Fish Food

"GOVERNING TERMS AND CONDITIONS:\n\nAresponding bid that has been completed and signed by your representative shall constitufe your company's\nacceptance of all State of New Hampshire terms and conditions and shall legally obligate your company to\nthese terms and conditions.\n\nA signed response further signifies that from the time the bid is published (bid solicitation date and time) until a\ncontract is awarded, no bidder shall offer or give, directly or indirectly, any gift, expense reimbursement, or\nhonorarium, as defined by RSA 15-B, to any elected official, public official, public employee, constitutional\nofficial, or family member of any such official or employee who shall select, evaluate, or award the RFB.\n\nFurthermore, a signed response signifies that any terms and/or conditions that may be or have been submitted\nby the Vendor are specifically null and void and are not a part of this bid invitation or any awarded purchase\norder, even if said terms and/or conditions

contain language to the contrary.\n\nCHAPTER ADM 600 PROCUREMENT AND PROPERTY RULES APPLY TO AND ARE MADE A PART HEREOF\n\nNON-EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT\n\nAny resulting Contract from this RFB will be a non-exclusive Contract. The State reserves the right, at its discretion,\nto retain other Contractors to provide any of the Services or Deliverables identified under this procurement or\nmake an award by item, part or portion of an item, group of items, or total Proposal.\n\nPUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF BID OR PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS:\n\nGenerally, the full contents of any proposal (including all materials submitted in connection with it, such as\nattachments, exhibits, addenda, and vendor presentations) become public information upon completion of\nfinal contract or purchase order negotiations with the selected vendor. Certain information concerning\nproposals, including but not limited to scoring, is generally available to the public even before this time, in\naccordance with the provisions of NH RSA 21-G:37.\n\nConfidential, commercial or financial information may be exempt from public disclosure under RSA 91-A:5, IV.\nAny and all information contained in or connected to a bid or proposal that a Bidder considers confidential\nshall be clearly designated in the following manner:\n\nIf the Bidder considers any portion of a submission confidential, they shall provide a separate copy of the full\nand complete document, fully redacting those portions by blacking them out and shall note on the applicable\npage or pages of the document that the redacted portion or portions are \u201cconfidential.\u201d Use of any other term\nor method, such as stating that a document or portion thereof is \"proprietary\"\u201d, \u201cnot for public use\u201d, or \u201cfor\nclient's use only\u201d, is not acceptable. In addition to providing an additional fully redacted copy of the bid\nsubmission to the person listed as the point of contact on Page one (1) of this document, the identified\ninformation considered to be confidential must be accompanied by a separate letter stating the rationale for\neach item designated as confidential. In other words, the letter must specifically state why and under what\nlegal authority each redaction has been made. Submissions which do not conform to these instructions by\nfailing to include a redacted copy (ifrequired), by failing to include a letter specifying the rationale for each\nredaction, by failing to designate redactions in the manner required by these instructions, or by including\nredactions which are contrary to these instructions or operative law may be rejected by the State as not\nconforming to the requirements of the bid or proposal. Marking or designating an entire proposal, attachment\nor section as confidential shall neither be accepted nor honored by the State. Marking an entire bid, proposal,\nattachment or full sections thereof confidential without taking into consideration the public's right to know shall\nneither be accepted nor honored by the State.\n\nNotwithstanding any provision of this request for submission to the contrary, proposed pricing shall be subject to\npublic disclosure REGARDLESS of whether or not marked as confidentidl.\n\nIf a request is made to the State by any person or entity to view orreceive copies of any portion of a proposal,\nthe State will assess what information it believes is subject to release; notify the Bidder that the request has been\nmade; indicate what, if any, portions of the proposal or related material shall be released; and notify the Bidder\nof the date it plans to release the materials. To halt the release of information by the State, a Bidder must initiate\nand provide to the State, prior to the date specified in the notice, a court action in the Superior Court of the\nState of New Hampshire, at its sole expense, seeking to enjoin the release of the requested information.