Amendment_0002.pdf

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

1. CONTRACT ID CODE

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO.

See Block 14

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO. 5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

6. ISSUED BY CODE SPE600 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6) CODE

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State and ZIP Code)

CODE FACILITY CODE

SPE60016R0714

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2016 JUL 20

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of OffersX is extended, X is not extended.

or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

1 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO.

IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc. ) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return copies to issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

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Prescribed by GSA FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of Contracting Officer)(Signature of person authorized to sign)

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning

DLA ENERGY

8725 JOHN J KINGMAN RD STE 4950

FT BELVOIR VA 22060-6222

USA

15C. DATE SIGNED 16C. DATE SIGNED

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

11 AUG 2016

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

See Attached Continuation Sheet(s).

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9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

13. THIS APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS.

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

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A. Solicitation note 6 is updated to read as follows:

6. NOTICE TO SMALL BUSINESS OFFERORS: Due to size changes in the small business size standard under 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (BULK)(TAILORED)(DLA ENERGY)(SEP 2015), please make sure that you update your business standard in SAM as appropriate before you submit an offer. Once you offer, the business size is locked for the remainder of the procurement. The small business size standard is 1,500 employees or 200,000 Barrels per Calendar Day (BPCD) throughput. 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. The following update has been made in Section B:

FAR 52.216-9069 Economic Price Adjustment – Published Market Price – DLA Energy Domestic Bulk (NOV 2011) is deleted in its entirety and replaced. See attachment.

C. Section I has been updated to add the following provisions:

52.209-6 Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Oct 2015)

(a) Definition. “Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item,” as used in this clause--

(1) Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is—

(i) A commercial item (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition in FAR 2.101);

(ii) Sold in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace; and

(iii) Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it is sold in the commercial marketplace; and

(2) Does not include bulk cargo, as defined in 46 U.S.C. 40102(4), such as agricultural products and petroleum products.

(b) The Government suspends or debars Contractors to protect the Government’s interests. Other than a subcontract for a commercially available off-the-shelf item, the Contractor shall not enter into any subcontract in excess of $35,000 with a Contractor that is debarred, suspended, or proposed for debarment by any executive agency unless there is a compelling reason to do so.

(c) The Contractor shall require each proposed subcontractor whose subcontract will exceed $35,000, other than a subcontractor providing a commercially available off-the-shelf item, to disclose to the Contractor, in writing, whether as of the time of award of the subcontract, the subcontractor, or its principals, is or is not debarred, suspended, or proposed for debarment by the Federal Government.

(d) A corporate officer or a designee of the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer, in writing, before entering into a subcontract with a party (other than a subcontractor providing a commercially available off-the-shelf item) that is debarred, suspended, or proposed for debarment (see FAR 9.404 for information on the System for Award Management (SAM) Exclusions). The notice must include the following:

(1) The name of the subcontractor.

(2) The Contractor’s knowledge of the reasons for the subcontractor being listed with an exclusion in SAM.

(3) The compelling reason(s) for doing business with the subcontractor notwithstanding its being listed with an exclusion in SAM.

(4) The systems and procedures the Contractor has established to ensure that it is fully protecting the Government’s interests when dealing with such subcontractor in view of the specific basis for the party’s debarment, suspension, or proposed debarment.

(e) Subcontracts. Unless this is a contract for the acquisition of commercial items, the Contractor shall include the requirements of this clause, including this paragraph (e) (appropriately modified for the identification of the parties), in each subcontract that—

(1) Exceed $35,000 in value; and

(2) Is not a subcontract for commercially available off-the-shelf items.

