Request for Proposal (RFP)- Warehousing/Logistics Services for U.S. Gulf of Mexico (Amendment 2)   2

Background
For the past ten years, USAID has operated a global warehousing program for the preposition of agricultural food products both domestically and in various regions of the world for the purpose of responding to humanitarian emergencies. The program has historically handled approximately 50,000-60,000 net metric tons of food assistance commodity cargo globally per year. Cargo originates in the United States and is shipped to the prepositioning sites as required. USAID is seeking to obtain domestic warehousing and logistics services for prepositioned Title II humanitarian food aid commodities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Region. The commodities will largely consist of packaged agricultural products in bags, cartons, or pallets. The commodities may be processed or unprocessed. They may include specialized emergency food products that require at a minimum ambient air temperature storage below 80 degrees Fahrenheit. The contractor will be required to provide warehousing space in close proximity to a major ocean port in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico region.

The maximum quantity that may be stored at any given time in the ambient temperature warehouse is 30,000 net metric tons.

Work Details
The purpose of this contract is to provide warehouse and logistics services as described in detail in Section C, the Statement of Work. USAID anticipates awarding at least one commercial items firm fixed price unit contract with performance in the US Gulf Region. Each proposal shall contain the option periods requested below in Section B.4.

Each contract will be for a base period of two years with three (3) one-year options.

Period of Performance
The period of performance for this contract is one base period of two (2) years with three (3) one-year option periods.

Place of Performance
The geographic location(s) where the contract will be performed is the U.S. Gulf Region.