SPE605-18-R-0217_AMENDMENT_0004.pdf

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

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2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO.

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

05/24/2018

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

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

DLA ENERGY

8725 JOHN J. KINGMAN ROAD, SUITE 3928

FORT BELVOIR, VA 22060-6222

BUYER/SYMBOL: SHELLY BRAYBOY/FEPDB

PHONE: 571-767-9524/EMAIL: SHELLY.BRAYBOY@DLA.MIL

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State and ZIP Code) (X) 9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION

NO.

SPE605-18-R-0217

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

05/09/2018

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

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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 Offers is extended, is not extended.

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:

(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning 1 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

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AMENDMENT 0004

A. This amendment is hereby issued to re-open solicitation SPE605-18-R-0217 on May 24, 2018. The solicitation will close on May 30, 2018 at 1:00 PM Local Fort Belvoir, VA Time.

B. Amendment 0003 inadvertently removed Contract clause, E-0001 E1 CONTRACTOR INSPECTION

RESPONSIBILITIES (DLA ENERGY SEP 2013). This contract clause is reinserted into solicitation

SPE605-18-R-0217 in full text.

E-0001 E1 CONTRACTOR INSPECTION RESPONSIBILITIES (DLA ENERGY SEP 2013)

(a) This contract provision applies to:

(1) All aviation fuel, lubricating oil, and additive shipments.

(2) All Bulk and Posts, Camps, and Stations non-aviation fuel shipments via pipeline or waterborne transport.

(b) QUALITY CONTROL PLAN.

(1) The Contractor is required to provide and maintain an inspection system, and a written description (Quality

Control Plan (QCP)) of that system, acceptable to the Government. The Contractor has the option to provide and maintain an inspection system that, as a minimum, incorporates the requirements of ISO9001, Quality Management Systems. If the

Contractor chooses to comply with the ISO9001 quality system requirements and format, all the specific Quality Assurance

Provisions of this contract must be included in the resulting ISO9001 document that will serve as the QCP. A copy of the QCP, in English, shall be presented to the Government Quality Assurance Representative (QAR) for their review and acceptance prior to commencement of production or services. An acceptable QCP is required prior to Government inspection and acceptance of supplies or services. The QCP shall be reviewed and updated when deemed necessary by the Contractor or the Government, to include changes necessary to prevent the recurrence of quality problems. The Contractor must sign and date the original QCP, as well as each subsequent revision. Revisions shall also be presented to the QAR for review and acceptance prior to implementation. When acceptable to the Government, the original QCP, and any revisions, shall be signed and dated by the

QAR.

(2) The Contractor shall require subcontractors to provide and maintain inspection systems adhere to all the requirements in this contract provision.

(3) The QCP shall include the identification of key operational positions, a schematic diagram of plant facilities pertinent to the inspection system, indicating all inspection points, and a description of the following operations related to the supplies or services to be furnished under the contract:

(i) RECEIVING, BLENDING AND COMPOUNDING. Procedures used to ensure the quality of additives blended into product supplied under this contract. Procedures to identify and ensure the quality of component base stocks used to produce finished product. Procedures to be used for adding, prior to batching, all required additives at all locations. When procedures for in-line blending of non-aviation products in accordance with the IN-LINE BLENDING OF

NON-AVIATION PETROLEUM PRODUCTS contract provision are used, the QCP will provide for establishing blend ratios, and identify the responsible personnel within the Contractor's organization authorized to establish the blend ratios. When line injection of additives is required by the contract, the QCP will provide procedures for proportionately injecting additives throughout the entire loading process to ensure the additive is homogeneously blended into the product, as well as procedures for maintaining records evidencing the homogeneous blending of all line injected additives. In addition to the testing in (iii) below, a laboratory hand blend of jet fuel with all additives required by the contract shall be tested, prior to shipment, to verify compliance with the specification;

(ii) SAMPLING. Procedures for sampling additives, blend tanks, shipping tanks, lines, and conveyances/containers in accordance with API Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards (MPMS), Chapter 8, Section 1, (ASTM D 4057) Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products, and/or Section 2, (ASTM D 4177) Automatic

Sampling of Liquid Petroleum and Petroleum Products. Procedures include sample location, frequency, quantity, and retention.

