Mali Award07-070P

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07-070P Mali Award
July 13, 2010

LIFELINK LOGISTICS issues award notice for Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

IFB NO. 07-070P
Invitation Number 060B
Dated July 13, 2010
Issued by LIFELINK LOGISTICS, Berea, Ohio
On behalf of Catholic Relief Services
For carriage of Food for Education commodities as follows:


CARGO UNDER CR-07-00858:

AA: CRS-ML-01 SEE NOTE 1
USDA TRACKING #: 07-070P-01
CARGO: 460 NMT VO 6/4 LTR CANS
DISPORT: MOPTI THROUGH B/L PREFER VIA LOME
FUMIGATION: NOT APPLICABLE
DISCHARGE/DELIVERY: PER US FOOD AID BOOKING NOTE SECTION 2.C.i
LDA: YES
SPLIT - 350 NMT VO 6/4 LTR CANS
USDA TRACKING #: 07-070P-01
CARRIER: SEALIFT, INC.
VESSEL/FLAG: MV MARILYN/ P1
FREIGHT: OCEAN $393.31 + FOR INL $334.00 TOTAL $727.31
SPLIT - 110 NMT VO 6/4 LTR CANS
USDA TRACKING #: 07-070P-02
CARRIER: MAERSK LINE, INC
VESSEL/FLAG: MAERSK DUNEDIN/P3
FREIGHT: OCEAN $160.00 + FOR INL $260.00 + DOM INL $10.00
TOTAL $ 430.00

07-070P Mali Amendment 2
June 25, 2010

LIFELINK LOGISTICS issues Freight Tender - Amendment 3 for Catholic Relief Services
(CRS) on Invitation Number 060B.

June 25, 2010

LifeLink Logistics, Berea, OH hereby amends the freight tender IFB 07-070P
issued June 17, 2010 for CRS under Food for Education Program.

***Offers are due in FBES by 10:00 am Central Time (11:00am Eastern Time),
28 June 2010.

All other terms and conditions of the original freight tender & Amendments
are unchanged.

07-070P Mali Amendment
June 24, 2010

LifeLink Logistics, Berea, OH hereby amends the freight tender IFB 07-070P
issued June 17, 2010 for CRS under Food for Education Program.

DUE TO PROGRAMMATIC CONCERNS, CARGOES ADVERTISED ON INVITATION 060B AND
INVITATION 070 CAN NOT BE COMBINED.

All other terms and conditions of the original freight tender & Amendment 1
are unchanged.

07-070P Mali Amendment
June 21, 2010

LIFELINK LOGISTICS issues Freight Tender - Amendment 1 for Catholic Relief Services
(CRS) on Invitation Number 060B.

June 21, 2010

LifeLink Logistics, Berea, OH hereby amends the freight tender IFB 07-070P
issued June 17, 2010 for CRS under Food for Education Program.

***Offers are due in FBES by 1:00 pm Central Time (2:00pm Eastern Time),
25 June 2010.

All cargo's availability date at loadport will be 08/27/10.

Vendor Shipping Period July 23- August 6,2010


All other terms and conditions of the original freight tender are unchanged.

07-070P Mali Tender
June 18, 2010

LIFELINK LOGISTICS issues freight tender for Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

IFB NO. 07-070P
Invitation Number 060B
Dated June 17, 2010
Issued by LIFELINK LOGISTICS, Berea, Ohio
On behalf of Catholic Relief Services
For carriage of Food for Education commodities as follows:

To determine lowest landed cost, freight offers for this Tender shall be submitted
by using the Freight Bid Entry System (FBES) found at:

<https://southernocean.sc.egov.usda.gov/COS/Main&gt;

Submission of the above by any means other than FBES will be determined
non-responsive. Information regarding FBES is available from the USDA Kansas
City Commodity Office.

Carriers must be assigned a logon ID and password to access FBES.
Contact the following individuals regarding logon IDs, passwords, and FBES questions
or concerns:

Melvin Smith - (816)926-6212
melvin.smith@kcc.usda.gov

Alan Grote - (816)926-6078
alan.grote@kcc.usda.gov

***Offers are due in FBES by 10:00 am Central Time (11:00 am Eastern Time),
22 June 2010***

CARGO UNDER CR-07-00858:

AA: CRS-ML-01 SEE NOTE 1
USDA TRACKING #: 07-070P-01
CARGO: 460 NMT VO 6/4 LTR CANS
DISPORT: MOPTI THROUGH B/L PREFER VIA LOME
FUMIGATION: NOT APPLICABLE
DISCHARGE/DELIVERY: PER US FOOD AID BOOKING NOTE SECTION 2.C.i
LDA: YES

In awarding cargo under Invitation 060B USDA will consider factors including the
lowest landed cost, and the impact of any potential award on USDA's ability to
satisfy the requirements of statutes and regulations including the Cargo Preference
Act.

