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The Vicksburg District Corps of Engineers requires the acquisition of a Firm-Fixed Price contract to furnish all necessary personnel, materials, supplies, accessories, and equipment, except as otherwise specified herein, to operate, maintain, repair, and inspect one (1) Government-owned Gulfstream G-IV/C-20H aircraft, and one (1) Government-owned hangar facility, located at the Vicksburg-Tallulah Regional Airport (TVR), Mound, Louisiana. The Contractor will operate and maintain the G-IV aircraft in accordance with applicable Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) for the category and class of aircraft and these specifications. The G-IV currently operates under Subpart F of Federal Aviation Regulations Part 91.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District (MVK) proposes to award a single contract for a period of Five (5) years (One (1) Base year with Four (4) option years).

Solicitation will be issued on or around February 10, 2023.

Proposal Due Date on or around March 14, 2023.

A copy of this solicitation may be downloaded from the System for Award Management Web Site at www.sam.gov. Bidders must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM), including the NAICS code they are bidding under, in order to receive a government contract award. Compact disc and hardcopies will not be available. Telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at https://www.sam.gov/. Bidders are encouraged to check often for changes (AMENDMENTS) to posted solicitations. Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the Offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract nor does it obligate the Government to pay for proposal preparation costs.

Offerors must have and maintain an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov and must include the NAICS code they are bidding under in order to receive a government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror.

For additional information regarding this solicitation, please contact Amy L. Starks via email at Amy.L.Starks@usace.army.mil.

Technical inquiries and questions relating to the solicitation are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at www.ProjNet.Org when the solicitation is made available. The solicitation, including any amendments, shall establish the official opening and closing dates and times.

This announcement serves as the Advance Notice for this project. Responses to this synopsis are not required.