The U.S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans, has a requirement for a Contractor to furnish all labor, materials, services, equipment, facility, etc. to fabricate, cast, weld, machine, test, inspect, preserve, pack, mark, assemble and deliver the fol lowing castings: bend (24 inches) for Collection System, Aft Ship; expansion piece assembly (28 inches) for Over Side Submergible Pump; and Expansiion Piece Assembly (32 inches) for Inboard Dredge Pump. This solicitation is not set aside for small business . This requirement is being procured as a firm fixed price contract under FAR 12, Commercial Item. The NAICS code is 331513; the applicable Standard Industrial Code is 3325. Solicitation W912P8-06-T-0077 will be released on or about May 1, 2006 with a closing date of May 30, 2006. For security reasons, all technical and engineering data related to this solicitation will be distributed using the Federal Technical Data Solutions (FedTeDS) system. FedTeDS is a web-based dissemination tool designed to saf eguard acquisition-related information for all Federal agencies. Interested bidders must register with FedTeDS before accessing the system. Registration instructions can be found on the FedTeDS website (https://www.fedteds.gov) by clicking on the Registe r with FedTeDS hyperlink. Contractors registered with the Federal Technical Data Solutions (FedTeDS) may view and/or download this solicitation and all amendments from the Internet after solicitation issuance at the following Internet address: https://w ww.fedteds.gov/fedteds/start.nsf/frm.vendorlogin?openform&SolicitationNumber=W912P8-06-T-0077 You can also find the link to FedTeDS for this solicitation on the New Orleans District web site at www.mvn.usace.army.mil. Click on Contracts and then Procurem ent Opportunities. Click on the solicitation number and it will send you to FedTeDS. Type in your username and password. A page will come up and you Accept. The next page will say Solicitation Information, click on file name and begin downloading. Do not click on the paperclip, click on the blue informational line. It may take some time to download the files. Zip files containing .cal drawing files should be downloaded and extracted together in a single directory. You will need the adobe acrobat rea der for .pdf files (www.adobe.com) and the maxview reader (www.maxview.com) for .cal files in order to open most files posted by the New Orleans District. You are advised that FedTeDS currently does not have a Plan Holders List capability. However, you a re 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 Brenda Welty at 504-862-2972; or by e-mail at
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