For all tanker, barge, and pipeline shipments, a flow-proportional sample taken in accordance with MPMS Chapter 8, Section 2, is preferred at the custody transfer point. However, manual samples taken in accordance with MPMS Chapter 8, Section 1 are acceptable provided that they are taken hourly throughout the shipment and that the quantity of the composite sample meets the requirements in Table II of this contract provision. See Table I, Minimum Sampling and Testing Requirements, and Table II, Sample Retention;

(iii) TESTING. Types of test series and individual test methods/procedures to be performed on samples taken from each location identified in (ii) above. See Table I, Minimum Sampling and Testing Requirements, and Table III, Definitions of Test Series;

(iv) CALIBRATION. Program for testing and measuring equipment in accordance with ISO 10012, Measurement Management Systems – Requirements for Measurement Processes and Measuring Equipment, or equivalent local regulation, as appropriate; and, a program for meters used to determine quantity complying with the API MPMS, Chapters 4, 5, and 6, or equivalent foreign standard. For items not covered by API, ASTM, or IP publications, the applicable manufacturer's recommended calibration method(s), outlined in the applicable industry publication, shall be used if acceptable to the

Government;

(v) STORAGE AND HANDLING. Procedures for quality/quantity determination. Includes a description of storage and handling equipment, such as tanks, lines, valves, and manifolds; identification of dedicated/common product systems, including description of line segregation and controls to assure capability for proper gauging, sampling, draining of water, filtration, circulation, and drying; and identification of any other process/system used in maintaining product integrity during storage and handling;

(vi) LOADING AND SHIPPING – GENERAL. Procedures for product movement and related quality/quantity checks from shipping tank(s) to custody transfer point (CTP). Description of transfer system from shipping tank to CTP. A dedicated system, including lines, pumps, loading arms, and hoses, is preferred, but an isolated common system incorporating blind flanges, spectacle plates, or double valves between systems is acceptable. An isolated common system using single valves designed to ensure positive isolation, such as twin seal single valves, are also acceptable. Systems with single valve (other than twin seal) isolation require specific procedures be included in the QCP to ensure product integrity prior to the

CTP. When single valves (other than twin seal) are present in the system, the Contractor shall provide their quality control procedures, from the first single valve to the CTP, at time of bid to the Contracting Officer for a determination of acceptability.

Procedures for conditioning and testing of isolated systems that last carried a product other than that intended for movement under this contract. For in-line blending of non-aviation products, where approved in this contract, requirements must comply with the IN-LINE BLENDING OF NONAVIATION PETROLEUM PRODUCTS contract provision;

(vii) LOADING AND SHIPPING – TANK CARS, TANK TRUCKS, AND INTERMODAL

CONTAINERS. For direct deliveries using Contractor-supplied tank cars and tank trucks in dedicated same grade aviation fuel service, refer to the section of API 1595 entitled “Loading of Road/Rail Cars” for loading and shipping procedures. All other tank car, tank truck, and intermodal container loadings shall be in accordance with the following procedures: Confirm all compartments have been prepared in accordance with Table IV, Conversion Chart for Tank Cars, Tank Trucks, and Intermodal

Containers, below. Whenever possible, ensure the same preparation procedures used for compartments are applied to hoses, manifolds, etc. Ensure that conveyances carrying lubricating oil are dry and free from loose rust, scale, and dirt. Provide for investigation of discrepancies in either recorded quality or quantity. When required by the contract, seal conveyance and record seal numbers on the shipping document. Strainers and filters shall be located as near the loading or filling point as practicable and shall be used as outlined below for all deliveries except deliveries into tanker, barge, or pipeline.

(A) All aviation fuel shall be passed through strainers of 60 mesh or finer screen;

(B) All lubricating oil products, including preservatives, having a kinematic viscosity of 20.0 centistokes or less at 100 degrees Fahrenheit shall be passed through a 100 mesh or finer screen;

(C) All lubricating oil products, including preservatives, having a kinematic viscosity greater than 20.0 centistokes at 100 degrees Fahrenheit, but less than 22.0 centistokes at 210 degrees Fahrenheit, shall be passed through a 60 mesh or finer screen; and

(D) The Contractor shall furnish and periodically inspect strainers and filters pursuant to this paragraph to determine condition and perform maintenance as necessary, keeping a written record thereof.

(viii) LOADING AND SHIPPING – TANKERS AND BARGES.

