Chicago harbor breakwater repair

Added: Jul 28, 2017 5:26 pm 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 "CHICAGO HARBOR BREAKWATER REPAIR."

PROJECT INFORMATION: The project is located at the Chicago Harbor Lock, Illinois (Cook County). This project is for the repair of the Chicago Harbor Breakwater. The timber piles are deteriorating due to low lake levels; washout of the core stone material has occurred causing failure of portions of the concrete cap. Repairs will consist of drilling and grouting of the existing structure. The structure is composed of sections that are approximately 34' in length. Each section will contain approximately 40 holes that are to be drilled and grouted per contract documents. The project will include repair work for approximately 30 sections of the structure.

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Competition for this acquisition is RESTRICTED HUB ZONE - SMALL BUSINESS. The Classification Code for this procurement is North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) 237990, identifying a small business size standard in dollars of $36.5M. The planned contract type is firm-fixed Price.

The magnitude of cost for construction is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.

The Invitation for Bid (IFB) Package 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 Acrobat Reader. Interested Offerors can download the IFB Package from: http://www.fbo.gov. The IFB Package will be available from this Internet site on or about August 15, 2017, with bids due 30 days following the issuance of the IFB.

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 OVERRIDE THOSE PUBLISHED HEREIN THIS NOTICE; THIS IS RELATIVE TO THE IFB ISSUANCE DATE AND THE DUE DATE FOR BIDS.

In order for contractors to be awarded contracts with the Department of Defense, the contractor must be registered in the System for Contract Management (SAM); Contractors can access the SAM database for free at http://www.sam.gov. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed price construction contract from this acquisition.

FAXED OR ELECTRONIC BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Request for solicitation packages made by telephone, fax or e-mail will not be honored. The Point of Contact for this acquisition is Kim F. Hubbard at (312) 846-5368.

Please include Solicitation Number W912P6-17-B-0010 on all correspondence.

Contracting Office Address:
231 South LaSalle Street Suite 1500
Chicago, Illinois 60604 United States