Amendment_0003_SF30.pdf

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1. CONTRACT ID CODE

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO.

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

See Block 14

5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

6. ISSUED BY CODE SPE602 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

SPE60218R0700

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2017 DEC 08

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, 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)

NSN 7540-01-152-8070

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STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83)

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

BULK PETROLEUM PRODUCT

8725 JOHN J. KINGMAN ROAD

FORT BELVOIR VA 22060

15C. DATE SIGNED 16C. DATE SIGNED

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

See Attached Continuation Sheet(s).

(X)

CHECK ONE

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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The purpose of Amendment 0003 is to advise offerros of the procedures for the Two-Part Negotiations by means of updating FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (BULK) (TAILORED) (DLA ENERGY) (JUL 2013) with FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (BULK) (TAILORED) (DLA ENERGY) (JAN 2017), provide the updated version of FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION - COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014), replace DLA Energy Contract Text L2.07 EVIDENCE OF RESPONSIBILITY (DLA ENERGY JAN 1998) with DLA Energy Contract Text L2.07.100 EVIDENCE OF RESPONSIBILITY (DLA ENERGY JAN 1998), remove Standardized Test Report Format, which is currently included as Attachment 1 to the AEM Solicitation SPE602-18-R-0700, and advise offerors of the proper format for Shipping Point/Refinery Map Coordinates.

1.) TWO-PART NEGOTIATIONS CLOSE: This solicitation will implement a two-part negotiations close, in which offerors will not be permitted to revise transportation modes, shipping points, and sources of supply after the closing date/ time set for Interim Proposal Revisions (IPRs). Modes, shipping points, and sources of supply cannot be changed when submitting a Final Proposal Revision (FPR). FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (BULK) (TAILORED) (DLA ENERGY) (JUL 2013) is hereby replaced by the updated provision FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (BULK) (TAILORED) (DLA ENERGY) (JAN 2017) See FAR 52.212-1 below.

FAR 52.212-1-- INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (BULK) (TAILORED) (DLA ENERGY) (JAN 2017)

(a)North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard. The NAICS code and small business size standard for this acquisition is 324110. The small business size standard is 1,500 employees:

125,000 bpcd throughput and 90% refined by a 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 of offers;

(3) 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;

(5) Terms of any express warranty;

(6) Price and any discount terms;

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

(8) 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);

(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 reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

(c)All technically acceptable and responsible offerors will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION COMMERCIAL ITEMS. 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, and delivery requirements in Section F. An offer that proposes an exception to one of the foregoing 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. The offeror must demonstrate its understanding of the quality assurance requirements in E1 of the solicitation and provide evidence of an acceptable inspection system via the submission and acceptance of the supporting documentation required under Section E of the Offeror Submission Package (OSP).

(d)Offer Entry Tool (OET). 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 “OET Price Reduction” 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. However, as detailed below, when submitting a FPR during a standard OET round, a vendor will not be able to make changes to the base market price(s), transportation mode, shipping point(s), and sources of supply. Offers of additional products will not be accepted after initial offer closing date and time.

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. IPRs will be the last opportunity for offerors to revise modes, shipping points, and sources of supply (i.e. modes, shipping points, and sources of supply cannot be changed when submitting a FPR). IPRs will be submitted through the OET and considered a standard round.

The information in the OET will be evaluated in the Bid Evaluation Model (BEM). Each offeror will be provided with a “Minimum Cost Bid Evaluation Worksheet” (MCBEW). The MCBEW will provide detailed information on how an offer is evaluated to each demand location. This report includes product price, method of delivery for each leg of the route, transportation and additive costs, any applicable evaluation factors, and the evaluated laid in price for each location. This information will be generated separately for each offeror, and each offeror will receive only the

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information applicable to their offer.

Offerors will be given time to review the MCBEW, 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 round; however, the data fields for transportation modes, shipping points, and sources of supply may not be revised. 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 OET Price Reduction round, offerors will be provided with an updated copy of the MCBEW. At this time, offerors will also be provided with a “Laid-Down Cost Report” (LCR). The LCR will provide information on the price currently in line for award at each demand location. This 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 an aggregate of product, additive and transportation costs, as well as any evaluation factor(s). No information concerning apparently successful offer, shipping point, or product routing is included.

In contrast to a standard round, in an OET Price Reduction 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 OET Price Reduction 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 OET Price Reduction 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.

(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, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation.

(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)Multiple offers. Offerors are encouraged to submit multiple offers presenting alternative terms and conditions, including alternative line items (provided that the alternative line items are consistent with subpart 4.10 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation), or alternative commercial items for satisfying the requirements of this solicitation.

Each offer submitted will be evaluated separately.

(h)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 proposals, it was the only proposal 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 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.

(i)Contract award (not applicable to Invitation for Bids). The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

(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 not 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

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quantity offered, at the unit prices offered, unless the offeror specifies otherwise in the offer.

(k)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 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).

(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 ( 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.