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52.215-9023 Reverse Auction (OCT 2013)

The Contracting Officer may utilize on-line reverse auctioning as a means of conducting price discussions under this solicitation. If the Contracting Officer does not conduct a reverse auction, award may be made on the basis of initial offers or following discussions not using reverse auctioning as a pricing technique. If the Contracting Officer decides to use on-line reverse auctioning to conduct price negotiations, the Contracting Officer will notify Offerors of this decision and the following provisions will apply:

(a) The award decision will be made in accordance with the evaluation factors as set forth in the solicitation. The reverse on-line auction will be used as a pricing technique during discussions to establish the final offered prices from each Offeror. These prices will be used in conjunction with the evaluation factors stated elsewhere in the solicitation in order to make the award decision in accordance with the basis for award stated in the solicitation.

(b) Following the decision to conduct discussions using reverse auctioning as a pricing technique, the Contracting Officer or his/her representative will provide Offerors determined to be in the competitive range with information concerning the auction process.

(c) Prior to conducting the reverse auction, the Contracting Officer may hold discussions with the Offerors concerning matters appropriate for discussion, such as issues involving technical proposals or unbalanced pricing.

(d) Unless auction instructions indicate that only Offeror’s rankings will be displayed, the lowest Offeror’s price(s) for each round of the reverse auction will be disclosed to other Offerors and anyone else having authorized access to the auction. This disclosure is anonymous, meaning that each Offeror’s identity will be concealed from other Offerors (although it will be known to the Government; only a generic identifier will be used for each Offeror’s proposed pricing, such as “Offeror A” or “lowest-priced Offeror”). By submitting a proposal in response to the solicitation, Offerors agree to participate in the reverse auction and that their prices may be disclosed, including to other Offerors, during the reverse auction.

(e) An Offeror’s final auction price at the close of the reverse auction will be considered its final price proposal revision. No price revisions will be accepted after the close of the reverse auction, unless the Contracting Officer decides that further discussions are needed and final price proposal revisions are again requested in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.307, or the Contracting Officer determines that it would be in the best interest of the Government to re-open the auction.

(f) The following requirements apply when the Government uses a commercial web-based product to conduct the reverse auction:

(1) Each Offeror identified by the Contracting Officer as a participant in the reverse auction will be contacted by Defense Logistic Agency’s commercial reverse auction service provider to advise the Offeror of the event and to provide an explanation of the process.

(2) In order for an Offeror to participate in the reverse auction, such Offeror must agree with terms and conditions of the entire solicitation, including this provision, and agree to the commercial reverse auction service provider’s terms and conditions for using its service. Information concerning the reverse auction process and the commercial service provider’s terms and conditions is embedded within the email notification sent by the on-line reverse auction pricing tool system administrator.

(3) Offerors shall secure the passwords and other confidential materials provided by the commercial reverse auction service provider or the Government and ensure they are used only for purposes of participation in the reverse auction. Offerors shall keep their own and other Offeror’s pricing in confidence until after contract award.

(4) The reverse auction system currently in use designates offers as "Lead," meaning the current low price in that auction, or "Not Lead," meaning not the current low price in that auction. In the event of a tie offer, the reverse auction provider's system designates the first offer of that price as "Lead" and the second or subsequent offer of that price as "Not Lead." Offerors shall not submit a tie offer, since this is inconsistent with the purpose of the reverse auction. If a tie offer is submitted and no evaluation factors other than price were identified in the solicitation, the "Not Lead” Offeror that submitted the tie offer must offer a changed price; otherwise its offer will be ineligible for award if their final price in the auction is the tie offer price. If evaluation factors in addition to price were listed in the solicitation, tie offers that are "Not Lead" will be considered and evaluated in accordance with those evaluation factors.

(5) Any Offerors unable to enter pricing through the commercial reverse auction service provider’s system during a reverse auction must notify the Contracting Officer or designated representative immediately. The

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Contracting Officer may, at his/her sole discretion, extend or re-open the reverse auction if the reason for the Offeror’s inability to enter pricing is determined to be without fault on the part of the Offeror and outside the Offeror’s control.

(6) The reverse auction will be conducted using the commercial reverse auction service provider’s website as embedded in the email notification. Offerors shall be responsible for providing their own computer and internet connection.

