SP0600-14-R-0703_AMD_0004_(DFSP_Qatar).pdf

BOA SP0600-14-R-0703, Amendment 0004

REQUIREMENT - DFSP QATAR

1) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

2) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-76

August 25, 2014.

3) Interested vendors not currently holding a basic ordering agreement (BOA) subsequent to solicitation SP0600-14-R-0703 should submit an OSP as early as possible, but before the offer due date of this solicitation.

4) This requirement and any resulting contract will incorporate the terms and conditions of SP0600-14-R-0703 and any resulting agreement.

5) DLA Energy intends to award without discussions. Any deviation from the terms and conditions of established BOAs or the terms, conditions, or requirements of this combined synopsis/solicitation may result in offers being determined technically unacceptable. Potential offerors are encouraged to send any questions regarding this combined synopsis/solicitation to the points of contact below prior to the offer due date and time. Responses will be provided to all interested parties via amendment to this document.

6) With regard to M-0006 M24.05 EVALUATION OF OFFERS INVOLVING F.O.B. TANKER LOADING (WESTPAC) (DLA

ENERGY APR 2013) (a), the current FOB origin tanker evaluation rate is $78,414.30 per day.

7) The following product will be procured: Turbine Fuel, Aviation (JA1), NSN: 9130-00-753-5026, total estimated quantity of 37,800,000 USG, as stated in the following schedule:

B-0001 B1 SUPPLIES TO BE FURNISHED (BULK) (DLA ENERGY JAN 2012)

(a) The minimum and maximum quantities are defined in the contract provision DELIVERY-ORDER LIMITATIONS – SCOPE OF

CONTRACT.

(b) The supplies to be furnished during the contract period and all associated data are as follows:

LINE ITEM LOCATION FOB MAXIMUM QUANTITY

0001 DFSP Qatar O 13,860,000 USG 0002 DFSP Qatar O 13,860,000USG 0003 DFSP Qatar O 13,860,000 USG

FOB / MODE MIN/MAX PARCEL

ORIGIN / TK 240,000 BBLS – 330,000 BBLS

NOTES:

FOB Origin delivery loading schedule will be coordinated with DLA Energy upon award. The anticipated loading date ranges are as follows:

a. Line item 0001 – 15 November 2014 through 15 December 2014

b. Line item 0002 – 1 December 2014 through 15 January 2015

c. Line item 0003 – 15 December 2014 through 15 February 2015

8) Base your offered price using the following:

B19.34 ECONOMIC PRICE ADJUSTMENT (OVERSEAS BULK) (DLA ENERGY JAN 2012)

(a) WARRANTIES. The Contractor warrants that--

(1) The unit prices set forth in this offer and/or contract do not include allowances for any portion of the contingency covered by this contract provision; and

(2) The prices to be invoiced hereunder for listed items shall be computed in accordance with these escalation provisions.

(b) DEFINITIONS. As used throughout this contract provision, the term--

(1) Base unit price means the unit price set forth opposite the item in the Schedule.

(2) Reference price means the market price indicator set forth in the Table in (f) below with which the base unit price is to fluctuate. NOTE: The term market price indicator will be referred to hereafter as “reference price” in this contract provision.

(3) Date of delivery is defined as follows:

(i) FOR TANKER OR BARGE DELIVERIES.

(A) F.O.B. ORIGIN. The date and time vessel commences loading.

(B) F.O.B. DESTINATION. The date and time vessel commences discharging.

(ii) FOR PIPELINE DELIVERIES. The date and time product commences to move past the specified f.o.b. point.

(iii) FOR ALL OTHER TYPES OF DELIVERIES. The date product is received.

(c) ADJUSTMENTS.

(1) The Contractor shall give written notice to the Contracting Officer, Defense Logistics Agency Energy (DLA Energy), of any delivery and associated change in the reference price within 15 working days from the date thereof. Contractor failure to timely notify the Contracting Officer of any delivery and associated change in the reference price may result in late or incorrect payment of the relevant invoice.

(2) Subject to the conditions of this contract provision, the prices payable under this contract shall be the base unit price increased or decreased by the same number of cents, or fraction thereof, that the reference price shall have increased or decreased.

(3) An increase or decrease in any reference price published in a trade price service or in a commercial journal shall apply only to deliveries made on and after the effective date of the price change as stated in the publication.