(A) For f.o.b. destination Contractor-supplied tankers/barges. Procedures for the preparation of vessel cargo systems, in accordance with Energy Institute (EI) HM 50, Guidelines for the Cleaning of Tanks and Lines for

Marine Tank Vessels Carrying Petroleum and Refined Products, that ensure the vessel is suitable to load the intended product(s).Particular attention should be given to vessels that previously carried a Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) cargo. As a minimum, f.o.b. destination Contractors must ensure that all cargo systems on the vessel intended for loading product under this contract, to include tanks, lines, manifolds, and pumps, are washed, gas freed, and inspected. In the event a solvent de-greaser is utilized in the tank preparation process, a minimum of two rinses must be performed by the vessel prior to loading Aviation

Turbine Fuel. Vessels that will be carrying JP8 will be allowed to load without cleaning based upon the following criteria: the last cargo prior to loading JP-8 is Jet A/A1, and the second and third to last cargoes were clean middle distillate or lighter petroleum products (no black oils, lubricating oils, vegetable oils, palm oils, biodiesel with FAME content greater than or equal to 15 % or other similar products). The vessel will drop all lines and strip dry all cargo tanks of the previously carried Jet A/Jet

A1 prior to loading JP-8. These procedures, and others deemed necessary by the Contractor, shall be included to ensure that the product meets the specification requirements at the CTP.

(B) For f.o.b. origin Government-supplied tankers/barges. Procedures for maintaining a time log of all significant events/delays including vessel notice of readiness, vessel arrival, mooring, vessel deballasting, inerting and conditioning of cargo tanks, inspections, hose connections and disconnections, starts, stops, vessel release, or any other event that affects laytime of the vessel. Procedures for assuring condition of loading line (full of tested product, all air bled, and pressure packed) and gauging shore tanks, both before and after loading. In the event an automated metering system is to be used as the means of shore quantity determination, manual gauges of all storage tanks designated for shipment shall be taken prior to commencement of loading. Procedures for preload discussion between Contractor, vessel, and QAR to include, but not be limited to, prior two cargoes, cleaning procedures, loading plan, loading rates, sampling requirements, and after loading sampling and gauging. [Prior to loading - gauge, sample, and test intransit cargoes designated for load on top. Gauge and sample (1 gallon) any other product on board, except for JPTS, and retain those samples.] All cargo quantities shall be calculated and volume corrected both before and after loading. Procedures for commencement of loading into one tank (up to 3 feet), then switching to at most two other vessel tanks while first-in sampling and testing is being accomplished (Table I).

Procedures for the transportation of samples from the vessel to the testing facility. Monitoring the loading (including line blending and additive injection) from source to vessel, investigating irregularities immediately and stopping loading, if necessary. Procedures for investigating discrepancies in quality (mandated if off-specification or out of testing tolerance) and quantity (mandated if shore to ship variance is in excess of the following: 0.2% (0.002) for cargos not requiring cleaning, gas freeing, or drop/strip; 0.3% (0.003) for cargos requiring drop/strip; or 0.5% (0.005) for cargos requiring cleaning and gas freeing, or figures are suspect) on loaded conveyance.

(C) For both f.o.b. origin and destination tankers/barges. Procedures for immediately notifying the

QAR when irregularities occur or are suspected, and on all occasions when loading is interrupted. Authority to release a

Government-furnished vessel rests with the Government QAR after compliance and completion by the Contractor of all required operations, including the preparation of the DD Form 250-1.

(ix) RECORDS AND REPORTS. Procedures for completing and distributing required documentation both prior to and after the release of the vessel. Documentation shall include, as a minimum, test reports for all products and additives, additive blending and/or injection records, vessel notice of readiness, customs documents, bills of lading, vessel ullage reports, and the DD Form 250/DD Form 250-1 and continuation sheet(s) (or the Paperless Ordering and Receipt Transaction

System [PORTS] or equivalent). Other documentation may be required on an as needed basis, such as vessel port logs, calibration records, and results of quality or quantity discrepancy investigations. These records and reports will include by whom, where, and how they were prepared, as well as retention information. The DD Form 250-1 and DD Form 250-1 continuation sheet(s) will be signed by the Contractor and the vessel representative in the appropriate blocks before presenting them to the QAR for signature. The DD Form 250 and DD Form 250-1 shall identify the type, brand name, and amount of all additive(s).

