Amendment_0002_SPE60519R0205.pdf

SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

Amendment 0002

Questions & Answeres

Issue Date February 20, 2019

PART: U.S. Government Procurements

SUBPART: Supplies, Equipment, and Material

CLASSCOD: 91 – Fuels, Lubricants, Oils, and Waxes

OFFADD: Defense Logistics Agency Energy, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 4950

Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060-6222

SUBJECT: Africa Program 1.8F Agadez, Niger

SOLICITATION NUMBER: SPE605-19-R-0205

POINTS OF CONTACT: Delecia O. Bell, delecia.bell@dla.mil, 571-767-4409, Contract Specialist

Tonya Sterling, tonya.sterling@dla.mil, 571-767-9561, Contracting Officer

DESCRIPTION: This amendment is issued to provide answers to questions received in response to RFP

SPE605-19-R-0205. This amendment addresses questions received prior to Tuesday, February 19, 2019.

Any questions received after February 19, 2019 will be addressed during discussions.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1. Does DLA have any other storage facilities, apart from those tanks mentioned in standard form 1449?

No

2. Does the DLA have any cargo container storage area or facilities at the place of performance, and; If so, would the DLA allow for storage to be established at the place of performance?

No, the only storage available is 4/ 10,000 above ground tank and 2/10,000 bladders.

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3. Are items 4 & 6 on Section B "Supplies or Services Price Cost" on page 3 of 101 sine qua non as inclusions in, or addendums to, the proposal being submitted by the offeror, or are these items for advisement only, meaning; are the items listed required to be established prior or by the time of submitting a bid (and such establishment to be included with the bidding documents)?

Yes, the offeror will need to establish product, supply, import arrangement and agreement with local authorized country importer and will additionally be required to obtain import/export license prior to submitting an offer.

4. On what page of the documentation is the data sheet mentioned in item 17 of Section B

"Supplies or Services Price Cost" on page 3 of 101., and; is item 17 of the same page also to be submitted with the price bid, or at the time of contract, or indeed (or if not) at what point is the fuel data sheet to be provided?

The Fuel Source Data Sheet listed as item #17 is provided as an attachment in

Amendment 0001. The Fuel Source Data Sheet must be provided prior to award.

5. Does item 14 of Section B "Supplies or Services Price Cost" on page 3 of 101 mean that: apart from the amounts delivered, the offeror has to have storage (confirm if on site at the place of performance) equivalent to 150,000 USG? Or in any other words, what is this section saying?

Offeror must have intermittent (operational) fuel storage of 30-days operational quantity is saying the offeror will have at a minimum 30 days of fuel available. This is an operational supply of fuel.

6. Do the words "must have" in item 14 of Section B "Supplies or Services Price Cost" on page 3 of 101 mean that: the offeror must have this requirement at the time of submitting their bid?

No, Offeror must have intermittent (operational) fuel storage of 30-days operational quantity available once an award has been made.

7. Will the DLA consider paying up front mobilization costs needed to establish any infrastructure capacity that would be needed for this contract, or;

No upfront MOB cost will be provided.

8. Can the contract include a downpayment percentage amount of the overall total, and;If so, what would be the maximum percentage payable?

No down payment will be provided.

9. Can the offeror submit both by email and on PC&S OET, or must it be one or the other?

All offer prices must be entered into Offer Evaluation Tool (OET). All required documentation that must be returned to DLA can also be uploaded in OET or submitted via email. In addition, an offeror may submit an offer by email ONLY , If an offeror cannot access OET and has exhausted all mean of obtaining OET access an email offer will be accepted. Offeror must provide acceptable proof such as emails to OET helpdesk to support the claim of no access.

10. Can the offeror submit more than one bid option (several price/performance options in their bids) and if so, can that be done on PC&S OET?

No

11. At item L. of the "Additional Terms and Conditions" on page 11 of 101 there is a mention of "Block 8". Where is this (Block 8) to be found? When "one copy of the amendment" is referred to does it mean any document posted after this solicitation as an amendment?, and; for the avoidance of doubt, where is the OSP and Price Data Sheet mentioned in section M of the same page to be found?

