9620--Re-solicitation - Salt for OWRNC

Description of Requirement 5-year Blanket Purchase Agreement. The contractor shall furnish and deliver road salt and sidewalk salt on an as needed basis to Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery (OWRNC) IAW with specifications. Other National Cemeteries, within a 3-hour radius of OWRNC, may place orders against the BPA as well. When any other National Cemetery attempts to place an order, if the Contractor is not able to supply salt because of the distance, the Contractor may decline the order. Each Cemetery will direct the dates and location for deliveries. The cemetery will give the Contractor 5 business days, from the time of notice, to deliver the salt. Twenty-four hours after the fifth day, the Contractor will be considered late. Amount per delivery of road salt shall be 25 tons. The number of deliveries is need dependent, there is no estimated or fixed number. All loads of road salt shall be covered by an industry standard mesh tarp. If a load is delivered uncovered, or with the incorrect covering the load may be rejected. Prices shall be "F.O.B. Delivered and Unloaded" to drop point. All costs associated with delivering salt to these drop points is included in each "Price per Load." Other F.O.B. terms will not be accepted. Sidewalk salt shall be delivered in 50-lb bags by the pallet. Important Dates: Solicitation is expected to be posted 2-28-2020 Questions due March 6, 2020 EST Proposals due by March 11, 2020 at 12:00 EST Award is set-aside for Small Businesses (SB)