BPA - Fuel, Oils, Grease/Lubricants

Added: Mar 26, 2018 7:16 pm

(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

(ii) Solicitation 140R3018Q0103 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ).

(iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular number 2005-97.

(iv) This requirement will be small business set-aside and only qualified offerors may submit quotes. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code this acquisition is 324110 Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing. The small business size standard in number of employees is 1,500.

(v) Line Items -
010 - Red Dye Diesel - Qty: 30,000 Gallons
020 - Clear Diesel, Qty: 30,000 Gallons
030 - Unleaded Gasoline/87 Octane, Qty: 2,000 Gallons
040 - 15-40W, Qty: 1,000 Gallons
050 - 50W, Qty: 1,000 Gallons
060 - 85-140W, Qty: 1,000 Gallons
070 - AW-46, Qty: 1,000 Gallons
080 - Hyper-Syn 68, Qty: 1,000 Gallons
090 - Merropa 220, Qty: 1,000 Gallons
100 - Sea Blue, Qty: 1,000 Gallons
110 - Grease #2 G/P, Qty: 1,000 Gallons
120 - Grease Aqua Blue, Qty: 1,000 Gallons

Please provide the Unit Price and Total Amount for each line item on your quote.

Note: These are estimated quantities and there is no guarantee on the number of gallons ordered. Pricing submitted to this RFQ are for PRICE EVALUATION PURPOSES ONLY. Offeror shall indicate if any of the items can be fixed price.

(vi) The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) Yuma Area Office (YAO) has requrring requirement for the supply of bulk fuel via service trucks at local filling stations in the Yuma, AZ vicinity on an as needed basis. The fuels required are EPA Clear and Red Dye Diesel Fuel, Unleaded Gasoline, and Oils/Grease/Lubricants. The requirement will be accomplished via issuance of Blanket Purchase Agreement(s) (BPA) for the period of 5 years. The period of performance will begin April 09, 2018 to April 08, 2023. It is anticipated that the Government may issue two or more BPAs as a result of this RFQ. Award will be based on the lowest, responsive, responsible offeror. For evaluation purposes, awards will be based on the items identified in pargraph (v). Offerors are urged to indicate of any lines that may be fixed price. The Government may compete among the BPA holders at the time the need is identified.

(vii) Bureau of Reclamation
Yuma Area Office
7301 S Calle Agua Salada
Yuma, AZ 85364

THE FOLLOWING CLAUSES, PROVISIONS, AND ADDENDUMS ARE APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMERCIAL ITEM ACQUISITION:

(viii) FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items is applicable to this RFQ.

(ix) FAR Provision 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items. Award will be based on lowest, responsive, responsible offeror.

(x) FAR Provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items - Quoters shall include in their quote a completed copy of the provision 52.212-03 or completion of the provision online. Offerors may complete the annual representations and certifications online at https://www.sam.gov/.

(xi) FAR Clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items

(xii) FAR Clause 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders - Commercial Items

The following additional FAR clauses cited in this clause are applicable to the acquisition:

52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sept 2006), with Alternate I
52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Award
52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment
52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Aside
52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside of Orders
52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting
52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation
52.222-3, Convict Labor
52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies
52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities
52.222-26, Equal Opportunity
52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans
52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities
52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans
52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act
52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons
52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification
52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving
52.225-3, Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade
52.225-5, Trade Agreements
52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases
52.232-29, Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Items
52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management

FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated By Reference
FAR 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance
FAR 52.242-15 Stop-Work Order
FAR 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors
FAR 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference
FAR 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting
FAR 52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements - Representation

(xiii) The following are additional contract requirements determined by the contracting officer to be necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices:

DOI-AAAP-0028, ELECTRONIC INVOICING AND PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS-INVOICE PROCESSING PLATFORM (IPP) (APR 2013)

Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP).

'Payment request' means any request for contract financing payment or invoicing payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice:

None.*See Note*

*NOTE: The Contractor shall also submit an electronic copy of the IPP invoice to the Purchasing Agent at jenniferperez@usbr.gov once the invoice has been submitted to IPP. Failure to email the invoice may cause significant delay or possible rejection of your payment request.

The Contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) within 3-5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131.

If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation.

(xiv) Not Applicable

(xv) Quotes are due March 30, 2018 at 4:00 PM MST. Quotes are to be submitted to Ms. Jennifer Perez via email to jenniferperez@usbr.gov.

(xvi) The Point of Contact for this RFQ is Purchasing Agent, Jennifer Perez. She can be reached by phone at 928-343-8128 or via email at jenniferperez@usbr.gov.