Zinc plating of 7 different machined parts for Crane Army Ammunition Activity.

U. S. Army Sustainment Command (ASC) has need for a requirements type contract for zinc plating of various types of parts for Crane Army Ammunition Activity at Crane, Indiana. Plating thickness shall be 0.0002 to 0.00045. CAAA will deliver items to contractor; therefore, contractor shall be within a 260 mile driving distance from CAAA. Contractor shall be responsible for return of plated items to CAAA. ASC intends to issue a request for proposal, W52P1J-08-R-3024 to the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) Acquisition Business Website, http://acquisition,army.mil on or about 30 April 2008 with opening 30 days from issuance.
This procurement is restricted to small business. This contract will be covered under NAICS 332812. Small Business for this NAICS is 500 employees or less. The Government intends to award a firm fixed price requirements type contract with a minimum quantity of 0 and various maximums for each of the seven types of parts involved. Interested parties must be certified at www.dlils.dla.mil with a 2345 form for Distribution D information. All contractors who provide goods/services to the Department of Defense (DOD) must be registered in the Central Contractors Register (CCR). If you are not registered in CCR, you cannot be awarded a DOD Contract. You may register via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov. All offerors are also to submit representations and certifications electronically via the Business Partner Network. Offerors shall complete an Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). Interested firms are invited to submit proposals after this solicitation is posted to the web. Amendments applicable to this solicitation will be posted to the web. It will be the responsibility of the contractors to check these websites for the issuance and any changes to the solicitation. No hard copies are available.

Direct any questions or inquiries in writing prior to the closing date to Barba Drebenstedt, Contract Specialist, US Army Sustainment Command ATTN: AMSAS-ACA-I, Rock Island, IL 61299-6500 or via email: barba.d.drebenstedt@us.army.mil.