The objective of the work described in this PWS is to provide bottled drinking water to property owners in the vicinity of Ft. Detrick, in Frederick, Maryland.

S--Contractor shall furnish all labor, material and equipment necessary to provide Bottled Water Service. This requirement NAICS is 312112 and the size standard is 500. It is currently set-aside for small businesses only. This requirement must be provided in strict accordance with the statement of work included in the request for quotation bid package that can be obtained from the Corp s' website. Only those vendors who can provide the requirement EXACTLY as stated in the specifications may provide a quote. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency. The solicitation will be provided in an electronic format, free of charge, to all registered plan holders. The media through which the Government chooses to issue this solicitation will be the Internet only. This solicitation will not be issued in paper. Contractors requests for this solicitation must be performed through ASFI. Accounts may only be attained by SAM-registered contractors; you must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM)to receive a government contract award. You may register at https://www.sam.gov

All questions shall be submitted via e-mail only to cheley.auguste@usace.army.mil. Bids can be submitted via e-mail or mail to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Contracting Division, Simplified Acquisition Team, 10 South Howard Street, 7th floor, Room 7000, Baltimore, MD 21201-2530.

Available thru Federal Business Opportunities System (https://www.fbo.gov/index)

The solicitation will be provided in an electronic format, free of charge on or about December 07, 2012, to all authenticated account holders of Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) System (https://www.fbo.gov/index). To familiarize vendors with the newly released FBO system, please download the Vendor Guide found here (http://www.nab.usace.army.mil/EBS/FBO_Vendor_Guide.pdf). Please note that all Corps of Engineers acquisitions are considered Sensitive, But Unclassified Documents, and require users to have a valid MPIN entered in the FBO system to access package.

The media through which the Government chooses to issue this solicitation/amendment will be the Internet only. This solicitation/amendment will not be issued in paper. No phone or fax request for copy of solicitation will be accepted.