Hopper Door operating mechanism castings and forgings for use on Dredge McFARLAND

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, intends to initiate a commercial item procurement (FAR part 12), firm fixed price contract, for all necessary labor, services and materials to purchase hopper door operating mechanism castings and forgings for use on Dredge McFARLAND.

All work shall be in accordance with the contract drawings and specifications provided in the solicitation. Wherever the specifications differ from the drawing requirements, the specifications shall govern.

The contractor shall be responsible for furnishing all necessary labor, material, services and equipment necessary to fabricate, preserve and package the parts as listed in the specifications. Drawings will be provided in the solicitation.

Delivery (Period of Performance): All Line Items shall be delivered to the destination within 180 calendar days after receipt of the patterns.

The award will be made as a whole to one offeror. Solicitation # W912BU-15-T-0054 will be available on or about 7 August 2015 via the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) homepage located at https://www.fbo.gov.

All questions must be sent, via email, to the Contract Specialist, Mr. Bruce Hayes, no later than 4:00pm EST on September 1st, 2015. Mr. Hayes' email address is Bruce.E.Hayes@usace.army.mil. Responses to questions will be posted on FedBizOps in the form of an amendment which will require all interested vendors to acknowledge that they have read the amendment. Each vendor package must include a signed Standard Form (SF) 30 should an amendment be posted on FedBizOps. The answers to all questions posed will be made available to all potential vendors on FedBizOps.

Contractors may download the attached solicitation (including any drawings) and any amendments via the FBO web site. Hard copies will not be available and written or fax requests will not be accepted. Offerors are responsible for printing copies of the RFQ and any amendments. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the FBO web site for any changes.

Offers will be due on September 7th, 2015 by 4:00 p.m. EST and can be e-mailed directly to bruce.e.hayes@usace.army.mil.

Affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunity is applicable to the resulting contract. All contractors are required to be registered in the DOD System for Award Management (SAM) by award. Information on getting registered may be obtained by accessing the following internet website: https://www.sam.gov. Also, contractors who receive a federal contract in excess of $25,000.00 are required by legislation (FAR 22.1310(b)) to submit an annual VETS-100 Report on your employment of targeted veterans. Information on submitting your report may be obtained by calling 703-461-2460 or by accessing the following internet web site: http://www.dol.gov/vets/vets-100.html.

(12) Place of Contract Performance/Delivery:
Fort Mifflin Distribution Center
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
6400 Hog Island Road
Philadelphia PA. 19153-5098

(13) Set-aside Status: N/A