U.S. Army Engineers District, Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers, Attn: Sherrel Sholar-Jackson, P.O. Box 1890, Wilmington, NC 28402-1890

89 -- TURNKEY CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE BOTTLED WATER, DELIVERED, DURING PERIODS OF EMERGENCIES SOL DACW54-99-R-0014 DUE 063099 POC Sherrel S. Bunn (910) 251-4486 Turnkey Contractor to provide bottled water (delivered) during periods of presidential declared disasters for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). 1. This soliciatation is for a single Corps-wide contract and the geographic area of delivery of bottled water will be the 50 United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Quam. 2. Any resulting contract will be a requirements type contract. 3. Orders for bottled water (delivered) shall be issued on Delivery Orders. 4. Any USACE Contracting Division for a declared disaster in their geographic region can issue delivery Orders. Bottled water shall be packaged in 0.5 to 1.5 liter polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. All bottles shall be labeled. 5. The contractor must be able to respond simultaneously in the event of multiple declared disasters. 6. Delivery will be to major distribution points near the disaster. 7. Contractor may be required to handle all off loading and handling with personnel required to "man" these major distribution points 24 hours a day. 8. As an option, the Government may require the contractor to make deliveries from the major distribution points to secondary delivery points and will pay on a mileage basis. 9. Bottled water will be required to be delivered to locations in the 50 United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands within 24 hours of the issuance of the Delivery Order and to Guam within 48 hours of issuance of the Delivery Order. 10. Bottled water shall be transported in shrink-wrapped pallets. 11. A packing slip containing the contract number, date shipped, quantity on pallet and source of water shall be inside each shrink-wrapped pallet. 12. The contractor shall provide quality control representative(s) at each delivery site. 13. The contractor shall provide, at least twice daily, reports of quantities of bottled water shipped, deliverd, and times of estimated deliveries. 14. The contractor shall provide Operations Manager Coordinator(s) (liaison to the Government) with electronic linkage to the contractor homeoffice for quality control and reporting purposes. 15. This solicitation is a Request for Proposal and will be awarded to the contractor that represents the best value to the government. As a minimum, evaluation criteria will require that the contractor affirmatively demonstrates its responsibility that in a possibility of simultaneous multiple disasters, the contractor has, or has the ability to obtain, a. the financial resources available to perform the contract, b. be able to comply with the delivery schedule, c. have a satisfactory past performance record, d. have necessary organization, experience, accounting and operational controls, and skills to perform the contract, and e. have necessary transportation services to deliver by land, air, or sea. Responses to this notice shall be made to the Chief, Contracting Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, PO Box 1890, Wilmington, NC 28402-1890. All responses must be in writing requesting Solicitation DACW54-99-R-0014. The FAX number is 910/251-4454. No telephone requests will be accepted. This is Small Business Set-Aside. SIC Code 5149, Small Business Size Standard is 500 employees. Posted 04/23/99 (W-SN323855). (0113)

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