Repairs to the m/v john bopp

SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE; NAICS CODE 336611 (1000 employees) The U.S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans, has a requirement for dry docking of the M/V John Bopp. Solicitation W912P8-09-R-0023 is being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) and will be available on or about December 19, 2008. This requirement is being procured as a firm fixed price contract under FAR 12, Commercial Item. The applicable Standard Industrial Code is 3731; the NAICS code is 336611. This solicitation is a small business set-aside. Quotes are due on January 08, 2009 at 1:00 PM CST. The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI). You can access these files from a link located on FedBizOps (www.fbo.gov). You will need the adobe acrobat reader for .pdf files (www.adobe.com) in order to open most files posted by the New Orleans District. You are encouraged, for marketing purposes, to register as an Interested Vendor in FedBizOps (www.fbo.gov). This can be done by clicking on the solicitation title and clicking on the button that says Register as an Interested Vendor and entering your business information. Offerors are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administrations Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Offerors must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the CCR Internet address is: http://www.ccr.gov. The Contract Specialist for this solicitation is Melanie Junker at 504-862-1386; or by e-mail at Melanie.N.Junker@usace.army.mil.