Calumet Harbor Break Water Repairs, Cook County, Illinois, USACE-Chicago District Project

This Pre-Solicitation Notice is being issued by the United States Army Corps of Engineers - Chicago District to inform interested/potential contractors of the District's imminent issue of an Invitation for Bid Package for its construction project entitled, "Calumet Harbor Break Water Repairs, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (USACE Acquisition)."

PROJECT INFORMATION: Under the contract, The work includes repairs to the existing Calumet Harbor Breakwater in Lake Michigan in order to maintain safe passage for vessels entering and exiting the harbor. Repairs will restore the structure to original design function within the existing structure footprint. Work will occur on the Indiana portion of the detached breakwater. Repair work will consist of the placement of new 3.5 ton to 8 ton size armor stone and resetting existing armor stone as needed and incidental related work. Damaged portions of the existing concrete cap will be demolished place to

serve as the foundation for new armor stone.

CONTRACTING OFFICE: USACE Chicago District, 231 SOUTH LaSALLE STREET, SUITE 1500, Chicago, IL 60604

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Competition for this acquisition is restricted to HUBZone Small Businesses. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 237990, with a small business size standard in dollars of $39.5M. The magnitude of cost for construction is estimated between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00.

The Solicitation (Invitation for Bids –“IFB”) will be downloadable from the INTERNET ONLY. The project specification files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Once the package is released into advertisement at this website ("Federal Business Opportunities"), interested bidders may download the full package, includes: specification and drawings files. The Solicitation package is planned for advertisement on or about August 6, 2021, with bids due on or about September 7, 2020.

IN THE CASE OF A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE DATES PUBLISHED IN THIS NOTICE AND THOSE CALLED OUT IN THE IFB DOCUMENT, THE DATES IN THE IFB DOCUMENT OVERRIDES THOSE PUBLISHED HEREIN THIS NOTICE; THIS IS RELATIVE TO THE IFB ISSUANCE DATE AND THE DUE DATE FOR BIDS.

IMPORTANT POLICY:  Bidders are REQUIRED to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) AT THE TIME ITS BID IS SUBMITTED to comply with the annual representations and certifications requirements.  Registration can be completed  free of charge at www.sam.gov.

Request for solicitation packages made by telephone, fax or e-mail will not be honored. The Point of Contact for this acquisition is Mr. Kyle Smith at (312) 846-5370, or via email: kyle.d.smith@usace.army.mil.

** Please include Solicitation Number W912P621B0008 on all correspondence. **