Provide Towboat and tender Boat

Furnish all necessary management, supervision, inspection, personnel, materials, supplies, parts, tools, equipment, transportation, and vehicles necessary to perform towing and tender operations. Contractor will provide one towboat and one tender with operating personnel. The towboat will be used on the Mississippi River from Ste. Genevieve, Missouri-Upper Mississippi River Mile 123, to the Head of Passes-Lower Mississippi River Mile 0; the Ohio River from Cairo, Illinois-Ohio River Mile 981, to Ohio River Mile 920; the Tennessee River from Paducah, Kentucky-Tennessee River Mile 0, to above Kentucky Dam-Tennessee River Mile 25; the Cumberland River from Mile 0 to Mile 8; the Old River, the Atchafalaya and the Red Rivers-Louisiana, the Gulf Inner Coastal Waterway as far west as the Calcasieu River, the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet from Baptiste Collette to Mile 45, and the Houma Navigation Channel, for general towing and tender service in connection with construction and maintenance of channel improvement works. This towboat will work with the revetment field unit engaged in bank grading operations. The tender will be used on the Mississippi River from Ste. Genevieve, Missouri - Upper Mississippi River Mile 123, to the Head of Passes - Lower Mississippi River Mile 0; the Ohio River from Cairo, Illinois - Ohio River Mile 981, to Ohio River Mile 920; the Tennessee River from Paducah, Kentucky - Tennessee River Mile 0, to above Kentucky Dam - Tennessee River Mile 25; the Cumberland River from Mile 0 to Mile 8; the Old River, the Atchafalaya and the Red Rivers - Louisiana, the Gulf Inner Coastal Waterway as far west as the Calcasieu River, the Mississippi River Gulf outlet from Baptiste Collette to Mile 45, and the Houma Navigation Channel, for general towing and tender service in connection with construction and maintenance of channel improvement works. The tender will probably work with the revetment field unit engaged in mat loading operations. The Government reserves the right to use the tender with any of the field units engaged in the revetment operation or for towing barges loaded with gravel, concrete mat, or any other material related to revetment operations. The tender will be used to transport personnel, plant and materials. Contract period shall be for a period of eight (8) weeks with two (2) option periods of two (2) weeks each being on or about 30 June 2009. The solicitation will be posted on or about 04 June 2009 so that you may download it https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/. The solicitation will not be available in paper format; however, the Government reserves the right to revert to paper when determined to be in the Government's best interest. All documents required for the proposal submittal, including amendments to the proposal submittal, shall be in paper medium. Faxed or Electronic medium for submittal of bids will NOT be allowed. Solicitation issue date will be on or about 04 June 2009. The date and time for receipt of proposals will be on or about 17 Jun 2009, 2:00 p.m. local time.