(4) The Contracting Officer will issue a modification to this contract to reflect any change pursuant to this provision.

However, no increase in a contract unit price shall be executed pursuant to this provision until the increase in the applicable published reference price has been verified by the Contracting Officer.

(5) FAILURE TO DELIVER. Notwithstanding any other conditions of this contract provision, no upward adjustment shall apply to product scheduled under the contract to be delivered before the effective date of the adjustment, unless the Contractor’s failure to deliver according to the delivery schedule results from causes beyond the Contractor’s control and without its fault or negligence, within the meaning of paragraphs (f), Excusable Delays, and (m), Termination for Cause, of the CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS clause of this contract, in which case the contract shall be amended to make an equitable extension of the delivery schedule.

(6) UPWARD CEILING ON ECONOMIC PRICE ADJUSTMENT. The Contractor agrees that the total increase in any contract unit price pursuant to these economic price adjustment provisions shall not exceed 330% percent of the award price, except as provided hereafter.

(i) If at any time the Contractor has reason to believe that within the near future a price adjustment under the conditions of this contract provision will be required that will exceed the current contract ceiling price for any item, the Contractor shall promptly notify the Contracting Officer in writing of the expected increase. The notification shall include a revised ceiling the Contractor believes is sufficient to permit completion of remaining contract performance, along with appropriate explanation and documentation as required by the Contracting Officer.

(ii) If an actual increase in the reference price would raise a contract unit price for an item above the current ceiling, the Contractor shall have no obligation under this contract to fill pending or future orders for such item, as of the effective date of the increase, unless the Contracting Officer issues a contract modification to raise the ceiling. If the contract ceiling will not be raised, the Contracting Officer shall so promptly notify the Contractor in writing.

(7) REVISION OF REFERENCE PRICE INDICATOR. In the event--

(i) Any applicable reference price is discontinued or its method of derivation is altered substantially; or

(ii) The Contracting Officer determines that the reference price consistently and substantially failed to reflect market conditions--the parties shall mutually agree upon an appropriate and comparable substitute for determining the price adjustments hereunder. The contract shall be modified to reflect such substitute effective on the date the indicator was discontinued, altered, or began to consistently and substantially fail to reflect market conditions. If the parties fail to agree on an appropriate substitute, the matter shall be resolved in accordance with paragraph (d), Disputes, of the CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS clause of this contract.

(8) CONVERSION FACTORS. If this contract provision requires quantity conversion for economic price adjustment purposes, the conversion factors for applicable products, as specified in the CONVERSION FACTORS provision, apply unless otherwise specified in the Schedule.

(d) EXAMINATION OF RECORDS. The Contractor agrees that the Contracting Officer or designated representatives shall have the right to examine the Contractor's books, records, documents, or other data the Contracting Officer deems necessary to verify Contractor adherence to the conditions of this contract provision.

(e) FINAL INVOICE. The Contractor shall include a statement on the final invoice that the amounts invoiced hereunder have applied all decreases required by this contract provision.

(f) TABLE.

I II III IV V

REFERENCE PRICE TABULATION

ITEM NO.

(LISTED

ITEMS)

NAME OF

PUBLICATION

HEADING UNDER WHICH

REFERENCE PRICE IS

PUBLISHED AND

NAME OF PRODUCT

LOCATION

WHERE

REFERENCE

PRICE

IS APPLICABLE

REFERENCE PRICE AS OF

AUGUST 27, 2014

(EXCLUDES ALL TAXES)

See Below Platts Oilgram Price Report

(U.S. Edition)

Product Price Assessments (Arab Gulf, FOB)

See Below See Notes Below

PRODUCT

REFERENCE PRODUCT

(LOCATION)

REFERENCE PRICE/USG

EFFECTIVE AUGUST 27, 2014

JA1 Jet Kerosene (Arab Gulf, FOB)

$2.686905

NOTES:

