This specification is for bulk fuel delivery at the following locations in Jefferson County: Highway Department Maintenance Shed at 5275 Highway B in Hillsboro, MO Highway Department Maintenance Shed at 2960 Lee Pyle Road in DeSoto, MO Highway Department Maintenance Shed at 6460 Highway MM in House Springs, MO Standby Generators at Jefferson County Jail and Jefferson County Courthouse Vendor will be required to: 1. Provide a one card system with pin numbers for controlled access. Primarily County Highway will utilize up to 150 employees and up to 200 vehicle/equipment cards. System shall have communications to a central office and to provide 24-hour access to allow authorized changes. The bidder must supply and maintain the card reader system and be responsible for any costs associated with resetting the card reader system. 2. Provide fuel and utilize the County's existing retail fuel tanks at each Highway Maintenance Shed location. Each site has tanks for 2,000 gallon diesel and 1,000 gallon unleaded. Current fuel usage is approximately 20,000 gallon unleaded gasoline and 115,000 gallon diesel per year. Fuel will be branded or unbranded. An 80/20-winter blend for diesel is required from November through March, or a diesel anti-gel agent such as Arctic Express is required. Diesel shall be ultra-low sulphur. The County owns and maintains the tanks and pumps. 3. System must provide near flawless reliability to the extreme conditions of heat, cold, rain, snow, ice, dust, and rough use. Maintenance service shall be available to restore system operations within less than 8 working hours. During snow removal and other emergency conditions, the County Highway Fleet will operate on a continuous 24 hour basis, 7 days a week, until emergency is over. 4. Fuel provider must keep the tanks at each Highway Maintenance shed and the standby generator tanks always at least half full. Deliveries of bulk fuel must be at intervals to ensure that fuel is always available to the users. 5. Fuel provider shall use the St. Louis rack location of OPIS as the basis for the bid. Bid amount should be the margin above the OPIS for consideration.
