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 associated costs for transporting all petroleum samples. The contractor is liable for the cost of product and disposal of contaminated products. The contractor must report immediately to the DLA Energy Europe Africa Regional Office or the QARCOR any receipts or on-hand stocks that fail to meet product quality requirements. The contractor must have type C level testing capability or subcontract for that level of testing. The contractor must provide detailed information in their offer submission package (OSP) when subcontracting for the required testing. The contractor must provide a detailed schematic of the berthing and mooring facilities, including current dredging charts and any planned or proposed major maintenance and/or dredging schedules. The facility must be equipped with illumination to allow receipt/issue operations during hours of darkness. The contractor must ensure DLA Energy has full unrestricted access to its complete inventory. The contractor must provide a single 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 identify whether manual hand gauging is the proposed method of reporting inventory.