(7) Training:

(i) The commercial reverse auction service provider and/or a Government representative will provide familiarization training to Offerors’ employees; this training may be provided through written material, the commercial reverse auction service provider’s website, and/or other means.

(ii) An employee of an Offeror who successfully completes the training shall be designated as a “Trained Offeror.” Only Trained Offerors may participate in a reverse auction. The Contracting Officer reserves the right to request that Offerors provide an alternate Offeror employee to become a Trained Offeror. The Contracting Officer also reserves the right to take away the Trained Offeror’s designation from any Trained Offeror who fails to abide by the solicitation’s or commercial reverse auction service provider’s terms and conditions.

D. Section L has been updated as follows:

FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (BULK) (TAILORED) (DLA ENERGY) (SEP 2015) is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items (BULK) (TAILORED) (DLA ENERGY) (SEP 2015)

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 no more than 1,500 employees or no more than 200,000 barrels/day. 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.

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 -- The solicitation number;

The time specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers; The name, address, and telephone number of the offeror;

(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;

Terms of any express warranty; Price and any discount terms;

“Remit to” address, if different than mailing address;

A completed copy of the representations and certifications at FAR 52.212-3 (see FAR 52.212-3(b) for those representations and certifications that the offeror shall complete electronically);

Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments;

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);

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 reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration; and All price, quantity, delivery, and transportation terms as specified in the Offeror Submission Package.

All technically acceptable and responsible offerors will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014). A technically acceptable offer is one that meets the Government’s product requirements in Section B, specifications in Section C, quality assurance requirements in Section E, delivery requirements in Section F, and, as applicable, Section 526 compliance requirements for biofuel as incorporated by addendum to the solicitation. An offer that proposes an exception to one of the foregoing

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requirements will be reviewed to determine whether the fuel will meet the Government’s specification and delivery requirements, can physically be accepted, and not compromise fuel quality. If so, an offer containing the exception will also be technically acceptable.

FACSIMILE OFFERS Yes _____ (FAR 52.215-5), Incorporated by reference. No ___X___

(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.

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.

MULTIPLE OFFERS. Offerors are encouraged to submit multiple offers presenting alternative terms and conditions or commercial items for satisfying the requirements of this solicitation. Each offer submitted will be evaluated separately.

LATE SUBMISSIONS, MODIFICATIONS, REVISIONS, AND WITHDRAWALS OF OFFERS.

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.

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— 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 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 If this solicitation is a request for proposals, it was the only proposal received.

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.

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.

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.

Offers may be withdrawn by written notice received at any time before the exact time set for receipt of offers. Oral offers in response to oral solicitations may be withdrawn orally. If the solicitation authorizes facsimile offers, offers may be withdrawn via facsimile received at any time before the exact time set for receipt of offers, subject to the conditions specified in the solicitation concerning facsimile offers. An offer may be withdrawn in person by an offeror or its authorized representative if, before the exact time set for receipt of offers, the identity of the person requesting withdrawal is established and the person signs a receipt for the offer. Withdrawls are effective upon receipt of notice by the Contracting Officer.

(i) CONTRACT AWARD (NOT APPLICABLE TO INVITATION FOR BIDS). 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 Governmentintends 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.

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(j) 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.

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

(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 Suite 8100 470 L’Enfant Plaza, SW Washington, DC 20407 Telephone (202) 619-8925 Facsimile (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 paragraph (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 (https://assist.dla.mil/online/start/ ).

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

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

Documents not available from ASSIST may be ordered from the Department of Defense Single Stock Point (DoDSSP) by— Using the ASSIST Shopping Wizard ( https://assist.dla.mil/wizard/index.cfm );(ii) Phoning the DoDSSP Customer Service Desk (215) 697-2179, Mon-Fri, 0730 to 1600 EST; or(iii) Ordering from DoDSSP, Building 4 Section D, 700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094, Telephone (215) 697/2197, Facsimile (215) 697-1462.

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 System for Award Management (SAM) 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 SAM 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 DUNS number. The offeror should indicate that it is an offeror for a Government contract when contacting the local Dun and Bradstreet office.