FOR ALL CRS CARGOES. CARRIER'S ARE ENCOURAGED TO OFFER ON ANY/ALL "FAS POINTS"
AND "BRIDGE POINTS" AS LISTED ON THE USDA DOCUMENTS "APPROVED PORTS/TERMINALS" AND
FORM KC-362. LOADING USDA APPROVED PORTS/PLANTS/BRIDGES AS PER KC-362 AVAILABILITY
August 20, 2010 BASIS FAS LOADPORT (PLEASE REFER TO ACTUAL COMMODITY IFB FOR
POTENTIAL SHIPPING PERIODS BASIS PLANT BRIDGE DESTINATIONS).

FOR DELIVERY BASIS INTERMODAL PLANT AND BRIDGE, OFFERORS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO COORDINATE WITH VENDOR TO ENSURE SMOOTH LOADING OPERATION.

***U.S. FOOD AID BOOKING NOTE FOR PACKAGED COMMODITIES - PART II,
DATED NOVEMBER 1, 2004 TO APPLY IN FULL. A COPY OF THESE GUIDELINES CAN BE
FOUND ON THE USAID WEBSITE, WWW.USAID.GOV

Approved Exceptions to Standard US Food AID Booking Note Terms, Procedures and
Formats and other special terms and conditions (These items will apply to
above cargo, unless specified otherwise):

Full Liner Berth Terms, All Inclusive. No Demurrage - No Dispatch - No Detention

Rates offered must include a breakdown of the Ocean Charge component Rates
offered to be quoted in US Dollars per metric ton to be all-inclusive rates
which include costs for services other than port to port
ocean transportation. Must include a breakdown of the ocean charge component
and each of the following other charges, as applicable: domestic inland
transportation, foreign inland transportation, fumigation or destination
bagging, and special requirements for container load protocol (if applicable).
No minimum bill of lading quantities or charges or minimum container quantities
or charges to apply.

All offers MUST include ETA loadport, ETS loadport, and ETA destination, along
with routing information.

For all parcels, please refer to Clause 14 of Booking Guidelines for Notice
requirements.

For all offers, Carrier must acknowledge in the remarks section of FBES all country
specific requirements when submitting offer.

LOAD TERMS: Cargo to be delivered to Carrier FAS Vessel or bridge point at the
specified load port, and loaded at Carrier's time, risk and expense with no \
demurrage/ no despatch/ no detention.

DISCHARGE TERMS: Cargo to be discharged at Carrier's time, risk and expense, and
delivered in Carrier's conveyance to the door of the Receiver's/Consignee's warehouse(s)
located outside the port area, with no demurrage/ no despatch/ no detention -
per U.S. Food Aid Booking Note Sec. 2.(C)(i)

Should cargo be containerized for carrier convenience, any/all additional cost at
destination due to containerization including devanning or stripping into
warehouse and THC is for carrier account.

Container demurrage/detention shall be in accordance with the carrier container
demurrage/detention rates, but shall not exceed $10 per container per day or as
per carrier tariff rate, whichever is lowest cost per day/per container.

TRANSATLANTIC BARGE CLAUSE:

TOWED BARGES WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE TRANSATLANTIC TRADE PROVIDED ALL CARGO
IS CONTAINERIZED AND STOWED UNDER DECK. NO OTHER STOWAGE ARRANGEMENT
WILL BE CONSIDERED.

For ALL CRS CARGOES. Owners and/or their agents must return signed Bills of Lading
and related documents to LifeLink Logistics within 48 hours (2 business days)
after receipt of approved masters at Owners and/or their agents expense. Rates
offered to be all-inclusive and displayed on a per metric ton basis on all rated
Bills of Lading as per Booking Guideline Section 18.

For All CRS Cargoes. Owners and/or their agents must return signed Booking
Note to LifeLink Logistics within 10 business days of receipt.

MALI Cargo. CRS prefers Lome to be used as discharge port. Cargoes to be delivered
to the CRS Warehouse in Mopti, Mali. Warehouse address is Sis a Sevare Rizerie,
GDCM-SA Banguetaba, rue RN6, parcelle 816 dans la region de Mopti.

Vessel Loading observation requirements and procedures, as per The U.S. Department
of Agriculture Kansas City Commodity Offices notice to the trade of May 5, 2000,
is hereby incorporated. A copy of which can be furnished upon request.

