CHICAGO LOCK UTILITIES RELOCATION, Chicago Harbor, Chicago, IL (108 N. Streeter Drive)

NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS:

A. VIA AMENDMENT 0001, AS INCORPORATED HEREIN THIS FBO NOTICE, PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE HEREBY INFORMED THAT AN INCORRECT VERSION OF THE PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS WAS POSTED TO THE FBO WEBSITE ON AUGUST 26, 2016. THEREFORE, FOR THE EASE OF BIDDING THIS PROJECT, THE ENTIRE SOLICITATION, WHICH IINCLUDES THE CORRECT VERSION OF THE SPECIFICATIONS IS PACKAGED AS SET FORTH BELOW.

B. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS SHALL DISREGARD, IN ITS ENTIRETY, THE PACKAGE UNDER FOLDER LABELED "SOLICITATION 1." THE NOW BIDDABLE SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS LOCATED UNDER FOLDER LABELED/NAME "SOLICITATION 2."

C. BIDDERS SHALL ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AMENDMENT (AS WELL AS ANY OTHERS ISSUED) AND INCLUDE A SIGNED COPY WITH THEIR BID PACKAGES SUBMITTED TO THE USACE-CHICAGO DISTRICT.

POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS NOTICE: MS. BLAIR AT 312-846-5371.

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 LOCK UTILITIES RELOCATION."

PROJECT INFORMATION: This project is located the Chicago Lock, Chicago Harbor, Chicago, IL (108 N. Streeter Drive). The project work includes the trenching, excavating and construction of a new underground duct bank that will run along side the north wall of the existing tunnel, excavation and installation of two new concrete hand holes to connect to the west side of the underground duct bank, excavation and installation of two new smaller hand holes to connect to the west side east of the underground duct bank, as well as the relocation of water and sewer lines which will be mounted on the north wall of the existing tunnel.

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

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Competition for this acquisition is 100% set aside for Small Business Concerns. The North American Industry System Classification Code is 237990, with a small business size standard in dollars of $36.5M. The magnitude of cost for construction is estimated between $500K and $1M.

The Solicitation package (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 will be available on or about August 25, 2016, with bids due 30 days following the issuance/release date of the Solicitation package.

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.

In order for contractors to be awarded contracts with the Department of Defense, the contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM); Contractors can access the SAM database & register for free at http://www.sam.gov.

The Government intends to award a firm-fixed price construction contract from this acquisition. APPLICABLE LABOR LAW: The Construction Wage Rate Requirements Statute (formerly Davis Bacon Act) applies to this acquisition. Split or multiple awards will not result from this solicitation. 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 Ms. Kimberly Hubbard at (312) 846-5368, or via email: kimberly.f.hubbard@usace.army.mil.

** Please include Solicitation Number W912P6-16-B-0014 on all correspondence. **