(l) SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT. 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 SAM 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 SAM 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 SAM database accessed through https://www.acquisition.gov.

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

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 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 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 lection procedures set forth in the solicitation, applicable regulations, and other applicable authorities were followed by the agency.

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E. Section M has been updated as follows:

FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION FACTORS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014) is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

(a) The Government will award one or more contracts resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror(s) whose offer(s) conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

FACTOR 1: TECHNICAL ACCEPTABILITY

The following subfactors will be used in determining technical acceptability:

SUBFACTOR

1. Supplies or services and prices/cost, Section B

2. Description/specifications/statement of work, Section C

3. Inspection and acceptance, Section E

4. Deliveries or performance, Section F

5. Section 526 Compliance for Biofuels

Subfactors 1 – 5 will be rated either “Acceptable” or “Unacceptable.” These ratings are defined as follows:

ACCEPTABLE: The offeror’s proposal conforms to the Government’s supply and schedule requirements in Section B, product specifications in Section C, product quality assurance in Section E, delivery/transportation requirements in Section F and, as applicable, Section 526 compliance requirements for biofuel.

UNACCEPTABLE: The offeror’s proposal does not conform to any one or more of the following requirements: the Government’s supply and schedule requirements in Section B, product specifications in Section C, product quality assurance in Section E, delivery/transportation requirements in Section F and, as applicable, Section 526 compliance requirements for biofuel.

Proposals may be comprised of individual, independent offers, differentiated by product grade, shipping mode and/or FOB point. An individual offer within a proposal may be rated “Unacceptable”, while remaining offers within the same proposal may be rated “Acceptable.” A rating will be made for each individual offer within each proposal.

Each individual offer within a proposal must receive an “Acceptable” rating for every subfactor in order to be rated technically acceptable. If an individual offer within a proposal receives a rating of “Unacceptable” for one subfactor it will be rated technically unacceptable. Therefore, some individual offers within a proposal may be considered technically acceptable while other individual offers within the same proposal may be considered technically unacceptable.

An offeror that proposes an exception to any of the requirements of the solicitation, as related to the aforementioned subfactors, will be reviewed to determine whether the fuel will meet the Government’s specification and delivery requirements, can physically be accepted, and not compromise fuel quality. If so, an offer containing the exception will also be technically acceptable. Programmatic exceptions are addressed to all offerors via amendment. Likewise, a rating may be made “Acceptable” if an offeror corrects, or the Government accepts by reason of exception, any subfactors previously rated “Unacceptable” by the Source Selection Evaluation Board (SSEB).

Offerors must provide additional written details to address all areas rated “Unacceptable” prior to the receipt of Final Proposal Revisions, which the Government will review for acceptance.

FACTOR 2: PRICE

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Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustment (EPA) contracts will result from this solicitation. The Contract Team will evaluate proposals for pricing purposes in accordance with FAR 52.212-2 – EVALUATION – COMMERCIAL ITEMS. Offerors are advised that DLA Energy intends to execute the extension provision of any subsequent contract only if there are remaining quantities left on the contract; no quantities will be added. The extension provision will only extend the ordering and delivery period of the contract. In addition, the extension provisions contained in contract provision I209.09 EXTENSION PROVISIONS (DLA ENERGY JAN 2012) will be evaluated in conjunction with the evaluation of initial offers received.

