Mobil Turbine Oil

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, a supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number 140R1718Q0014 is issued as a request for quotation (FRQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-97. The Bureau of Reclamation intends to award a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order, for the acquisition of 4,950 gallons of DTE Heavy-Medium Turbine Oil. CLIN0010: Mobil DTE Heavy-Medium Turbine Oil, Type I, ISO viscosity Grade 68, Brand Name only, NO substitutions, 4,950 Gallons at $____________ per gallon for a total of $__________. PROCUREMENT SPECIFICATION: SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS: - Mobil/Exxon DTE Heavy-Medium Turbine Oil, Type I, with an ISO viscosity grade 68 meeting cleanliness target level 17/15/12 under ISO 4406. Mobil/Exxon Brand Name only. No substitutions. The oil shall be delivered in new and clean plastic totes ranging in size from 275 gallons to 330 gallons. DELIVERY SCHEDULE: - Need a minimum of 2500 gallons on or before May 29, 2018 - Remaining balance by June 11, 2018 DELIVERY: Total price includes all applicable shipping fees, the Government is tax exempt. FOB: Destination, at Grand Coulee Power Office, WHSE B - DOOR 6 - IND AREA, HWY 155, Grand Coulee, WA 99133. Delivery hours are from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm, Pacific Time. Deliveries will not be accepted on Federal holidays. PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES: CLAUSES 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE - (FEB 1998) This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): FAR Clauses - https://www.acquisition.gov/far. (End of clause) ADDENDUM TO 52.212-4 52.247-34 F.o.b. Destination - (NOV 1991) ADDENDUM TO 52.212-4 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: The Contractor shall also submit an electronic copy of the IPP invoice to the Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer at contact@example.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 contact@example.gov or phone +1 (555) 000-0000. 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. (End of Local Clause) The following select clauses at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (Jan 2018), apply to this acquisition: 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (JAN 2017); 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (NOV 2015); 52.233-3, Protest After Award (AUG 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553); 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004); 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation (Jul 2013); 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755); 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (JAN 2018); 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015); 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sept 2016) (E.O. 11246); 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793); 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015); 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Aug 2011); 52.225-3, Buy American- Free Trade Agreements - Israeli Trade Act. (May 2014); 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (June 2008); 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (Jul 2013). **END OF CLAUSES** PROVISIONS 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference - (Feb 1998) This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): FAR Provisions - https://www.acquisition.gov/far/ (End of Provision) The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial (Jan 2017), applies to this acquisition. Addendum to 52.212-1 substitutes the term "quote" where the term "offer" appears in the provision. Addendum to 52.212-1 requires the vendor to submit full warranty documentation on the item(s) being quoted. The following addendum to 52.212-1 applies: 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (July 2016); 52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran - Representation and Certification (Oct 2015); ADDENDUM TO 52.212-1 WBR 1452.215-71 Use and Disclosure of Proposal Information--Department of the Interior - (Apr 1984) (a) Definitions. For the purposes of this provision and the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), the following terms shall have the meaning set forth below: (1) 'Trade Secret' means an unpatented, secret, commercially valuable plan, appliance, formula, or process, which is used for making, preparing, compounding, treating or processing articles or materials which are trade commodities. (2) 'Confidential commercial or financial information' means any business information (other than trade secrets) which is exempt from the mandatory disclosure requirement of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552. Exemptions from mandatory disclosure which may be applicable to business information contained in proposals include exemption (4), which covers 'commercial and financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential,' and exemption (9), which covers 'geological and geophysical information, including maps, concerning wells.' (b) If the offeror, or its subcontractor(s), believes that the proposal contains trade secrets or confidential commercial or financial information exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, (5 U.S.C. 552), the cover page of each copy of the proposal shall be marked with the following legend: 'The information specifically identified on pages _______ of this proposal constitutes trade secrets or confidential commercial and financial information which the offeror believes to be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. The offeror requests that this information not be disclosed to the public, except as may be required by law. The offeror also requests that this information not be used in whole or part by the Government