Sources Sought Notice for Inland/East/Gulf Coast Region

The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to identify qualified Small Businesses, 8(a) Small Businesses [including Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB), Woman-owned Small Businesses (WOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUB Zone) Small Businesses, Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB)] that are interested and capable of providing for the Bulk Fuel requirement for DLA Energy FEBA. This Sources Sought Notice covers the bulk fuels requirement for DLA Energy's customers located in the Inland/East/Gulf Coast regions of the United States.

The Government anticipates award of an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Type, Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustment contract resulting from this announcement. The total estimated quantities for SP0600-14-R-0061 are listed below. The expected period of performance is April 1, 2015 through March 31, 2016, with a 30-day carryover.

JP8, NSN: 9130-01-031-5816, PP 2.2a, 376,000 USG
JP5, NSN: 9130-00-273-2379, PP 2.2c, 254,612,000 USG
JAA, NSN: 9130-00-359-2026, PP 2.2a, 925,544,000 USG
F76, NSN: 9140-00-273-2377, PP 2.5a, 137,886,000 USG

The Secretary of the Navy has set a goal that by 2020 half of all the Department of the Navy's energy will come from alternative sources. To support that goal, in June 2011, the Department of the Navy (DON), Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to "assist the development and support of a sustainable commercial biofuels industry." Under the MOU, the USDA agreed to provide funding through the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC.)

As part of the regular bulk procurement for Inland East Gulf, this solicitation is designed to assist the DON in meeting its goals to increase the use of biofuels. Under this solicitation, DON has a goal that 10% of its total military specification JP-5 aviation turbine fuel and F-76 naval distillate fuel requirements consist of biofuels. The revised F-76 (MIL-DTL-16884N) and JP-5 (MIL-DTL-5624V) specifications allow a maximum of 50 volume percent of the finished fuel to consist of synthesized blend components derived from the Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acid (HEFA) or Fischer Tropsch (FT) conversion processes. Offerors are encouraged to submit alternative offers with a minimum of 10% of the permitted blends.

CCC funds will be available to defray additional costs of producing biofuel and biofuel blends and are being provided as a biofuel production incentive under the CCC program to support agricultural products. To be eligible for CCC funding, the fuel must contain at least 10% biofuel, not to exceed 50% as permitted by the JP-5 and F-76 specifications. The biofuel must be refined from domestic feedstocks approved by the CCC as identified in the attached list. The CCC funds will be allocated through the Bid Evaluation Model (BEM). The biofuel production incentive will be paid for directly by the CCC, and will cover a portion of the offered price. An offeror will not be paid a price higher than its offered price.

Offers of alternative fuel blends must comply with Section 526 of the Energy Security and Independence Act. This means that the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of the alternative fuel must be equal to or less than petroleum based on either the Renewable Fuel Standards or the GREET Model.

The deadline for responding to this Sources Sought Notice is June 6, 2014 at 3:00pm Local Fort Belvoir, VA Time. In responding to this notice, please provide your company name, address, point of contact, e-mail address, phone/fax number, and types of fuel capable of supplying. Responses can be sent to Ira Crawford at Ira.Crawford@dla.mil or by fax at (703) 767-9269. If you have any questions please contact Ira Crawford at (703) 767-9296 or Kevin Lloyd at (703) 767-3877.