The lowest price is defined as the lowest laid-down price, to include transportation costs as determined by the Bid Evaluation Model (BEM), which will provide the basis to make awards. The BEM is a computer evaluation model which analyzes numerous variables. These variables include the offeror’s proposed prices, fuel types, minimum and maximum award quantities, shipping locations, shipment mode capabilities, minimum and maximum cargo sizes, customer receipt locations, and receipt mode capabilities. Transportation rates will be included for tanker, barge, pipeline, railcar, and tank truck transportation modes in accordance with M41.04 EVALUATION OF OFFERS INVOLVING OTHER THAN F.O.B. TANKER (BULK) (DLA ENERGY JUL 2010) and M24.02 EVALUATION OF OFFERS INVOLVING F.O.B. TANKER LOADING FOR THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN/WEST COAST/OFFSHORE PURCHASE PROGRAM (DLA ENERGY SEP 2010). Government additive costs will be used to evaluate, where applicable, proposals of product not fully additized at the loading facility, but instead are additized/injected en route to a facility or customer location. The BEM will calculate the overall pattern of delivery of fuel from contractor facilities to specific customer locations that represents the lowest total combination of price for product, transportation and other costs.

Offers will be submitted through the Offer Entry Tool (OET). There are two types of OET instances or “rounds” that are available for use during the solicitation process – the “Standard” round and the “Reverse Auction” (RA) round. A standard round is used for all offer inputs from initial offers on the solicitation through Final Proposal Revisions (FPR). In a standard OET round, the vendor can change most data fields in their offer, including adding and removing shipping locations, adding or removing origin and destination bid lines, quantities, prices, and offer conditions.

After the solicitation has been posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website, it will be posted to the OET as the initial standard round. Please note that there can be multiple standard rounds. All initial offers must be submitted via this OET standard round no later than the date and time specified for the receipt of initial offers. Only those offers who have submitted an initial offer by the date and time specified will be eligible to submit data in later OET rounds.

DLA Energy will request offeror submission of Interim Proposal Revisions (IPRs) before the conclusion of negotiations. IPRs will be submitted through the OET and considered a standard round. The information in the OET will be evaluated in the BEM. Each offeror will be provided with two documents generated from the BEM:

the Minimum Cost Bid Evaluation Worksheet (MCBEW) and the Laid Down Cost Report (LCR), as follows:

# The MCBEW will provide detailed information on how an offer is evaluated to each demand location.

Details including product price, method of delivery for each leg of the route, transportation and additive costs, and any applicable evaluation factors are included, and the ‘final laid in price’ is identified for each location.

This information will be generated separately for each offeror, and each offeror will receive only the information applicable to their offer.

# The LCR will provide information on the price currently in line for award at each demand location. The report is limited to providing the solicitation line item, location, quantity currently in line for award, and the ‘laid in price’ for the quantity currently in line for award. The laid in price is the aggregate price including product, additive, transportation and any evaluation factor costs. No information concerning apparently successful offer, shipping point, or product routing is included.

Offerors will be given time to review the MCBEW and LCR, after which DLA Energy will close negotiations and call for Final Proposal Revisions (FPRs). FPRs will be submitted through the OET and considered a standard

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round. FPRs will be evaluated in the BEM. If an offeror chooses not to revise its offer during the FPR standard round, then unless the offer is withdrawn, the offeror must still re-submit its previously entered OET information to be evaluated as a final offer in the BEM for possible award. The Government reserves the right either to make awards based on the FPR BEM evaluation, or to conduct one or more additional standard or RA rounds in OET.

At the start of each RA round, offerors will be provided with updated copies of the MCBEW and LCR. In contrast to a standard round, in an RA round an offeror is only allowed to lower their offered price, and may not make revisions to any other OET fields. All other OET fields, including product type, shipping location, quantity, conditions, etc., will be locked during an RA round. During an RA round, the offeror is responsible for ensuring that the “offered price” field for each submitted offer line contains the offer price they wish to have evaluated. The price in the “offered price” field can be equal to or lower than the previously offered price (shown in the field directly to the left of the offer price field in OET). As with the standard rounds, offerors are responsible for submitting revisions before the stated closing date and time for the RA round. Revisions received after the stated closing date and time will not be considered, and, unless withdrawn, the offer will be evaluated using the final offered price that was submitted prior to the stated closing date and time.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

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Section B

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SECTION J - LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

List of Attachments

Description File Name

ATTACH.FAR 52.216-

Amendment 0002 Attachment.docx

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