70--Record local New Orleans news segments on DVDs.

SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE; NAICS CODE 334612 ($750,000) The U.S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans, has a requirement for a contractor to record local news segments concerning Hurricane Katrina and the New Orleans Corps of Engineers and then furni sh DVD and occasionally VHS copies of the news segments. Solicitation W912P8-06-R-0213 is being issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). This requirement is being procured as a firm fixed price contract under FAR 12, Commercial Item. Quotes are due on Aug ust 17, 2006 at 10:00 A.M. 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 safegu ard 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 Register w ith 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://www. fedteds.gov/fedteds/start.nsf/frm.vendorlogin?openform&SolicitationNumber=W912P8-06-R-0213. 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 Procuremen t 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 no t click on the paperclip, click on the blue informational line. It may take some time to download the files. 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 ad vised that FedTeDS currently does not have a Plan Holders List capability. However, 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 cli cking 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 Kristi ne Stoehner at 504-862-1788; or by e-mail at [email protected].