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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District has a requirement for inspection, maintenance, troubleshoot, analysis, overhaul and repair to the following Caterpillar Engines: Four (4) marine ... The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District has a requirement for inspection, maintenance, troubleshoot, analysis, overhaul and repair to the following Caterpillar Engines: Four (4) marine diesel engines installed onboard the vessel Dredge Wheeler. The engines are CATERPILLAR, 2 each, model C280-16, 6169 HP @ 900 RPM main propulsion engine, serial No. NKB00197 and NKB00198, and 2 each, model C280-12, 4962 HP @ 1000 RPM dredge generator engine, serial No. TSJ00150 and TSJ00151. Each of the four engine is monitored by a separate PLC based, Marine Monitoring System II (MMSII) control panel, remotely connected and installed on the mid-level engine room. Three (3) marine diesel ship service generator engines installed onboard the vessel Dredge Wheeler. The engines are CATERPILLAR, model 3516 with a rated speed of 1200 RPM, arrangement No. 1W4223, serial numbers: 73Z898, 73Z899, and 73Z900. Each engine drives one (1) KATO - AC, 1000 KW, two bearings generator. One (1) marine diesel emergency generator engine installed onboard the vessel Dredge Wheeler. The engine is CATERPILLAR, model C7.1 with a rated speed of 1800 RPM, serial number: JME00610, drives one (1) LEROY SOMER, 163 KW generator. The contractor must be a Caterpillar Authorized Dealer to service C280 series engines and smaller engines and possess the required technical ability, experience and must provide all supervision, qualified personnel as well as appropriate shop facility, equipment, tools, supplies, repair parts, spare parts, accessories, and other resources necessary to service all diesel engines mentioned above as described in the Statement of Work in Solicitation W912P8-19-R-0029. In addition, the contractor must be capable of measuring and evaluating the operating parameters of each engine and providing all necessary tools and equipment (including engine analyzer and video boroscope, see section C-4 for additional requirements) to perform a complete major overhaul of each engine unit described in section 1.1. This includes, but is not limited to: overhaul and replace cylinder heads, pistons, cylinder liners, connecting rods, turbochargers, intercoolers, fuel injection equipment, camshafts, intake manifolds, and exhaust manifolds; and replace crankshaft bearings, connecting rod bearings, camshaft bearings, main chain drive, governor chain drive, and any other related parts that are associated with the engine units. The contractor's shop facility must be within 150 highway miles radius from the New Orleans district so as to facilitate the deployment of manpower and equipment (section 2.6), to save the government cost in transportation (sections 3.1.5 and 3.1.6), and to facilitate non-disruptive scheduling of government inspection personnel. The Dredge WHEELER is a sea-going large class hopper dredge, 408 feet in length, 10,614 gross tons. The majority of the work will be performed while the dredge is moored at the Corps of Engineers, New Orleans district wharf, which is the vessel's home port, and is located at 7400 Leake Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118. However, it may be necessary for the Contractor to travel to the Dredge, at locations other than its home port, to perform emergency repairs as it becomes necessary throughout the year. The contract shall be solicited as a one year base contract, with the possibility of four optional year's period for a potential total of five (5) years. The requirement is being issued as "UNRESTRICTED" under Request for Proposal (RFP) No. W912P8-19-R-0029 and is being procured as a firm fixed price indefinite delivery - indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract under FAR Part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The government intends to award a single contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible and responsive offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation represents the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) offer as outlined in the solicitation. Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with (IAW) FAR Subparts 13.106-2 - Evaluation of Quotations or Offers. Solicitation No. W912P8-19-R-0029 will be available for downloading on or about 13 February 2019. Proposals will be due as stated in the RFP and are anticipated to be due on or about 13 March 2019 at 2:00 P.M. local time. Offerors are responsible for printing paper copies of the solicitation and monitoring the website for notices and amendments. Hard copies are not available. Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database to obtain a Government Contract and before award can be made. Information on registration may be obtained via the Internet at http://www.sam.gov. Offerors must either complete and return FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items with their quote: or, as provided in paragraph (b) (2) may complete their annual representations and certifications in ORCA at http://orca.bpn.gov. All proposals should include the following minimum information: Company Name, Address, Cage Code and DUNS Number, Taxpayer I.D. Number, Point of Contact, Phone Number-, Fax Number and Email Address. All questions must be received via email, by Wednesday, 27 February 2019 by 2:00 P.M. CST. All questions must contain the solicitation number in the subject line. Once the RFP has been posted, questions may be sent to the Contract Specialist, Katrina D. Pelrean, by e-mail at Katrina.D.Pelrean@usace.army.mil assistance. Any communications must identify the RFP number: W912P8-19-R-0029, company name, point of-contact, address, phone number including area-code and facsimile-number. Address information for mailing proposals can be found in Section L of the RFP.