MODIFICATION
X -- P.L. 480 Title II Food Aid Warehouse and Logistic Services - United States
- Notice Date
- 11/30/2004
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 493130
— Farm Product Warehousing and Storage
- Contracting Office
- Agency for International Development, Washington D.C., USAID/Washington, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Room 7.10-006, Washington, DC, 20523
- ZIP Code
- 20523
- Solicitation Number
- USAID-RFP-TRN-05-002
- Response Due
- 12/10/2004
- Archive Date
- 12/10/2004
- Point of Contact
- John Abood, Contracting Officer, Phone 202-712-1779, Fax 202-216-3051, - John Abood, Contracting Officer, Phone 202-712-1779, Fax 202-216-3051,
- E-Mail Address
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jabood@usaid.gov, jabood@usaid.gov
- Description
- USAID RFP TRN-05-002 Warehouse Questions and Answers (Second Set of Questions and Answers) 1. Will the government consider more than one warehouse in different locations to perform this contract Answer: Yes, the government will consider offers that propose different warehouse locations for the preposition of our commodities. Should more than one warehouse be proposed, and accepted by the government, the estimated range for the total tonnage of pre-positioned commodities stated in the solicitation will not change. 2. Will the government consider a joint venture or a prime/subcontract arrangement for this contract? Answer: Yes, both organizational agreements will be considered by the government. 3. Will the government consider the quantity that the contractor can handle each day (through-put) on delivery or re-delivery of commodities? Answer: Yes. See the Evaluation Factors stated in the solicitation. 4. Where can I find the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses that are referenced in the solicitation? Answer: The FAR clauses may be found at the web site: www.arnet.gov. 5. Can the proposal include photographs and maps? Answer: Yes. 6. Can a contractor propose various options to the government? For example can we propose various options with warehouse locations in the Gulf, eastern seaboard, and west coast as well as the central U.S.? Answer: Yes, the government encourages the submission of various options for this contract. The government will apply the evaluation factors contained in the solicitation to determine the best value contract for the government. 7. Does the proposed warehouse have to be within a port or a port controlled area? Answer: No. 8. How do you want me to propose rates? Answer: Please refer to the solicitation. The solicitation requests proposed rates for taking delivery of commodities and placing them on the warehouse floor. The solicitation also requests proposed rates for commodity storage and inspections. The solicitation also request proposed rates for re-delivery of commodities on an F.o.b. Origin and F.a.s. Vessel, Port of Shipment basis. You should propose rates for the re-delivery of commodities to various major ports that are located in your region. You may propose rates for the re-delivery of commodities to various coastal ranges. 9. The solicitation calls for F.o.b. Origin and F.a.s. Vessel, Port of Shipment rates for re-delivery of commodities. I assume that the food materials would be loaded at the warehouse into an ocean going container, 20 ft and 40 ft. and the container placed along side a vessel. Is this correct? Answer: The definitions for re-delivery of commodities on either F.o.b. Origin or F.a.s. Vessel, Port of Shipment basis may be reviewed in the Federal Acquisition Regulations at subparts 52.247-29 and 52-247-36. 10. There does not appear to be mention of the format in which a quote is to be returned. Are there particular forms or format that is required? Answer: The government does not require a particular format for your proposal. There are certain prices and rates that must be submitted as part of your proposal, as well as certain forms that must accompany your proposal. Please refer to the solicitation for these required rates, prices and forms. Of course, as required by the solicitation, rates and prices must be per metric ton. 11. Part 3, subpart B(v) of the solicitation seems to ask for ocean freight prices, however elsewhere the solicitation only requires FOB Origin and F.a.s. Vessel, Port of Shipment rates. The solicitation also states export freight forwarding will not be required. Would you kindly clarify? Answer: In Part 3 Subpart A, the solicitation states that in addition to evaluating your proposed rates and prices for services, the government will perform a cost analysis of rail and truck delivery of commodities to the proposed warehouse location and ocean freight service availability and prices from the various contractor-selected major ports or coastal ranges. This means that we will consider your rates and prices for the services we are requesting under the contract. In addition, we will evaluate the cost of delivering commodities to your proposed warehouse and the availability and cost of export ocean service from your location in addition to the major ports we may use for export of these commodities. We are going to evaluate the entire cost of service from suppliers of commodities to warehouse services to export ocean service. Your proposal should provide rates for the requested warehouse services. 12. What is the footprint for 10,000 mt of food commodities? Answer: Depending on the mix of commodities and how you stack the bagged and packaged commodities, the footprint will change. The commodities are as described in the solicitation. Commodities may be stacked, consistent with the type of commodity bags or containers, their safe handling and lot differentiation requirements. Storage space requirements should be given careful attention. The amount of space necessary in a warehouse depends upon the total volume of food to be stored, differentiating between various car or parcel lots, and on the number of different commodities. Each commodity should be stacked separately. Separate stacks require more usable volume than one large stack (i.e., a warehouse large enough to hold 50 MT of wheat will hold less than 50 MT of wheat and sorghum stacked separately). The difference between gross dimensions of a warehouse and usable volume for storage must be taken into consideration. In estimating how much usable space is needed per commodity, the following rules of thumb may help. (These are estimated figures) One MT of a bagged commodity (50 kg. bags) requires approximately 2 cubic meters of usable storage space. One MT of edible Vegoil in tins requires approximately 1.4 cubic meters of usable storage space. Do not stack flour and meals higher than 20 layers. Do not stack grits or whole grains higher than 30-40 layers. The source for the above is the Commodities Reference Guide, which may be found on the USAID web site at WWW.USAID.GOV .
- Place of Performance
- Address: United States
- Record
- SN00714215-W 20041202/041130211509 (fbodaily.com)
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