(x) CORRECTIVE ACTION. Actions to be followed to effect correction of any deficiency affecting product quality or quantity, such as handling of off-specification product (waivers, conveyance rejections, etc.). The corrective action procedures shall include notification of the QAR.

(4) The QCP shall identify one individual to serve as a point of contact for quality/quantity matters relating to the inspection system description in the plan.

(5) The Contractor is responsible for all inspection systems, QCPs, and product quality and quantity.

(c) The Contractor shall perform all inspections and acceptance tests required by the specifications of the supplies to be furnished under this contract or, shall have such tests performed, in a laboratory acceptable to the Government. For f.o.b.

destination Contractor-supplied tankers/barges, the Contractor shall provide the QAR, prior to the first shipment, with the name and location of the laboratory to be used for testing at each discharge point. The Contractor shall also notify the QAR of any subsequent laboratory changes prior to the affected shipments. If any laboratory is determined to be unacceptable to the

Government, the Contractor must designate another laboratory that is acceptable, before acceptance testing can take place.

Acceptance tests will normally be performed at the acceptance point. However, when such tests are performed at origin on supplies to be accepted at destination, documentation that will enable verification of the original test results shall be provided to the Government prior to acceptance at destination. Regardless of the method of delivery, products furnished under this contract must meet all specification requirements at the CTP.

(d) Prior to loading, the Contractor shall inspect all shipping conveyances for suitability to load the supplies furnished under this contract, except for Government-furnished tankers and barges Authorization for the Contractor to participate in the inspection of Government-supplied tankers and barges rests with QAR. The QAR has the right to inspect any

Government-supplied conveyance prior to loading and, in the event the Contractor and the QAR disagree on the suitability to load such a conveyance, the determination of the QAR shall govern. If the SHIPMENT AND ROUTING contract provision is included in the contract, Government-furnished transportation equipment that is unsatisfactory for loading shall be reported by the Contractor in accordance with the provisions contained in that contract provision. Procedures to determine suitability to load tank trucks and tank cars shall include, but not be limited to, visual inspection of interior compartments to assure cleanliness and dryness. Manifolds and hoses must be drained and be clean and dry for the intended product. If the Contractor intends to witness operations at any point up to, and including, government acceptance, the Contractor is responsible for contacting the facilities to be visited and obtaining the required access.

(e) When requested by the U.S. Government, the Contractor shall furnish no more than five (ten in the case of jet fuel) 1-gallon samples of liquid product from any individual batch or lot of the supplies to be furnished under this contract. Such samples shall be furnished without charge to the Government and shall be packed, marked, and shipped by the Contractor, at their expense.

(f) The Contractor shall keep all quality and quantity records related to the performance of this contract complete and available to the Government during the performance of this contract and for three years after final payment under this contract. These records shall include, but not be limited to, DD Form 250-series documents, documentation of internal inspections of all conveyances, laboratory certificates for all required testing (including those for the shipping tanks for f.o.b.

destination tankers/barges), and documentation of quantity determinations.

(g) When a common system is to be used for shipment in accordance with paragraph (a)(3)(vi) above, the

Contractor shall provide a list of all products carried by that system during the past year to the Contracting Officer, at the time of offer, for a determination of acceptability.

(h) The inspection system and related operations provided or performed pursuant to this provision shall be subject to surveillance by the QAR.

(i) The contractor may provide transportation to/from/between contractor facilities and operations to the QAR or DLA

Energy representative performing official duties relating to the administration of the contract and the contract price shall include the cost of any such transportation.

TABLE I

MINIMUM SAMPLING AND TESTING REQUIREMENTS (1) (9)

LOCATION

WHEN

SAMPLED

TYPE OF SAMPLE TYPE OF TEST

(SERIES OR

INDIVIDUAL)

1. Refinery/Terminal

(Each Shipping Tank)

Each Batch

Prior to Start of

Shipment

All Level or Multi-

Level Composite

A (2)

2. All Modes

(Shipping Line)

a. Dedicated Line

b. Common Line

Prior to

Loading/Shipping

Spot

C

B

3. All Modes (except Tank

Car/Tank

Truck)/Intermodal Container)

(Custody Transfer Point)

Immediately

After Start of

Loading/Shippi ng

Spot C

4. a. Tanker/Barge or Pipeline

(F.O.B.

