99 -- Request for Information - Truck Transportation

This is a Request for Information (RFI) as defined in FAR 15.201(e). The Government is requesting information regarding the availability and feasibility of attracting potentially new service providers to meet our transportation needs, end-to-end distribution of petroleum products from numerous locations to and from origin locations within the Continental of United States. Please refer to attachment of 12-month forecast of requirements for movement to and from origin and destination locations. Exhibit 1, entitled Inland East Gulf Coast, delineates requirements for Inland/East/Gulf Coast and Exhibit 2, titled Rocky Mountain West Coast, delineates the Rocky Mountain requirements. This RFI extends itself to current and future service providers. For this RFI, the Department of Defense (DoD) is interested in determining whether or not potentially new, current, and future domestic service providers are interested in doing business with the Department of Defense for movement of petroleum products throughout the Continental United States. PROCESS This request is to gather information from interested parties and is deemed essential as part of our collaborative, deliberate planning process for DoD in expanding the commercial transportation services and the support to Defense Logistics Agency, Acquisition Management, Defense Energy Support Center transportation mission and to extend our professional partner-shipping relationship with our motor carrier entities. Interested parties should answer the following questions and provide the requested information: 1. Have you ever conducted any transportation business with the U.S. Government in the movement of bulk petroleum? If so, please state your last commitment. a. Date(s) of service provided. b. Shipment origin and destination. 2. Do you currently possess a tender of service with Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command and if so, what is your tender number? 3. Do you currently possess a Department of Transportation (DOT) and Cargo Tank number from the Department of Transportation and if so, what are your numbers? 4. Do you have a commercial tariff? If yes, please provide a copy. 5. What type of bulk petroleum products have you transported? 6. What states are you licensed to transport bulk petroleum products? Specify your current schedule routing service. 7. Identify the quantity, size and type of commercial transportation equipment organic to your company. 8. Is your company?s assets owned or leased? 9. Are your drivers full-time or part-time? 10. Are your personnel qualified to handle and certify hazardous materials for shipment/transport? If yes, are they designated in writing and can you provide? 11. Have your personnel successfully completed formal training in the applicable provision of Title 49, Code of Federal Regulation (49 CFR)? 12. What percentage of your company?s assets or fleet will be dedicated and readily available for DoD use? 13. What is your ?turn around? time for providing carrier equipment with driver to and from the following locations? Refer to Exhibit 1 which delineates the Rocky Mountain/West Coast area (i.e., Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington to known destination address). See Exhibit 2 for the Inland/East/Gulf area. 14. What is the proximity of carrier equipment to the origin locations mentioned in Exhibits 1 and 2? 15. How much advance notification is required to meet the delivery of assets to support and meet mission requirements? 16. Can you please supply DoD with a copy of your company?s portfolio (e.g., balance sheet, income statement and statement of retained earnings)? 17. Provide company point(s) of contact, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and company status (i.e., small business, HUBZone business, etc.). DISCLAIMER This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI will be treated as business confidential information, and exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. Nonetheless, submitters should properly mark their responses if the information is confidential. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. POINT OF CONTACT Wayne A. Howard, Traffic Management Analyst, Phone 703-767-9257, Email Wayne.A.Howard@dla.mil Linda Barnett, Chief Inventory & Distribution Management, Phone 703- 9303, Email Linda.P.Barnett@dla.mil HOW TO RESPOND Please submit comments no later than April 30, 2008. Preferred media is electronic copies in Microsoft Word, Power Point, or Excel. Preferred method of submission is via email.