The tender seeks a contractor to provide fuel
storage and handling services at a single facility in Djibouti. The contractor must have the capacity to store 402,000 barrels of naval distillate and 205,000 barrels of aviation turbine fuel. The contract includes requirements for receiving, storing, filtering, protecting, and shipping U. S. government-owned petroleum products. The contractor must comply with API standards, NFPA codes, and all applicable host nation, local, national, state, and federal laws and regulations. The contractor is responsible for obtaining all required host nation clearances and notifications. The U. S. government will be entitled to an allowed throughput of 600,000 barrels per year. The contractor must provide detailed plans, including a contract compliance plan (CCP) and a quality control plan (QCP), within specific timeframes after contract award. The contractor must also ensure personnel are trained and certified, and obtain a CAC or ECA. The contractor is responsible for all costs associated with the packing, marking, shipping, and transporting of all petroleum samples. The contractor is liable for the cost of product and disposal of contaminated products. The contractor must report immediately any off-specification product to the DLA Energy office. The contractor must comply with environmental regulations and take measures to contain and prevent oil spills. The contractor must provide a table with data on proposed
storage tanks, including tank dimensions, tank bottom types, calibrated capacity, safe fill level, and historical calibration data for a minimum of three years of any automated gauging systems used in the offered tank. The contractor must also provide a table showing their tank cleaning and inspection data reference requirements. The contractor must provide a detailed schematic of the berthing and mooring facilities showing the minimum and maximum capabilities, including current dredging charts, and any planned or proposed major maintenance and/or dredging schedules. The contractor must provide a fuel filtration/separation system that meets API specifications. The facility must be equipped with illumination for receipt/issue operations during hours of darkness. The contractor must follow the physical inventory management procedures specified in applicable directives and contract texts and in accordance with the most current version of Department of Defense Manual **** and DLA Energy Class IIIB Supply Chain Management Interim Policy and Procedural Guidance. The contractor must ensure DLA Energy has full unrestricted access to its complete inventory. DLA Energy quality assurance representatives, contracting officers representatives, property administrators, and other DLA Energy representatives will be provided access to APSR onsite during contractor normal working hours. The contractor must provide a computer system that meets current commercial standards for data reporting and records keeping required by the APSR FMD. The contractor must maintain a supply of 10 unused epoxy-lined fuel sample shipping containers for DLA Energy use. The contractor must provide samples of any product being stored, shipped, or received under the contract, at the request of, and in the manner designated by the QAR. The contractor is responsible for all costs associated with the packing, marking, shipping, and transporting of all petroleum samples from the jobsite to its laboratory, or its subcontracted laboratory, and/or to a government-contracted laboratory for higher-level testing as directed by the QAR/COR or the DLA Energy office. The contractor must ensure that certificates of quality conformance test reports are maintained on file for all on-hand fuel stocks. All laboratory testing, samples, and additional samples, shipping costs and fees shall be included in the contractor's monthly price. The contractor must ensure that laboratory testing is completed within a maximum of 24 hours of obtaining the samp