.gov lists no set-aside. Ask the contracting officer which one applies before you bid.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Enter prices in the PC&S Offer Entry Tool (OET) and also email the offer and all required documents to Colleen.Fantasia@dla.mil and Kimberly.Binns@dla.mil (the solicitation also lists DLAENERGYFEPAB@dla.mil for email proposals). Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- DLA Energy, Fort Belvoir, VA
- Product/service code
- 9140 · Fuel Oils
- Business type
- Energy, fuel & utilities (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 324110)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 9, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 2, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Oct 30, 2026
- Sep 29, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (this version)Due Oct 30, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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