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This solicitation will be issued as unrestricted. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 336611. The U.S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans, has a requirement for a contractor to dry-dock and repair the Dredge Wheeler, an all steel, diesel propelled, sea-going, trailing suction hopper dredge. Length overall -408 feet, 3 inches; maximum breadth-82 feet, 0 inches; minimum draft Aft-21 feet, 6 inches; minimum draft forward-17 feet, 6 inches; lightship displacement-9,876.25 long tons. Facilities must be available in the time frame of October or early November 2015. Bidding shall be limited to those shipyards in the United States within 1600 nautical miles of the sea buoy at Southwest Pass, Mississippi River. Solicitation W912P8-15-B-0046 is being issued as a Sealed Bid (IFB) and will be available on or about July 29, 2015. Sealed bids will be due on or about August 31, 2015 at 2:00 pm CST. Prospective bidders are encouraged to examine the vessel prior to bid opening. This requirement will be procured as Firm Fixed Price under FAR Part 14 /DFARS 214 Sealed Bidding and Master Agreements. A Master Ship Repair Agreement must be in place or executed prior to award. The IFB and all information pertaining to this acquisition will be made available electronically through the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) electronic posting system web link at http://www.fedbizopps.gov Potential bidders MUST register on FedBizOpps website under the heading, Vendors/Citizens quote mark Register Now. quote mark Potential contractors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package. It is and will continue to be all potential bidders' responsibility to monitor the fedbiz website for any amendments updates bidders' library, responses to questions and answers as the government will not be maintaining a mailing list. NOTE 1: Bidders must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) in to order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: http://www.sam.gov. NOTE 2: Any communications must identify the IFB number, solicitation number, company name, address, phone number including area code, and point of contact with valid email address. The Contract Specialist for this solicitation is Mr. David Willis at (504)862-2874, or by e-mail at david.willis@usace.army.mil NOTE 3: Information contained in this synopsis is subject to change. This pre-solicitation notice contains quote mark NO quote mark Plans, Specifications, or Drawings.