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

(l)Unique entity identifier. (Applies to all offers exceeding $3,500, and offers of $3,500 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 “Unique Entity Identifier” followed by the unique entity identifier that identifies the Offeror's name and address. The Offeror also shall enter its Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator, if applicable. The EFT indicator is a four-character suffix to the unique entity identifier. The suffix is assigned at the discretion of the Offeror to establish additional SAM records for identifying alternative EFT accounts (see subpart 32.11) for the same entity. If the Offeror does not have a unique entity identifier, it should contact the entity designated at www.sam.gov for unique entity identifier establishment directly to obtain one. The Offeror should indicate that it is an offeror for a Government contract when contacting the entity designated at www.sam.gov for establishing the unique entity identifier.

(m)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.

(n)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 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 offeror as to whether source-selection procedures set forth in the solicitation, applicable regulations, and other applicable authorities were followed by the agency.

2.) FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION - COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014) is hereby updated as follows:

FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION - COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

(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 are equal in importance:

SUBFACTOR

1.Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs, Section B 2.Description/Specification/Statement of Work, Section C 3.Inspection and Acceptance, Section E 4.Deliveries or Performance, Section F

Subfactors 1-4 will be rated either "Acceptable" or "Unacceptable." These ratings are defined as follows:

ACCEPTABLE: The offeror's proposal conforms to the Government's Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs in Section B, Description/Specifications/Statement of Work in Section C, Inspection and Acceptance in Section E, and Deliveries or

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Performance in Section F.

UNACCEPTABLE: The offeror's proposal does not conform to any one or more of the following requirements: the Government's Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs in Section B, Description/Specifications/Statement of Work in Section C, Inspection and Acceptance in Section E, and Deliveries or Performance in Section F.

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. Exceptions that are programmatic are addressed to all offers 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 by the Source Selection Evaluation Board.

All offerors within the competitive range will have an opportunity to make revisions to submitted proposals during negotiations and to submit a final proposal revision unless the offeror should choose to withdraw before the time final proposal revisions are required.

FACTOR 2:PRICE

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 DLA Energy tailored clause FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION- COMMERICAL ITEMS. Offerors are advised 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 extend only 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, railcar, barge, pipeline, and tank truck transportation modes in accordance with M41.02 EVALUATION OF OFFERS (OTHER THAN OFFERS INVOLVING F.O.B.

TANKER LOADING)- (TRANSPORTATION RATES AND RELATED COSTS) and M41.04 EVALUATION OF OFFERS INVOLVING OTHER THAN F.O.B.

TANKER (BULK). 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 and transportation.

The price of each offeror will be evaluated on the total overall price resulting from the standard and/or OET Price Reduction Offer Entry Tool (OET) rounds as described in FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-- Commercial Items.

The Government's objective is to ensure contracts are awarded to responsible offerors who have the ability to perform under this solicitation and which also represents the overall best value to the Government based on technical acceptability and price.

(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).

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.

3.) DLA Energy Contract Text L2.07 EVIDENCE OF RESPONSIBILITY (DLA ENERGY JAN 1998) is hereby removed from the solicitation and replaced with DLA Energy Contract Text L2.07.100 EVIDENCE OF RESPONSIBILITY (DLA ENERGY JAN 1998).

Text is as follows:

L2.07.100 EVIDENCE OF RESPONSIBILITY (DLA ENERGY JAN 1998)

(a) Any offeror not performing a significant portion of the contract with its own facilities and personnel may be determined by the Contracting Officer to be nonresponsible.

(b) If the offeror's source of supply is a firm or refinery independent of the offeror, the offeror shall submit evidence of a supply commitment from such source(s) when submitting its offer under this solicitation. Evidence of

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supply commitments must extend to the subcontracting level at which the product is produced.

(c) Such evidence may be in the form of a signed copy of the contract between the offeror and its supplier or in the form of a contingency letter from the supplier or other satisfactory documentation. In any event, such evidence of agreement shall clearly identify--

(1) The volumes to be supplied;

(2) The specification(s) of product(s) to be supplied;

(3) The points of delivery and period of contract performance;

(4) The escalation provision(s) applicable to products to be supplied; and

(5) The supplier's delivery and inspection terms and conditions.

(d) If the offeror changes its source of supply, such change must be made no later than the time specified for the submission of Interim Proposal Revisions. A notice of a change in the offeror's source of supply must include the documentation set forth in (c) above.

(e) Failure to comply with the above provisions may result in a determination of nonresponsibility by the Contracting Officer.

4.) The Standardized Test Report Format, which is currently included as Attachment 1 to the AEM Solicitation SPE602-18-R-0700 is hereby removed from both Section J –Attachments contents as well as the solicitation. All test reports should be submitted into iRAPT into the Energy Receiving Report fields going forward.

5.) In regards to the section of the offer information sheet requesting offeorors to provide map coordinates for shipping points/refinery, the proper format is as follows:

N 38° 43' 9.1596", W 77° 9' 46.8972"

All offerors shall clarify in this format as these coordinates will be used for transportation rate evaluation.

6.) All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.