One More Fuel Contract

Small business qualifier Western Petroleum Co. of Eden Prairie, MN received a maximum $31.7 million fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract for JP-8 jet fuel. Contract performance will be completed in Bucksport, Maine. Like the $1.4 billion in fuel contracts mentioned yesterday, this is a 12-month delivery period contract with a 30-day carryover period that expires at the end of fiscal year 2006 on April 30, 2006. Thirty-two proposals were submitted with 22 responses. The Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) in Fort Belvoir, VA issued this contract (SP0600-05-D-0487).