A. For Platts Oilgram: NOTE: The Reference prices are calculated by averaging the respective low prices and averaging the respective high prices for the ten published effective days' prices preceding the date of delivery. Both the low and high averages are then averaged to determine the new Reference Price. This average price is averaged to two (2) decimal places, regardless of whether the price is stated in dollars per barrel, dollars per metric ton, or cents per USG. This average will be converted to dollars per USG using the conversion factors cited in Paragraphs B, C, D, E, and F if needed, and rounded to six (6) decimal places. For example, assume a date of delivery on Friday and on that day, Platts published the effective price assessment for the previous day (Thursday). That previous day’s effective price assessment would be the tenth day used to calculate the reference price. If a delivery were on Saturday, Sunday, or Monday, then the prior Friday’s effective price, which is published on Monday, would be the tenth day used to calculate the reference price. Because Platts does not publish on the weekend, Saturday’s, Sunday’s, and Monday’s reference price is calculated the same and then only Saturday’s reference and unit prices are reflected in the contract price modification. For any consecutive days’ reference prices that calculate to be the same, only the first day’s reference and unit prices are shown on the contract price modification. Accordingly, for any delivery date not shown on a contract price modification, the last date prior to the missing date is used for payment purposes. If Platts fails to publish an assessment designated for a particular product yet publishes other assessments for other products, then just that missing effective price for that particular product is not considered as a published day’s price for reference price calculation purposes." Platts publishes prices Monday through Friday except holidays. A list of holidays is provided on Platts website at http://www.platts.com/Client%20Services/.

Any product offer must specify on which escalator it is based. Offers for JA1, JP8 may use any or all of the stated escalators for that product.

B. The conversion factor 42 USG/Barrel is used to calculate prices cited in dollars per barrel, to include Gasoil (Asia), Gasoil (Arab

Gulf, FOB), Jet Kerosene (Asia), and Jet Kerosene (Arab Gulf, FOB).

C. The conversion factor 274.09 USG/Metric Ton is used to calculate RME escalators under HSFO180CST Asia and 180CST Arab Gulf.

D. Prices that are cited in cents per gallon are converted to dollars per gallon by dividing by 100 and rounding to six (6) decimal places.

9) FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (BULK) (TAILORED) (DLA ENERGY) (FEB 2012) is hereby added in its entirety as follows:

(a) NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE AND SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD.

The NAICS code for this acquisition is 324110 . The small business size standard is 1,500 employees: 125,000 BPCD throughput and 90% refined by small business . However, the small business size standard for a concern that submits an offer in its own name, but that proposes to furnish an item that it did not itself manufacture, is 500 employees, including all affiliates.

(b) SUBMISSION OF OFFERS. Submit signed and dated offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. Offers may be submitted on the SF 1449, letterhead stationery, or as otherwise specified in the solicitation.

As a minimum, offers must show--

(1) The solicitation number;

(2) The time specified in the solicitation for receipt;

(3) The name, address, and telephone, and facsimile number of the offeror (and electronic address if available);

(4) A technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation.

This may include product literature, or other documents, if necessary;

(5) Terms of any express warranty;

(6) Price and any discount terms;

(7) “Remit to” address, if different from mailing address;

(8) A completed copy of the representations and certifications in the certification package. See FAR 52.212-3(b) for those representations and certifications that the offeror shall complete electronically;

(9) Acknowledgment of solicitation amendments;

(10) Past performance information, when included as an evaluation factor, to include recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar items and other references (including contract numbers, points of contact with telephone numbers and other relevant information); and

(11) If the offer is not submitted on the SF 1449, include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or that reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

(12) All price, quantity, delivery, and transportation terms as specified in the Offeror Submission Package.

(c) All technically acceptable and responsible offerors will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION – COMMERCIAL

ITEMS (JAN 1999).

(d) FACSIMILE OFFERS Yes (FAR 52.215-5). Incorporated by reference. No

(e) PERIOD FOR ACCEPTANCE OF OFFERS. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for _180_ calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers.

(f) PRODUCT SAMPLES. When required by the solicitation, product samples shall be submitted at or prior to the time specified for receipt of offers. Unless otherwise specified in this solicitation, these samples shall be submitted at no expense to the Government, and returned at the sender’s request and expense, unless they are destroyed during preaward testing.

(g) LATE SUBMISSIONS, MODIFICATIONS, REVISIONS, AND WITHDRAWALS OF OFFERS.

(1) Offerors are responsible for submitting offers, and any modifications, revisions, or withdrawals, so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation. If no time is specified in the solicitation, the time for receipt is 4:30 p.m., local time, for the designated Government office on the date that offers or revisions are due.

