Contractor-Owned, Contractor Operated (COCO) Fuel Storage Services in the Arabian Gulf area

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) - Energy - FESBB anticipates issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Contractor-Owned Contractor-Operated (COCO) fuel storage services within the Arabian Gulf Area on a 24 hour, 7 days per week basis. This area is defined as an area along the Arabian Gulf, littoral south that includes Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates inside the Strait of Hormuz within the Arabian Gulf. The requirement is for fuel storage and fuel management services to include receiving, storing, protecting, and shipping of U.S. Government-owned product of Fuel Naval Distillate Grade F76 and Aviation Turbine Fuel Grade JP5/F44. The Solicitation number SPE603-24-R-0507 will be issued using best commercial practices and guidelines to meet the requirements of the Performance Work Statement (PWS).

This requirement is to procure COCO fuel storage services with the capability to receive U.S. Government-owned product Naval Distillate and Aviation Turbine Fuel via tanker/barge or U.S. Navy Fleet vessels, store, protect, and ship via tank truck, tanker/barge and U.S. Naval vessels or other authorized Allied flagged Naval vessels. The contractor will be responsible for the management, operation, maintenance, product quality surveillance, inventory control, accounting, security, safety, additive injection, and environmental protection of the COCO facility. Storage requirements include adequate fill capacity for 465,000 barrels Fuel Naval Distillate Grade F76 and 250,000 barrels of Aviation Turbine Fuel Grade JP5/F44. A minimum of two tanks (per product type) interconnected to provide the capability to transfer of product between tanks.

This procurement will be unrestricted under NAICS code 493190 (Other Warehouse and Storage). The Government anticipates awarding a firm fixed-price contract. The resultant contract will include a four-year base period of performance, anticipated to commence November 1, 2024 through October 31, 2028, with one, five-year option (anticipated from November 1, 2028 through October 31, 2033) in accordance with (IAW) FAR 52.217-9. Additionally, an option, not to exceed six months (anticipated from November 1, 2033 through April 30, 2034) IAW FAR 52.217-8, will be included. This procurement will be solicited under full and open competition.

DLA Energy is working towards posting the solicitation in the May - June 2024 timeframe. The RFP will close about 45 days after posting. The solicitation will be published electronically on the SAM website at https://sam.gov/. Interested companies responding to the solicitation will be required to register in the System for Award Management (SAM) and Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE).

This is not an RFP or a promise by the Government to pay for information received in response to this synopsis or any subsequent announcement. This information is subject to modification and in no way binds the Government to award a contract.