Salad Oil

The purpose of this solicitation is to establish an Open Agency contract to procure Salad Oil for Georgia Correctional Industries in accordance with listed specifications.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR BIDDERS
TO SUBMIT YOUR BID RESPONSE, ALL ATTACHED DOCUMENTS NEED TO BE SUBMITTED/RETURNED WITH BID IN A PDF FORMAT.This government entity will only accept electronic bid responses for this solicitation. For technical questions, assistance with bid submissions, or if you have trouble accessing documents please contact:State Purchasing Customer Service @ 404 657-6000, Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM excluding State Holidays.Suppliers can also email questions to: ProcurementHelp@doas.ga.gov.
- NOTE TO BIDDERS
Any questions regarding the bid or specifications must be submitted to the Issuing Officer at kesi.bates@gdc.ga.gov.  In addition, in the subject line, please list the EVENT ID number and Solicitation Title. Answers to written questions, along with any necessary corrections or additions thereto, will be posted to the Georgia Procurement Registry by dates noted in eRFQ template.
DO NOT USE "COMPLY", "YES", "OK", "SAME", an "X", a "V", CHECKMARK or a (") DITTO MARK in your response on the attached Specification Sheet.  Doing so will result in your bid not being considered for award.
Delivery must be included in bid pricing.  Pricing should be all inclusive.  GCI will not pay for freight, tariffs, or any other fees as separate line items.
Deliveries are to be made in increments of 1,200 eaches, as specified on the purchase order.
RESTRICTION ON COMMUNICATION WITH STAFF:
From the issue date of the Event document and until a Supplier is selected and the selection is made public, vendors are not allowed to communicate for any reason with any State staff except through the Issuing Officer's named in the Event document, or as provided for in existing contracts. For violation of this provision, the State may reject any bid/proposal of the offending bidder/offeror or initiate suspension/debarment proceeding with respect to the offending supplier or bidder/offeror.