Origin) (Custody Transfer

Point)

b. Tanker/Barge (F.O.B

Destination)

(Custody Transfer Point)

During Loading or Pipeline

Shipping

During

Discharge

Representative Line

Sample

[See Paragraph (b)(3)

(ii)]

Representative Line

Sample [See

Paragraph (b)(3) (ii)]

Retain Only

Retain Only – Discard

After Shore Tests are On-

Specification

5. Tanker/Barge/Pipeline

(Custody Transfer Point)

Hourly During

Loading/Shippi ng

Spot Visual (3) plus additive analysis for FSII & SDA, if line injected

6. Tanker/Barge

(First-In)

After loading 3 feet or the line displacement quantity, whichever is greater

Spot C (4) - plus additive analysis for FSII & SDA, if line injected

7. Tanker/Barge (F.O.B. Origin only)

a. Each Compartment

b. Composite

After Loading

All-Level or Multi-

Level Composite

Multi-Tank

Volumetric

Sample to be retained in case composite fails. If composite fails perform

Workmanship & Density on each compartment sample. For JP5, flash point must also be performed.

NOTES FOR TABLE I:

(1) AT THE GOVERNMENT'S OPTION, FULL SPECIFICATION TESTING MAY BE REQUIRED AT THE

CUSTODY TRANSFER POINT. IT IS THE CONTRACTOR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO FURNISH THE GOVERNMENT

WITH SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE OF SPECIFICATION COMPLIANCE.

(2) PRIOR TO PERFORMING A-LEVEL TESTING, THE HOMOGENEITY OF EACH BATCH SHALL BE

DETERMINED. AT A MINIMUM, UPPER, MIDDLE, AND LOWER SAMPLES SHALL BE TESTED FOR DENSITY/API

GRAVITY AND COMPARED TO THE SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR HOMOGENEITY. IF NO

SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENT EXISTS, HOMOGENEITY SHALL BE DEFINED AS WHEN THE TEST RESULTS

FOR THE UPPER, MIDDLE, AND LOWER SAMPLES ALL FALL WITHIN THE REPEATABILITY LIMIT(S) OF THE

TEST METHOD USED TO DETERMINE DENSITY/API GRAVITY. IN ANY CASE, WHEN DEEMED NECESSARY BY

THE GOVERNMENT, TESTS IN ADDITION TO DENSITY/API GRAVITYMAY BE REQUIRED TO CONFIRM BATCH

HOMOGENEITY.

(3) CONTINUOUS IN-LINE ANALYZERS (I.E., DENSITY AND/OR FLASH POINT) ARE ACCEPTABLE, IN

LIEU OF HOURLY EVALUATIONS, IF QUALITY IS ASSURED. WHEN CONTINUOUS IN-LINE ANALYZERS ARE

PRESENT IN THE SYSTEM, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE ITS QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES AT

TIME OF OFFER TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICER FOR DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTABILITY.

(4) TESTING FOR PARTICULATE CONTAMINATION SHALL BE REQUIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT IF VISUAL

EXAMINATION OF THE SAMPLE FAILS WORKMANSHIP FOR SEDIMENT/SUSPENDED MATTER.

Composite (6) of Each

Product Loaded

B (except gum for

Aviation Turbine Fuel)

(except carbon residue for

Diesel/Kerosene)

(plus FAME (7))

8. Tanker/Barge (F.O.B.

Destination only)

a. Origin (vessel) Composite

b. Destination (vessel)

Composite

c. Destination (vessel) Each

Compartment

(SEE NOTE 5 FOR

ADDITIONAL

REQUIREMENTS)

After loading

Discharge discharge

Composite (6) of Each

Product Loaded

Composite (6) of Each

Product to be

Discharged

All-level or Multi-level composite

A (plus FAME (7))

A

For retain in case composite fails. If composite fails perform

Workmanship & Density on each compartment sample. For JP5 perform flash point also.

9. Tank Car/Tank

Truck/Intermodal

Container (Loading Rack)

After change of source tank.