(2) (i) Any offer, modification, revision, or withdrawal of an offer received at the Government office designated in the solicitation after the exact time specified for receipt of offers is "late" and will not be considered unless it is received before award is made, the Contracting Officer determines that accepting the late offer would not unduly delay the acquisition; and--

(A) If it was transmitted through an electronic commerce method authorized by the solicitation, it was received at the initial point of entry to the Government infrastructure not later than 5:00 p.m. one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of offers; or

(B) There is acceptable evidence to establish that it was received at the Government installation designated for receipt of offers and was under the Government's control prior to the time set for receipt of offers; or

(C) If this solicitation is a request for offers, it was the only offer received.

(ii) However, a late modification of an otherwise successful offer, that makes its terms more favorable to the Government, will be considered at any time it is received and may be accepted.

(3) Acceptable evidence to establish the time of receipt at the Government installation includes the time/date stamp of that installation on the offer wrapper, other documentary evidence of receipt maintained by the installation, or oral testimony or statements of Government personnel.

(4) If an emergency or unanticipated event interrupts normal Government processes so that offers cannot be received at the Government office designated for receipt of offers by the exact time specified in the solicitation, and urgent Government requirements preclude amendment of the solicitation or other notice of an extension of the closing date, the time specified for receipt of offers will be deemed to be extended to the same time of day specified in the solicitation on the first work day on which normal Government processes resume.

(5) Offers may be withdrawn at any time before award. Withdrawals are effective upon receipt of notice by the Contracting Officer.

(h) CONTRACT AWARD.

The Government may evaluate offers and award a contract after conducting discussions with offerors whose offers have been determined to be within the competitive range. If the Contracting Officer determines that the number of offers that would otherwise be in the competitive range exceeds the number at which an efficient competition can be conducted, the Contracting Officer may limit the number of offers in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated offers. Therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. While the Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract after oral or written discussions with offerors, it reserves the right not to conduct discussions, as determined by the Contracting Officer.

(i) MULTIPLE AWARDS. The Government may accept any item or group of items of an offer, unless the offeror qualifies the offer by specific limitations. Unless otherwise provided in the Schedule, offers may be submitted for quantities less than those specified. The Government reserves the right to make an award on any item for a quantity less than the quantity offered, at the unit cost or prices offered, unless the offeror specifies otherwise in the offer.

(j) AVAILABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENTS CITED IN THE SOLICITATION.

(1) (i) The GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards, and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29, and copies of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained for a fee by submitting a request to--

GSA FEDERAL SUPPLY SERVICE SPECIFICATIONS SECTION

470 EAST L’ENFANT PLAZA SW, SUITE 8100

WASHINGTON DC 20407

TELEPHONE: (202) 619-8925

FAX: (202) 619-8978

(ii) If the General Services Administration, Department of Agriculture, or Department of Veterans Affairs issued this solicitation, a single copy of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained free of charge by submitting a request to the addressee in (i)(1)(i) of this provision. Additional copies will be issued for a fee.

(2) Most unclassified Defense specifications and standards may be downloaded from the following ASSIST websites:

(i) ASSIST (http://assist.daps.dla.mil).

(ii) Quick Search (http://assist.daps.dla.mil/quicksearch).

(iii) ASSISTdocs.com (http://assistdocs.com).

(3) Documents not available from ASSIST may be ordered from the Department of Defense Single Stock Point (DoDSSP) by—

(i) Using the ASSIST Shopping Wizard (http://assist.daps.dla.mil/wizard);

(ii) Phoning the DoDSSP Customer Service Desk at (215) 697-2179, Monday through Friday, 0730 to 1600 EST; or

(iii) Ordering from—

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SINGLE STOCK POINT (DoDSSP)

BUILDING 4, SECTION D

700 ROBBINS AVENUE

PHILADELPHIA PA 19111-5094

TELEPHONE: (215) 697-2667/2179

FAX: (215) 697-1462

(4) Nongovernment (voluntary) standards must be obtained from the organization responsible for their preparation, publication, or maintenance.

