The purpose of this Solicitation and the resultant Contracts is to provide Authorized Users with a means of acquiring various grades of Fuel Oil, e.g. Heating (Grade #2, Kerosene and Biodiesel) by bulk delivery to Authorized Users storage facility for use in the Authorized Users facilities. The product shall be Contractor furnished, delivered and unloaded as specified herein.

Bids are being solicited for the following counties: Broome, Cattaraugus, Clinton, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Livingston, Montgomery, Oneida, Oswego, Rockland, St. Lawrence, Tioga.

It is the State's intent to award Contracts by item in each county to the lowest responsive and responsible Bidders who are able to meet the terms and conditions of the Solicitation.

There are no SDVOB, Disadvantaged Owner Subcontractor, Minority or Women Owned Business goals for this Solicitation.

Detailed information on the Procurement Process is set forth in the MOA Section of the Bid Solicitation.

All bid documents and attachments will be available for viewing and downloading at the following site for Bid documents and attachments: ogs.ny.gov/procurement/bid-opportunities

Minority Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0% Refer to section 6.24

Women Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0% Refer to section 6.24

SDVOB Goal: 0% Refer to section 6.25

Disadvantaged Owner Subcontractors Goal: 0%

Vendor Notification Registration for Bid Opportunities:

Vendors wishing to review bid solicitations may visit the OGS Bid Calendar at: https://ogs.ny.gov/procurement/bid-opportunities .

• A vendor must register with the New York State Contract Reporter in order to receive bidder notifications and updates by:•Navigating to the “ I want to find contracts to Bid on ” page to register for their free account.
• In order to receive ads of interest, the vendor must create an opportunity profile . An opportunity profile allows the vendor to set preferences for contracting categories, location and ad type. Profile results are displayed on their homepage and in their daily eAlert email notifications.
• In order for a vendor to receive email notifications regarding updates to the content or status of a particular solicitation, the vendor must choose the option “ bookmark the ad ” located in the upper right hand side of the ad, then return to their account, view their list of bookmarked ads, and then select the “s end me notification updates ” option listed to the right of the ad.

NOTE: Submission of responses by a vendor to a solicitation that does not account for updated information may result in their bid/offer being deemed non-responsive. Vendors are strongly encouraged to review the advertised solicitation in full prior to submitting a bid in order to ensure inclusion of any updated information. Additionally, if the vendor does not opt-in to receive notification updates regarding a particular solicitation, they will not receive e-mail notifications regarding updates, including e-mail notifications regarding the posting of the question and answer documents and updates to solicitation documents.