Chicagoland underflow plan (cup) mccook rockwall stabilization 1B, mccook reservoir, cook county, illinois

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 a Request for Proposal Package for its construction project, entitled "CHICAGOLAND UNDERFLOW PLAN (CUP), MCCOOK ROCKWALL STABILIZATION 1B, MCCOOK RESERVOIR located in the LAGRANGE, ILLINOIS.

PROJECT INFORMATION: The work will involve the stabilization of the reservoir walls by means of surface preparation, scaling and installation of reinforcement and support, and related work at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRDGC) Lawndale Avenue Solids Management Area (LASMA). In addition to stabilization of the rock surfaces, the Contractor will provide assistance in the form of a means of accessing the high rock walls by COR and Government personnel for mapping and inspection. Rock support and rock reinforcement element shall include rock dowels, structure mesh, shotcrete and rock joint treatment.

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Competition for this acquisition is UNRESTRICTED to BUSINESS SIZE. The Classification Code for this procurement is North American Industry System Code 237990, with a small business size standard in dollars of $33.5M. The magnitude of cost for construction is between $5M and $10M. The Request for Proposal (RFP) 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 Adobe Acrobat Reader. Interested Offerors can download the RFP Package from: http://www.Fbo.gov. The RFP Package will be available at the aformentioned Internet site on 16 July 2012 with a proposal due date of 16 August 2012.  In the case of a discrepancy between the dates/response times published in this notice and those called out in the RFP document, the dates/response times in the RFP document overrides those published herein this notice; this is relative to the RFP issuance date and the due date for proposals.   In order for contractors to be awarded contracts with the Department of Defense, the contractor must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR); Contractors can access the CCR for free at http://www.ccr.gov. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed price construction contract from this acquisition. Request for solicitation packages made by telephone, fax or e-mail will not be honored. The Point of Contact for this acquisition is Kim M. Beard at (312) 846-5378.