Shipyard repairs to the Towboat Bienville

SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE; NAICS CODE 336611 (1000 people) The U.S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans, has a requirement for shipyard repairs to the Towboat Bienville in accordance to attached specifications. W912P8-09-T-0200 is being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) and will be available on or about September 3, 2009. This requirement is being procured as a firm fixed price contract under FAR 12, Commercial Item. The applicable Standard Industrial Code is 3732; the NAICS code is 336611. This solicitation is a small business set-aside. Proposals are due on September 10, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. 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 Brad Diggs at 504-862-2863; or by e-mail at Brad Diggs@usace.army.mil.