AFRICOM_PDF_1.3_SYNOPSIS.pdf

15 March 2018

1.3 AFRICOM

1) Action Code:

2) Date: 15 March 2018

3) Year: 2018

4) Contracting Office ZIP Code: 22060

5) Product or Service Code: 9140

6) Contracting Office Address: 8725 John J Kingman Rd., Fort Belvoir, VA

7) Subject: Request for Proposal (RFP)

8) Proposed Solicitation Number: SPE608-18-R-0203

9) Closing Response Date: 30 April 2018

10) Contact Point or Contracting Officer: Marcarthur Alexandre II/ Diana Knight

11) Contract Award and Solicitation Number: N/A

12) Contract Award Dollar amount: N/A

13) Contract Line Item Number: 18 Line Items

14) Contract Award Date: 1 October 2018

15) Contractor: N/A

16) Description: Provide Marine Gas Oil (MGO) IAW ISO 8217/2017 to U.S. ships and vessels for locations on the attached schedule by the delivery mode requested. Vendors can provide support to select locations.

17) Place of Contract Performance: Angola, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Cote D'Ivoire, Djibouti, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, and Tunisia

18) Set-aside status: No

QUALIFICATIONS:

In order to be considered for award, an offeror must meet or exceed the technical acceptability standards. Technical acceptability will be determined as follows:

1. Acceptable. In order to be determined acceptable under this evaluation factor, the proposal should demonstrate that it satisfies the minimum requirements of the Solicitation, including Government's product specification requirements in Section B, delivery requirements in Section F, and all requirements identified in Section J.

QUANTITY:

Please see Requirements Report.

UNIT OF ISSUE:

All request to be fulfilled by this solicitation shall be in Metric Tons.

DESTINATION INFORMATION:

Please see Requirements Report.

DELIVERY SCHEDULE:

Will be determined by vessel through SeaCard Purchase Program

CONTRACT DURATION:

The Period of Performance for this award will be from 1 October 2018 through 30 September 2022.

EVALUATION CRITERIA:

A Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued to all interested vendors. The source selection strategy for this acquisition will be in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items, and proposals will be evaluated using a FAR 15.101-2 Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source Selection Process.

PREPROPOSAL CONFERENCE

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy plans to host a pre-proposal conference for Mobility Fuels- Bunkers, AFRICOM Region, during the month of April 2018. The specific dates, location, and time will be released at a later date. The Pre-Proposal Conference will be conducted in accordance with FAR 15.201. The purpose of this Pre-Proposal conference is to provide information to interested parties and to improve their understanding of AFRICOM's Mobility Fuel-Bunkers requirements. DLA Energy's intent of the Pre-Proposal is to assist in the development of comprehensive, quality responses to the solicitation. As such, the Pre-Proposal Conference will:

1) Familiarize participants with DLA Energy's requirements.

2) Review DLA Energy's proposal requirements.

3) Identify potential offerors in order to promote collaboration and facilitate the formation of strong teams and business relationships.

4) Address questions prior to potential offerors proposal development for this requirement.

**Please note that the Government will not reimburse participants for any expenses associated with their travel or participation in this event.