Spot C plus additive analysis for FSII & SDA, if line injected

10. Tank Cars/Tank Truck/

Intermodal Container

After

Loading/Filling

All-Level or Low

Point Drain/Bottom

Line (10)

Workmanship (C - when loading lubes and FSII)

11. Drum After Filling Multi-drum

Composite (8)

C

(5) FOR FOB DESTINATION SHIPMENTS DESTINED FOR MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO

ONE ANOTHER (WITHIN 24 HOURS SAILING TIME BETWEEN LOCATIONS) THE A-TYPE TESTING REQUIRED

PRIOR TO DISCHARGE SHALL ONLY BE REQUIRED AT THE INITIAL DISCHARGE POINT, WITH ONLY C-TYPE

TESTING REQUIRED PRIOR TO DISCHARGE AT SUBSEQUENT DISCHARGE POINTS. HOWEVER, IF CARGO

INTEGIRTY CHANGES BETWEEN DISCHARGE POINTS, SUCH AS THROUGH CARGO TRANSFERS,

CONTAMINATION, ETC., THEN A-TYPE TESTING SHALL BE REQUIRED AT THE NEXT DISCHARGE POINT. A

COPY OF THE FULL SPECIFICATION TEST REPORT FOR THE VESSEL, AFTER LOADING, SHALL BE PROVIDED

TO THE RECEIVING ACTIVITY AT EACH DISCHARGE POINT, PRIOR TO DISCHARGE.

(6) COMPRISED OF ALL-LEVEL OR MULTI-LEVEL COMPOSITES FROM EACH COMPARTMENT.

(7) CONTRACTORS DELIVERING INTO THE GPSS,CEPS, NIPS, AND DFSP ATHENS (MOH) SHALL PERFORM

FAME CONTENT TESTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEST METHOD IP 585 OR IP 590, AND REPORT THE RESULTS

TO THE DESTINATION CONSIGNEE PRIOR TO VESSEL ARRIVAL.

(8) A ONE LITER COMPOSITE SAMPLE OF EACH LOT OF PRODUCT SHALL BE TAKEN FROM A

PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF RANDOMLY SELECTED DRUMS. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DRUMS SAMPLED

PER LOT SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, BE THAT CITED IN TABLE III OF API MPMS CHAPTER 8.1 (ASTM D 4057), BUT

MAY BE INCREASED AT THE GOVERNMENT’S OPTION.

(9) THE SIZE OF ALL THE SAMPLES REQUIRED IN THIS TABLE, EXCEPT FOR THOSE DESIGNATED “RETAIN

ONLY”, SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE CONTRACTOR AND SHALL BE OF SUFFICIENT QUANTITY TO

PERFORM ALL THE TESTS REQUIRED BY THIS TABLE. THE SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR RETAIN SAMPLES CAN

BE FOUND IN TABLE II, SAMPLE RETENTION.

(10) THE LOW POINT DRAIN/ BOTTOM LINE OPTION ONLY APPLIES TO TANK CAR AND TANK TRUCK

SHIPMENTS OF FUEL – SHIPMENTS OF LUBRICATING OILS AND ADDITIVES MUST UTILIZE ALL-LEVEL

SAMPLING PROCEDURES. IF INITIAL FUEL SAMPLES USING THE LOW POINT DRAIN/BOTTOM LINE OPTION

ARE NOT CLEAR AND BRIGHT, ADDITIONAL SAMPLES SHALL BE TAKEN UNTIL A CLEAR AND BRIGHT

SAMPLE IS OBTAINED. (END OF PROVISION)

C. Additional Special Note 11, see Attachment 1, is revised to read as follows:

11. A quality control plan (QCP) and/or standard operating procedure/statement of work (SOP/SOW) will be provided in the offer in order to show the offeror’s ability and capability to assure the quality of the product remains within contract specifications from origin to destination.

a. The quality control plan must meet the requirements of the solicitation/contract provision E1, section (b)(3). A QCP is required, for all products, if the attached schedule includes any aviation fuel (JA1, Avgas, etc.). If no aviation fuel, the offeror will only have to submit their standard operating procedures/statement of work.

i. These SOP/SOWs, at minimum, will describe how the offeror or its sub-contractors will ensure quality of the product throughout the supply chain.

ii. The QCP will be evaluated for its ability to show the steps to be taken for quality assurance and surveillance throughout the supply chain and how well it incorporates the elements required by the E1 provision.

iii. The contractor must also show that any sub-contractors will be utilizing and adopting those procedures and that the primary contractor understands that the QCP will be updated and revised to meet the unique requirements of this solicitation and approved and signed by the region’s quality manager prior to first order off this contract.

iv. The offeror must also provide standard operating procedures for the proposed operation of their transportation distribution segments of this contract if those procedures are not incorporated into their QCP.

D. All other terms and conditions remains unchanged and in full force and effect.