Propane

THIS COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION IS HEREBY AMENDED TO EXTEND THE CLOSING DATE TO 4:30 P.M. MST ON 11/12/09. This combined synopsis/solicitation requires the contractor to keep full, monthly or as required, two propane fuel tanks (500 gallon at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Firing Range located at 91 Gunpowder Road, Artesia, New Mexico and 1,000 Gallon at Raid Trailers at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Main Campus located at 1300 W. Richey Avenue, Artesia, New Mexico). In emergency situations, the contractor shall fill the tank within one day after notification. The tanks shall be contractor provided. Please provide the markup (freight plus margin) above the lowest rack price. The contractor shall provide documentation showing the lowest rack price with its invoice. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-37. This procurement is set aside to small businesses. The NACIS code is 454312, size standard of 50 employees. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Regarding evaluation of proposal, interested parties are informed that even though price is an important selection criteria, a best value determination will be made based upon the offer that is technically acceptable and at the lowest price and will be made in accordance with FAR provision 52.212-2 - Evaluation - Commercial Items. The offer must meet the following: (1) be able to provide within one day after notification; (2) be able to track the lowest applicable rack price; and (4) price. Offerors are notified that the Government can cancel this service at any time by providing 30 days written notice before the cancellation date. The period of performance for this service is December 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010 with four (4) one year options at the discretion of the Government. In accordance with FAR 52.217-9, a fifteen day written notification shall be provided to exercise the option. The deliverable for Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) 0001 is the markup price above the lowest rack price from December 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010. The CLIN 0002 markup price is from October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011. The CLIN 0003 markup price is from October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012. The CLIN 0004 markup price is from October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013. The CLIN 0005 markup price is from October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014. Each offeror is required to enter into hppts://orca.bpn.gov its certifications and representation required by provision FAR 52.212-3 - Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. FAR Clauses 52.212-4 and 52.212-5 are applicable to this acquisition. The following clauses are checked: 52.203-6 Alt I, 52.219-6, 52.219-8, 52.219-28, 52.222-3, 52.222-19, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.222-39, 52.222-50, 52.225-1, 52.225-13 and 52.232-33. In addition to these clauses, the following referenced clauses apply to this procurement: FAR 52.216-18 Ordering (orders may be issued orally or by electronic commerce methods); FAR 52.216-19, Order Limitation (minimum order is less than 100 gallons; maximum order, 10,000 gallons per delivery or a series of orders within 5 days that call for quantities exceeding this maximum limitation; FAR 52.216-22, Indefinite Quantity; FAR 52-217-8 Option to Extend Services; FAR 52-217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract; FAR 52.232-18, Availability of Funds; and HSAR 3052.209-70 Prohibition on Contracts with Corporate Expatriates (Jun 2006). To view clauses in full text, visit http://www.acqnet.gov/far. Offerors must be approved and registered in the Central Contractor Registration (www.ccr.gov) and registered at https://orca.bpn.gov. Lack of registration in the CCR will make an offeror ineligible for award. Responses must be submitted NLT 4:30 p.m. MST on November 5, 2009, 2009. Send responses to Cynthia Ybarra, FLETC, 1300 W. Richey Avenue, Bldg. 4, Artesia, NM 88210, or by facsimile to 575-748-8002 (Attn: Cynthia Ybarra), or by email to [email protected]. All responses must be in writing.