Bill of Lading integrity is to be maintained at all times while in the carrier's
custody and control, assuring that individual ocean bill of lading quantities
are not commingled.

Loading Delay Assessment (LDA) applicable when specified in above cargo details.

Note 1: The Shipper will impose a Loading Delay Assessment (LDA) for each and every
day beyond the contracted load date that the Carrier has failed to load the cargo
aboard a vessel. The contracted load date is defined as the date that the vessel
is estimated to arrive at the loading port, as specified in the Cargo Booking
Confirmation, plus a ten (10) day grace period. LDA shall be US $1.00 per metric
ton per day or pro-rata, to be deducted from ocean freight payment.

Application of LDAs will be specific to CRS cargo.

Effective October 1, 2009, all vessel substitutions must be vetted through the
USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service. The proposed substitute vessel must be of the
same service category as the originally awarded vessel. This applies to both
U.S. and foreign flag vessel substitutions. The proposed substitute vessel must
also appear on the applicable Maritime Administration U.S. or foreign flag vessel
list which can be accessed using the following URL:

http://www.marad.dot.gov/ships_shipping_landing_page/cargo_preference/c…
humanitarian_assistance/cargo_human_assistance_reports/Humanitarian_Food_Aid
_Reports.htm

Vessel substitutions must be approved by the Shipper and USDA as
applicable, and cargo shall not be loaded into unapproved substitute vessels.

In keeping with U.S. Customs enforced compliance program for outbound
documentation, carriers are hereby notified that any assessments against the
cargo due in whole or in part to delay by carrier in verifying final load count,
and providing same to LifeLink Logistics, will be solely for carriers account.

FREIGHT PAYMENT TO BE MADE THRU U.S. BANK'S POWERTRACK SYSTEM. CARRIER SHALL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHING AN ACCOUNT DIRECTLY WITH U.S. BANK.

***USAID NOTICE TO THE TRADE***

EXPANSION OF TERMINAL DESIGNATIONS WITHIN THE PORT OF HOUSTON, TEXAS

Effective with Title II Invitation 028 issued on February 20, 2008, the Notice to
the Trade EOD-150 (Pilot Program for Load Port Surveys and Processed Commodity
Bidding Basis Houston, Texas) is cancelled. USAID Notice to the Trade dated April
5, 2006 F.A.S. Allocated Commodities at Houston and Jacinto is also rescinded.
This means that beginning with INV 028, Houston will no longer be available as an
approved delivery point. Offerors must select terminals within the Port of Houston
as listed in Notice to the Trade: Expansion of Terminal Designations Within The
Port Of Houston, Texas. The notice is posted on the USAID Ocean Notices website
at http://www.usaid.gov/business/ocean/notices/. A complete list of delivery/bid
point codes, including the new Houston delivery/bid point codes, is available at:
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas-ex-…

Commodity, load port and intermodal point abbreviations as per USDA form KC-362.
Delivery terms per USDA Notice to the Trade of April 5, 1995.

1) All offers MUST include ETA loadport, ETS loadport, and ETA destination, along
with routing information. Other requirements or pertinent information:
A. Vessels itinerary and current position.
B. Full particulars on vessel owners company including officers, address and bank
references.
C. Voyage number for vessel being offered.

2) Commodity supplier delivery terms, origin points and specific shipping dates will
not be known until commodities are purchased. All cargo's availability date at
loadport will be 08/20/10. Depending on the commodity suppliers elected shipping
dates, cargo can start shipping out as early as 07/16/10. Carriers will be required
to receive cargo in accordance with USDA suppliers contractual shipping dates and
delivery terms. The potential shipping periods for bids at the plant or bridgepoint
locations can be found in the commodity solicitation.

3)Total commissions 2.5%. If offered direct, 2.5% to LifeLink
Logistics. If offered through a broker, 2/3 of 2.5% to LifeLink Logistics, and
1/3 of 2.5% to owners broker.

4) Evaluation and contract award: offers which do not comply with mandatory
requirements of this IFB, including but not limited to the minimums and
maximums specified above, will not be considered. Offers must include full
particulars demonstrating the willingness and ability to meet these requirements.
Catholic Relief Services reserves the right to award without discussions with USAID
approval. Award will be to the lowest responsible offeror meeting the mandatory
requirements of this IFB.

5) Contract Terms: Except to the extent provided above, this IFB
is subject to the standard US Food Aid Booking Note (INCLUDING ANY AND ALL AMENDMENTS
AND ATTACHMENTS), which are fully incorporated herein. Copies of these guidelines
may be obtained from USAID website, www.usaid.gov.