\n\nBy submitfing a proposal, Bidders acknowledge and agree that:\n" "\u00ab The State may disclose any and all portions of the proposal or related materials which are not\nmarked as confidential and/or which have not been specifically explained in the letter to the\nperson identified as the point of contact for this RFP;\n\n\u00ab The State is not obligated to comply with a Bidder\u2019s designations regarding confidentiality and must\nconduct an independent analysis to assess the confidentiality of the information submitted in your\nproposal; and\n\n\u00ab The State may, unless otherwise prohibited by court order, release the information on the date\nspecified in the notice described above without any liability to a Bidder.\n\nVENDOR CERTIFICATIONS:\nAll Vendors shall be duly registered as a vendor authorized to conduct business in the State of New Hampshire.\n\ne STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE VENDOR APPLICATION: Prior to bid award, Vendors shall have a completed\nVendor Application Package on file with the NH Bureau of Purchase and Property. See the following\nwebsite for information on obtaining and filing the required forms (no fee: https://DAS.NH.Gov/Purchasing\n\nVENDOR RESPONSIBILITY:\nThe successful Vendor shall be solely responsible for meeting all terms and conditions specified in the bid, and any\nresulting contract.\n\nAll State of New Hampshire bid invitations and addenda to these bid invitations are adverfised on our website at:\n\nhttps://das.nh.gov/purchasing/vendorresources.aspx.\n\nIt isa prospective Vendor\u2019'sresponsibility t0o access our website to determine any bid invitation under which they\nwish to participate. It is also the Vendor(s)'s responsibility to access our website for any posted addendum.\n\nThe website is updated several times per day; it is the responsibility of the prospective Vendor(s) to access the\nwebsite frequently to ensure no bidding opportunity or addenda is overlooked.\n\nIt is the prospective Vendor's responsibility to forward a signed copy [if the form has a signature block) of any\naddenda to the Bureau of Purchase and Property with the bid response.\n\nIn preparation of your bid response, you shall:\ne Complete the pricing information in the \u201cOffer\u201d section; and\no You may include quote separately but the OFFER SECTION MUST be completed for compliant acceptance.\ne Complete all other required information on your offer (if applicable); and\n. Complete the \u201cVendor Contact Information\u201d section; and\ne Complete the company information on the \u201cTransmittal Letter\" page, and sign the bid in the space\nprovided on that page. The Transmittal Letter page shall be notarized to be an official submission.\n\nWARRANTY REQUIREMENTS:\n\nSuccessful Vendor shall be required to warranty all of the equipment/item awarded to Vendor fora period of\nnot less than one (1) year or the manufacturer's standard period of time, whichever is greater, from the date the\nitems are received, inspected and accepted by the State of New Hampshire. The warranty shall cover 100% of\nall parts, shipping, labor, travel, lodging and expenses.\n\nBID PRICES:\n\nBid prices shall be in US dollars and shall include delivery and all other costs required by this bid invitafion.\nSpecial charges, surcharges, or fuel charges of any kind (by whatever name) may not be added on at any\ntime. Any and all charges shall be built into your bid price at the time of the bid.\n\nPer Administrative Rule 606.0 1[e) \u201cif there is a discrepancy between the unit price and the extension price in a\nresponse to an RFP, RFB or RFQ, the unit price shall be binding upon the vendor\u201d.\n\nPAYMENT:\nPayment method (P-Card or ACH). Payments shall be made via ACH or Procurement Card (P-card = Credit Card)\nunless otherwise specified by the state of New Hampshire. Use the following link to enroll with the State Treasury for\n\nACH paymenis: hiips://www.nh.gov/treasury/state-vendors/index.htm\n" "INVOICING:\nInvoices shall be submitted to the corresponding State agency after completion of work.\n\nAWARD:\n\nThe award shall be made to the Vendor meeting the criteria established in this RFB and providing the lowest cost in\ntotal. The State reserves the right to reject any or all bids or any part thereof and add/delete items/locations to the\ncontract. All award(s) shall be, in the form of a State of New Hampshire Contract in the form of a purchase order.\n\nSuccessful Vendor shall not be allowed to require any other type of purchase order, nor shall the successful Vendor be\nallowed to require the filing out or signing of any other document by State of New Hampshire personnel.\n\nBID RESULTS:\nBid results may be viewed when available, once the award has been made, on our web site only at:\nhttps://apps.das.nh.gov/bidscontracts/bids.aspx.\n\nFor Vendors wishing to attend the bid closing: Names of the Vendors submitting responses and pricing shall be\n\nmade public to the above website. In lieu of in person public bid openings the State shall conduct openings via\nelectronic means until further notice.\n\nTERMINATION:\nThe State of New Hampshire shall have the right to terminate the purchase contract at any time by giving the\nsuccessful Vendor a thirty (30) day written notice.