Notice of Local Area Set Aside.pdf

Notice of a Local Area Set Aside

The RRB has a requirement for overhaul of cooling tower cells. The RRB has issued a solicitation, 60RRBH21Q0021, for Overhaul of Cooling Tower Cells 2, 3, and 4 for the RRB Headquarters Building, located at 844 N. Rush Street, Chicago, IL 60611.

The RRB considers these services CRITICAL to the operation of the RRB.

Therefore, the RRB has made this solicitation a Local Area Set Aside.

To ensure that the RRB obtains accurate quotations, contractors attending the site visit have the sole responsibility for determining the age, condition, maintainability and location of the existing RRB trash collection equipment. No allowances shall be made for “unseen site conditions”. Therefore, the site visit is MANDATORY. NO OFFERS

SHALL BE ACCEPTED FROM ANY OFFEROR WHO HAS NOT ATTENDED THE

MANDATORY SITE VISIT.

In order to be able to participate in this solicitation, the following conditions apply:

1. Potential Offerors must attend a MANDATORY site visit on August 24, 2021, 9:00 AM, Central Time, at the RRB headquarters located at 844 N. Rush Street, Chicago, IL 60611. Contact Ken Earp at ken.earp@rrb.gov or 312-751-4844 to schedule site visit.

2. Potential Offerors must submit a timely request for the solicitation BEFORE the site visit to proposals@rrb.gov. Please CC: Mr. Michel Disalvio at michel.disalvio@rrb.gov.

3. All RRB contractors are required to register in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov database prior to submitting an offer.

4. Businesses must be physically located in Cook, DuPage, McHenry, Lake, Will and Kane Counties, Illinois or Lake County, Indiana.

Late requests for the solicitation received after the mandatory site visit shall not be considered.

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mailto:proposals@rrb.gov