for any purpose other than to evaluate the proposal, except that if a contract is awarded to the offeror as a result of or in connection with the submission of the proposal, the Government shall have the right to use the information to the extent provided in the contract. c The offeror shall also specifically identify trade secret information and confidential commercial and financial information on the pages of the proposal on which it appears and shall mark each such page with the following legend: 'This page contains trade secrets or confidential commercial and financial information which the offeror believes to be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act and which is subject to the legend contained on the cover page of this proposal.' (d) Information in a proposal identified by an offeror as trade secret information or confidential commercial and financial information shall be used by the Government only for the purpose of evaluating the proposal, except that (i) if a contract is awarded to the offeror as a result of or in connection with submission of the proposal, the Government shall have the right to use the information as provided in the contract, and (ii) if the same information is obtained from another source without restriction it may be used without restriction. (e) If a request under the Freedom of Information Act seeks access to information in a proposal identified as trade secret information or confidential commercial and financial information, full consideration will be given to the offeror's view that the information constitutes trade secrets or confidential commercial or financial information. The offeror will also be promptly notified of the request and given an opportunity to provide additional evidence and argument in support of its position, unless administratively unfeasible to do so. If it is determined that information claimed by the offeror to be trade secret information or confidential commercial or financial information is not exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, the offeror will be notified of this determination prior to disclosure of the information. (f) The Government assumes no liability for the disclosure or use of information contained in a proposal if not marked in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c) of this provision. If a request under the Freedom of Information Act is made for information in a proposal not marked in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c) of this provision, the offeror concerned shall be promptly notified of the request and given an opportunity to provide its position to the Government. However, failure of an offeror to mark information contained in a proposal as trade secret information or confidential commercial or financial information will be treated by the Government as evidence that the information is not exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, absent a showing that the failure to mark was due to unusual or extenuating circumstances, such as a showing that the offeror had intended to mark, but that markings were omitted from the offeror's proposal due to clerical error. (End Provision) 52.212-2 EVALUATION - COMMERCIAL ITEMS - (OCT 2014) (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Lowest Price Technical Acceptable ADDENDUM TO 52.212-1 WBR 1452.222-80 - Notice of Applicability - Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies - Child Labor - Bureau of Reclamation (JAN 2004) (a) The clause at FAR 52.222-19, Child Labor, Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies, does not apply to Bureau of Reclamation acquisitions to the extent that the contractor is supplying end products mined, produced, or manufactured in - (1) Canada, and the anticipated value of the acquisition is $175,000 or more; and (2) Israel, and the anticipated value of the acquisition is $175,000 or more. (b) Non-applicability thresholds for other countries are the same as listed in the FAR clause. (End of Provision) ADDENDUM TO 52.212-1 WBR 1452.225-82 Notice of World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement Evaluations--Bureau of Reclamation - (May 2005) In accordance with the Agreement on Government Procurement, as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (Pub. L. 103-465), and other trade agreements, FAR Subpart 25.4, World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement, applies to Bureau of Reclamation acquisitions. In order to apply trade agreements unique to Reclamation, the contracting officer will (irrespective of any other provision or clause of this solicitation) evaluate acquisitions at or above the dollar thresholds listed in FAR 25.402(b) without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American Act. (End of Provision) The provision at 52.212-3 and its alternate, Offeror Representations and Certifications (Nov 2017), must be completed and be active online at http://www.sam.gov. Prospective contractor is advised to ensure that the NAICS code identified for this procurement is contained in its online representations and certifications in the System for Award Management registry. The following addendum to 52.212-3 applies: 52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements - Representation (Jan 2017). (End of provision) **END PROVISIONS** THIS EQUIPMENT IS BEING PURCHASED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR PART 13, "SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES. Written, signed quotes on a company letterhead with contact information are due no later than 5:00 PM PT, May 16, 2018 by mail to or in person at Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box 620, Grand Coulee, WA 99133, or by electronic mail to contact@example.gov. For information regarding this Request for Quotation, please contact Sheri Durham-Holliday, Contract Specialist at +1 (555) 000-0000.