Block 8 of the Standard Form SF 30 (Amendment of Solicitation) should be complete with name and address of offeror. The amendment is the SF30. Offeror must acknowledge receipt of each amendment by completing block 8, signing and dating blocks 15A, 15B, and 15C and returning to this office. The OSP and Price Data Sheet were provided in Amendment 0001.

12. Has a similar solicitation for this, or a similar place of performance (in Africa), been issued before, and;

This information can be found by querying FBO website. www.fbo.gov

13. If it has, what prices have prior successful bids offered in the past, and;

This information can be found by querying FBO website. www.fbo.gov

14. How did past bidders perform the requirement asked of them, such as in item 14 of

Section B "Supplies or Services Price Cost" on page 3 of 101?

Proprietary information will not be provided.

15. What is the name/s of the publication and company to be used (mentioned on page 4 of

101 Clause c) in "adjustments" (2)?

Publication that will be used to escalate price is Platt Price Oil Report.

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16. For item 18 of Section B "Supplies or Services Price Cost" on page 4 of 101, would a certification or verification documents on quality and source from leading international inspection, verification, testing and certification companies such as SGS be acceptable to demonstrate technical capability, and origin of product?

SGS is an acceptable source.

17. For item 10 of Section B "Supplies or Services Price Cost" on page 3 of 101 should we read this to say that only diesel supply sourced in Europe and South Africa (SASOL) are acceptable under this solicitation, and;

18. If not, what are the countries/areas of origin restricted?

Europe and Sasol South Africa are recommended sources. You are not limited to Sasol

South Africa (SSA).

19. What is the average minimum rate of consumption of the ULSD product per USG at the place of performance on a weekly basis?

This is a requirements type contract and there is no set minimum rate of consumption.

Please use the gallons of fuel requested as basis of what is expected requirement.

20. We would also like to know if the DLA customer has any accommodation available for on-site (Agadez) staff? If there is useable accommodation nearby, could we be supplied with details thereof, and any costs that may be associated with utilizing this accommodation for staff that may be assigned to facilitate and implement storage and distribution tasks.

No

21. You had included in your solicitation documents an base reference price at Agadez Niger, for the escalator" Platts ULSD 10ppmS FOB Med Cargo (AAWYY00) Previous Monthly

Average (escalator ID PMULSDFOB1)" of $1.9888618. as at December 1st 2018. Can you kindly confirm the units of measurement used?

Gallons

22. Does the DLA have access to any lifting equipment (i.e. forklifts) that can lift and move a

20 or 40 foot containers at the place of performance, to be used to lift, stack and move the said containers, and which can be loaned or made available for use by the supplier of the product for that purpose.

Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) will not be provided.

23. If such lifting equipment as described above is available, what would it cost to make use of the same for that purpose.

24. If such lifting equipment is available as requested, what is its/their max load lifting capacity?

25. Is it possible for us to submit our offer by email to you instead of OET ?

All offers must be entered into Offer Evaluation Tool (OET). If an offeror cannot access

OET and has exhausted all mean of obtaining OET access an email offer will be accepted. Offeror must provide acceptable proof such as emails to OET helpdesk to support the claim of no access.

26. When would the initial quantity, normal frequency and potential surge amounts be determined and provided to potential vendors?

The initial delivery can take place as early as 48 hours after the contract is awarded. As this is a requirements type contract fuel is ordered as needed.

27. Is the first two months estimated order quantity available to allow us to prime our petroleum broker negotiations?

At this time this information is not provided but can be requested once the contract is awarded.

28. Page 3 of the solicitation, point 1 : “Offerors are informed that the Government’s requirement for this solicitation is Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel, (ULSD) (15-PPM Sulfur

Maximum) NSN: 9140-01-556-9156, as defined by Solicitation Provision C16.67-2, Diesel Fuel Specification (SFD) (PC&S) (EUROPE) (MIDDLE EAST) (DLA ENERGY

AUG 2017). Product shall conform to the latest revision of commercial specification EN

590. Product shall be visually free of undissolved water, sediment, and suspended matter.’

In OET, you request diesel fuel 10ppm

ULSD has a maximum 15-PPM. SFD is 10-PPM. The requirement is for SFD.