i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items/services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR PART 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. ii) Solicitation Number: W912ES-12-T-0033. This is being issued as a request for quotes (RFQ). Quotes are due no later than 29 November 2011 at Noon CST. iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular. iv) This procurement will be set-aside for small business concerns under NAICS code 424710 Size Standard 100. v) Contract Line Items CLIN Item QTY Unit 0001 60/40 fuel 7,000 Gallon vi) Requirements are defined as follows: Request for fuel contract The purpose of this contract is to provide 60/40 blended fuel oil for the Air Compressor. The contractor shall quote refill delivery charges and price per gallon. Winter job 2011-2012 will commence on or around 30 November 2011 and end 27 March 2012. Contractor shall be able to deliver fuel oil within 24 hours of being contacted. The amount to be purchased is 7000 gallons in increments of 500 to 1500 gallons per delivery. The fuel shall be delivered to the Maintenance and Repair Section. Lock and Dam 7 33018 Highway 61 La Crescent, MN. 55947-9538 All invoices shall be sent to: Fountain City Service Base Attn: Bryan Peterson 431 North Shore Drive Fountain City, WI 564629 viii) FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial applies to this solicitation. ix) FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items does apply to this solicitation. Evaluation of Offers A vendor must provide a price on all items in this solicitation to be eligible for award. The Government will award on an "All or None" basis. Offers shall be evaluated IAW FAR Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Offers will be evaluated using simplified acquisition procedures of FAR 13.106-2. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible contractor whose offer, conforming to the solicitation, will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Award will be made to the lowest priced technically acceptable offer. The following factors will be used to evaluate offers: (i) Price and delivery To be considered for evaluation, all Contractors may submit an electronic offer to the following email addresses no later than the stated due date and time above. Submit an electronic offer to Shannon.L.Matthews@usace.army.mil and Christopher.G.Dake@usace.amy.mil. You may also deliver hand carried offers to 180 5th St East, Suite 700, St Paul, MN 55101-1678 and must be time stamped no later than the stated due date above. Submission of offers via fax will not be accepted. Late Offers Offers that are received late in accordance with FAR 52.212-1(f) will not be considered for award. Late offers will be considered late. x) Offerors must submit with their offer a completed clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications or indicate current registration with the online representations and certifications application (ORCA). Clause 52.212-3 may be found in the attached document or at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/. xi) Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial applies to this acquisition. xii) Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition, the following FAR clauses cited in the 52.212-5 are applicable: 52.219-6, 52.219-28, 52.222-3, 52.222-19, 52.222-21 52.222-26, 52.222-50, 52.223-18, 52.225-1, 52.225-13, 52.232-33. xiii) Other applicable clauses, 52.225-18, 52.225-25, 52.247-34, 52.252-1, 52.252-2, DFARS 252.212-7001, 252.232-7003, 252.247-7023, 252.203-7002, 252.204-7004 Alt A, 252.232-7010, 252.243-7001 xiv) Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) - not applicable. xv) Offers are due - not later than 29 November 2011 at noon CST. xvi) INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS Submit an electronic proposal to Shannon.L.Matthews@USACE.army.mil You may also deliver hand carried offers to 180 5th St East, Suite 700, St Paul, MN 55101-1678 and must be time stamped no later than the stated due date stated above. Quote Preparation Instructions NOTE: All Contractor quotes with company identifying information (name, logo, stamp, etc...) shall be limited to the cover page only on all submitted information, including technical submittals and schedules provided with the quote. 1. Contractors shall complete blocks 17a, 30a, 30b, and 30c on page 1 of the SF 1449 or submit alternate document(s) containing comparable information sufficient to allow for a determination of technical sufficiency and price acceptability. In doing so, the contractor accedes to the contract terms and conditions as written in the Solicitation, with attachments. 2. Contractors shall insert proposed unit ("UNIT PRICE") and extended prices ("AMOUNT") in Pricing Schedule. Please note that a price must be entered on all CLINS as partial quotations will not be accepted. 3. Offerors shall complete the fill-ins and certifications in the provisions as necessary. Specifically, the provision FAR 52.212-3 shall be returned with the proposal or acknowledge that Annual Representation and Certification at Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) are complete. Submission of the first page of ORCA is also acceptable. 4. Prior to award contractor must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database at http://www.ccr.gov. 5. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as part of the Federal Government, is tax exempt. Federal Tax ID#62-1642142. Electronic Quote Format All quote information shall be provided on, or formatted to, standard paper size. Electronic proposals provided via e-mail shall be submitted in Microsoft Word or Excel format or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) as applicable. WINZIP (.zip) files cannot be accepted as they are routinely blocked by the domain firewall. It may be necessary to send multiple emails to keep the e-mail within the firewall size of 8MB. Quotes sent in multiple e-mails shall be numbered to include the total sent, for example "E-mail 2 of 6." For any questions regarding this solicitation, e-mail is the preferred method. E-mail questions to, Shannon.L.Matthews@usace.army.mil and Christopher.G.Dake@usace.amy.mil