\n\nF.O.B.:\n\nThe F.O.B. shall be destinafion to the following delivery point (included in the price bid), which means delivered\nto a state agency's receiving dock or other designated point as specified in this bid or subsequent purchase\norders without additional charge:\n\nSee multiple locations on page 9\nRETURNED GOODS:\nThe successful Vendor shall resolve all order and invoice discrepancies within five business days from\nnotification. Products returned due to quality issues, duplicate shipments, over-shipments, etc. shall be picked\nup by the successful Vendor within ten business days of notification with no restocking or freight charges and\nshall be replaced with specified products or the agency shall be refunded/credited for the full purchase price.\nUnauthorized substitutions for any products are not allowed.\n\nStandard stock products ordered in error by the State of New Hampshire shall be returned for full credit within\nfiiteen business days of receipt. Products shall be in re-saleable condition (original container, unused) and there\nshall be no restocking fee charged for these products. The using agency shall be responsible for any freight\ncharges to return these items to the successful Vendor.\n\nSPECIFICATION COMPLIANCE:\nVendor's offer shall meet or exceed the required specifications as written. The State of New Hampshire shall be the\nsole determining factor of what meets or exceeds the required specifications.\n\nUnless otherwise specified by the Bureau of Purchase and Property in this bid invitation document, all items offered\nby the Vendor shall be new (and of the current model year, if applicable); shall not be used, rebuilt, refurbished;\nshall not have been used as demonstration equipment, and shall not have been placed anywhere for evaluation\npurposes.\n\nThe manufacturers and/or product numbers indicated are the only ones that are acceptable under this bid\ninvitation.\n\n1. Vender shallbe HAACP and BAP (Best Aquaculture Practices) certified.\n\n2. All fish food is to be packaged in moisture proof containers (heat sealed poly bags only and\n\ndelivered to New Hampshire facilities without intermediate storage or handling or vendor can use a\nfood grade intermediary warehouse).\n" "4. Feed prices (FOB New Hampshire) are to be quoted for the period 1 July 2022 through 30 June 2023.\nQuotation is included in price per pound for each product type, along with the vendor's product\nIdentification code.\n\n5. Payments will be made within 30 days upon delivery. Deliveries may be LTL or full truck load and must\nbe made within 2 weeks of ordering.\n\n6. All pelleted fish food is to be extruded.\n\n7. No Bovine meat meal or bovine blood meal are to be incorporated in any feed type.\n\n8. In starter feeds, a minimum of 65% of the protein for all sinking feeds must be supplied by high quality\nfiihmeal (67% protein). In grower feeds, the rations may substitute non-ruminant protein sources for\nfiih meal however the final formulation must be microbalancedtm to ensure nutrifional and\nperformance characteristics are not negatively impacted. Minimum inclusions of fiihmeal will vary\nbetween species in grower diets due to differences in nutritional requirements for amino acids. Since\na number of protein sources can successfully be used to obtain the desirable amino acid balance,\nfeed companies who do not declare the minimum fishmeal content in grower diets should have\ndaily records of raw material amino acid composition and protein digestibility.\n\n9. A minimum 50% of the lipid component for all feed types must be from fish oil. Contaminant\nconcentrations are to be less than maximum levels expressed by the European Union.\n\nFish Oil\n\nDioxins and Furans TEQ 6.0.ng/kg\n\nPCBs TEQ 14.O.ng/kg\n\nFish Feed\n\nDioxins and Furans TEQ 2.25 ng/kg\nPCBs TEQ 3.5ng/kg\n\n10. Feed types to be purchased:\n\nA. Bio-Vita Starter\nGuaranteed analysis:\n\nProtein 53% minimum, or 52% min (respectively)\nOil 18% minimum, or 20% min (respectively)\nFiber 1.5% maximum\n\nMoisture 8.5% maximum\n\nAsh 12% maximum\n\nD.E. 18.5 MJ/Kg\n\nSizes required: 0.5 crumbles (or mash and# O crumble), #1, #2 & #3 crumbles.\nEstimated quarterly use: 3,000 pounds.\n" "B. Oncor Fry\nGuaranteed analysis:\n\nProtein 47% minimum\nOil 17% minimum\nFiber 3% maximum\nMoisture 9% maximum\nAsh 12% maximum\nD.E. 17.4% MJ/KG\n\nSize required 1.5mm\nEstimated quarterly use: 500 pounds\n\nC. Oncor Fry\nGuaranteed analysis:\nProtein 46% minimum\nOil 18% minimum\nFiber 3% Maximum\nMoisture 9% maximum\nAsh 12% maximum\nD.E. 17.4% MJ/KG\n\nSize required 2.5mm\nEstimated quarterly use: 1,500 pounds\n\nD. Nutra-Olympic Fry\nGuaranteed Analysis:\n\nProtein 50% minimum\n\nOil 20% minimum\nFiber 1.0% maximum\nMoisture 10% maximum\nAsh 14% maximum\nD.E. 18 MJ/Kg\n\nTotal Phosphorus 1.5-1.6% minimum\n\nSizes required: 1.2 mm - 2.5 mm pellet - slow sinking\n\nEstimated quarterly use: 12,500 pounds\nE. Bio-Trout\n\nGuaranteed Analysis:\nProtein 47% minimum for 3.0mm (45% for 4.0mm)\nOil 24% minimum\nFiber 2% Maximum\nMoisture 8.5% Maximum\nAsh 7% maximum\nD.E. 19 MJ/Kg\nTotal Phosphorus 1% minimum\n\nSizes required: 3.0 mm & 4.0 mm pellet - slow sinking\nEstimated quarterly use: 41,250 pounds\n\nF. Oncor Floating Grower Diet for trout\nGuaranteed analysis:\n\nProtein 45% minimum 3.0 mm (44% for 4.0 mm)\nOil 19% minimum 3.0 mm (20% for 4.0 mm)\nFiber 2.0% maximum\n\nMoisture 8.5% maximum\n\nAsh 11% maximum\n\nD.E: 17.5 MJ/Kg\n\nTotal Phosphorus 0.83% minimum.\n\nPigment 40ppm Asta\n"