(k) DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM (DUNS) NUMBER. (Applies to offers exceeding $3,000 and offers of $3,000 or less if the solicitation requires the Contractor to be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database.) The offeror shall enter, in the block with its name and address on the cover page of its offer, the annotation "DUNS" or “DUNS+4” followed by the DUNS or DUNS+4 number that identifies the offeror's name and address. The DUNS+4 is the DUNS number plus a 4-character suffix that may be assigned at the discretion of the offeror to establish additional CCR records for identifying alternative Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) accounts (see FAR Subpart 32.11) for the same concern. If the offeror does not have a DUNS number, it should contact Dun and Bradstreet directly to obtain one. An offeror within the United States may contact Dun and Bradstreet by calling 1-866-705-5711 or via the internet at http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform. An offeror located outside the United States must contact the local Dun and Bradstreet office for a DUNS number. The offeror should indicate that it is an offeror for a Government contract when contacting the local Dun and Bradstreet office.

(l) CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (CCR). Unless exempted by an addendum to this solicitation, by submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the CCR database prior to award, during performance and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation. If the offeror does not become registered in the CCR database in the time prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered offeror. Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the CCR database accessed through https://www.acquisition.gov or by calling 1-866-606-8220 or 334-206-7828.

(m) DEBRIEFING. If a post-award debriefing is given to requesting offerors, the Government shall disclose the following information, if applicable:

(1) The agency’s evaluation of the significant weak or deficient factors in the debriefed offeror’s offer.

(2) The overall evaluated cost or price and technical rating of the successful and the debriefed offeror and past performance information on the debriefed offeror.

(3) The overall ranking of all offerors, when any ranking was developed by the agency during source selection.

(4) A summary of the rationale for award.

(5) For acquisitions of commercial items, the make and model of the item to be delivered by the successful offeror.

(6) Reasonable responses to relevant questions posed by the debriefed offeror as to whether source selection procedures set forth in the solicitation, applicable regulations, and other applicable authorities were followed by the agency.

M-0005 M24.03 EVALUTATON OF OFFERS INVOLVING F.O.B. TANKER LOADING (JAN 2012)

(a) Transportation will be considered in the evaluation of all origin offers unless the solicitation specifically indicates otherwise in the Schedule. The transportation rate will be based on a nominal size foreign flag tanker of approximately 30,000 Deadweight Tons (DWTs) and will be inclusive of time charter hire. The transportation rate will be an estimated market rate based on either market information, published prices, actual rates paid by the Government, or any combination thereof. This evaluation rate will be expressed as a daily rate for foreign flag time charter costs. DLA Energy will use the evaluation rate along with round trip mileage over the tank routes being evaluated to compute a transportation rate expressed in U.S. cents per gallon. This rate will then be added to the offered price per gallon to determine the evaluated price.

(b) DLA Energy will not evaluate offers for JP5, JP8, or F76 on the basis of a two-product load.

(c) For JP5/JP8/F76. The following procedures will be followed in applying transportation freight rates to offers in the evaluation process:

(1) __235,000_____ barrels of product will be considered sufficient to fully utilize vessels 30,000 DWT and over. In the initial evaluation, every offer will be evaluated with this full tanker rate.

(2) All offers that evaluate as the lowest laid down cost in the initial evaluation are verified that a full tanker parcel size as stated in (c)(1) above has been offered. In the event an offeror limits its offer to individual tanker liftings of less than __250,000____ barrels, the offer will be evaluated on the basis of (i) a single-port load plus shifting charges if it is determined that the same product will be available in the same port area, (ii) the least expensive two-port loading rate if it is determined that the same product will not be available in the same port area but will be available in another port in the same geographical area under this solicitation, or (iii) total vessel freight rate prorated over the maximum parcel size offered if there are no other products offered for tanker loading in the same geographical area. The additional costs represented by the shifting charge or the two-port loading will be assessed for evaluation purposes against such offer on a prorated basis per gallon on the quantity indicated by the offeror as the maximum lifting.

(d) If an offeror takes exception to paragraph (e) of the DELIVERY AND ORDERING PERIODS contract provision by refusing to accumulate pro rata to equal maximum parcel size offered, then the evaluated volume will be the pro rata volume corresponding to that portion of the offer that evaluated low in the initial evaluation.

M-0006 M24.05 EVALUATION OF OFFERS INVOLVING F.O.B. TANKER LOADING (WESTPAC) (DLA ENERGY APR 2013)

(a) Transportation will be considered in the evaluation of all origin offers unless the solicitation specifically indicates otherwise in the Schedule. The transportation rate will be based on a nominal size U.S. flag tanker of approximately 50,000 Deadweight Tons (DWTs).

