Fuels

These specifications are intended to provide information by which prospective bidders may understand the requirements of the City of Mount Pleasant relative to furnishing and delivering various grades of fuels for the City of Mount Pleasant. Any exceptions to these specifications by any bidder must be noted in the Remarks section of the "Bid Sheet" furnished or listed on a separate sheet of paper labeled "Exceptions to Specifications". If no exceptions are listed, the bidder will be contractually obligated to comply with all of the provisions of these specifications if the bid or a portion thereof is accepted by the City of Mount Pleasant. All bids submitted will be awarded on the basis of a tank truck and/or bobtail truck delivery, and shall be awarded to one vendor based on the lowest firm handling price of all fuel (firm handling price x estimated usage). A. STORAGE FACILITY AND FUELING SYSTEM Successful bidder shall provide storage facility and fueling system. The fueling system must have the ability to set up departments, enter odometer readings, ring reports on demand for individual departments, employees, and vehicles. System shall have the ability to cut an employee card off immediately upon termination of said employee. System shall be compatible to the City's electronic vehicle services system "Fleetio". Successful bidder must be able to deliver fuels to City owned facilities within 24 hours in all weather conditions. Successful bidder must also be capable of providing fuel to the City at all times including power outages. B. FUELS Regular Unleaded – Shall have a minimum anti-knock, research method of 87. The estimated annual usage is 65,000 gallons. Diesel Fuel – Shall have a C-Tane rating of 45. The estimated annual usage is 18,000 gallons. C. PRICING For clarification purposes, the terms used in this specification shall be defined as follows: Firm Handling – shall be the bidder's freight charges (F.O.B. Delivered) and the bidder's profit margin. Increases in the firm handling price during the terms of this contract shall not be allowed.