The transportation rate will be an estimated market rate based on either market information or published prices, or actual rates paid by the Government or any combination thereof. This evaluation rate will be expressed as a daily rate for U.S. flag costs. DLA Energy will use the evaluation rate along with round trip mileage over the tanker routes being evaluated to compute a transportation rate expressed in U.S. cents per gallon. This rate will then be added to the per gallon offered price to determine the evaluated price.

(b) DLA Energy will not evaluate offers for JP5, JA1, JP8, F76, or RME-180 on the basis of a two product load.

(c) For JP5/JP8/F76. The following procedures will be followed in applying transportation freight rates to offers in the evaluation process:

(1) 250,000 barrels of product will be considered sufficient to fully utilize vessels 50,000 DWTs and over.

(2) In the event an offeror limits its offer to individual tanker lifting of less than 250,000 barrels, the offer will be evaluated on the basis of

(i) a single-port load plus shifting charges if it is determined that the same product will be available in the same port area,

(ii) the least expensive two-port loading rate if it is determined that the same products will not be available in the same port area but will be available in another port area in the same geographical area under this solicitation, or

(iii) total vessel freight rate prorated over the maximum parcel size offered if there are no other products offered for tanker loading in the same geographical area. The additional costs represented by the shifting charge or the two-port loading will be assessed for evaluation purposes against such offer on a prorated basis per gallon on the quantity indicated by the offeror as the maximum lifting.

(3) Upon completion of the initial evaluation, if any portion of the product(s) utilized to fill the vessel fails to evaluate as the lowest laid down cost, the product(s) will be eliminated and new transportation freight rates applied based on the successful portion of the product(s). If the offeror takes exception to paragraph (d) of the DELIVERY AND ORDERING PERIODS contract provision by refusing to accumulate pro rata to equal maximum parcel size offered, then the evaluated volume will be the pro rata volume corresponding to that portion of the offer that evaluated low in the initial evaluation.

(4) The following destinations will be evaluated on fully loaded vessels of approximately 50,000 DWT at parcel sizes of 310,000 barrels at DFSP QATAR.

F76 JA1

DFSP JEBEL ALI, UAE DFSP QATAR, QA

(d) For Fuel Oil (RME-180). The following procedures will be followed in applying transportation freight rates to offers in the evaluation process:

(1) 120,000 barrels of product will be considered sufficient to fully utilize vessels 50,000 DWTs and over.

(2) The Government will load no more than 150,000 barrels of fuel oil per shipload. All offers will be evaluated assuming a maximum loading of 150,000 barrels of fuel oil. In the event an offeror limits its offer to individual tanker lifting of less than 120,000 barrels, the offer will be evaluated on the basis of--

(i) Single-port loading plus shifting charges if it is determined that RME-180 under this solicitation will be available in the same port area;

(ii) The least expensive two-port loading rate if it is determined that RME-180 will not be available in the same port area but will be available in another port area in the same geographical area under this solicitation;

(iii) Total vessel freight rate prorated over the maximum parcel size offered if there are no other quantities of other products offered for tanker loading in the same geographical area. The additional costs represented by the shifting charge or the two-port loading will be assessed for evaluation purposes against such offer on a prorated bases per gallon or per barrel based on the quantity indicated by the offeror as the maximum lifting.

(3) Upon completion of the initial evaluation, if any portion of the product(s) utilized to fill the vessel fails to evaluate as the lowest laid down cost, the product(s) will be eliminated and new transportation freight rates applied based on the successful portion of the product(s). Offers of RME-180 will be reevaluated using the criteria of paragraphs (e)(1) and (2) above. If the offeror takes exception to paragraph (d) of the DELIVERY AND ORDERING PERIODS contract provision by refusing to accumulate pro rata to equal maximum parcel size offered, then the evaluated volume will be the pro rata volume corresponding to that portion of the offer that evaluated low in the initial evaluation.

10) Please submit your offer via email to BulkFuelsBidCustodian@dla.mil. For information regarding this solicitation, please contact

Kathryn Moore at kathryn.moore@dla.mil / 703-767-8563 or Adam Butler at adam.butler@dla.mil / 703-767-9267. Offerors' proposals shall be submitted in English and US Dollars per gallon signed by an authorized company official. Offerors shall submit their best offer pricing. The closing date for receipt of offers is Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 1:00 p.m. local time, Fort Belvoir, VA.