CUP McCook Reservoir Rock Wall & Slope Stabilization

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 Solicitation Package for its construction project, entitled CUP MCCOOK RESERVOIR: ROCK WALL & SLOPE STABILIZATION

PROJECT INFORMATION: The CUP McCook Reservoir involves construction and operation of a floodwater storage reservoir at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRDGC) Lawndale Avenue Solids Management Area (LASMA) in two stages. This project will require the provision of stabilization of the reservoir rock wall by means of surface preparation, scaling and installation of reinforcement and support construction, installation and reading of geotechnical and environmental monitoring instruments. The work may consist of site preparation, excavation, earth fill and compaction, grading, slope shaping, riprap placement, geotextile placement, rock hauling and placement, debris removal and disposal, dirt hauling, installation of retaining walls, installation of seepage/erosion control measure, roadway repairs, drainage installation, drainage cleaning, seeding, planting, landscaping, herbicide application, temporary fence relocation, guardrail installation, permanent fencing surveying, removing/relocating stone stockpiles, ramp construction, road construction, rock reinforcement, general earthwork, and other heavy civil work. The project area is located at the McCook Reservoir, Cook County, IL.

PROJECT LOCATION:
CUP McCook Reservoir
7601 S. LaGrange Road (approximate address)
Willow Spring, IL 60606

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Competition for this acquisition is set aside for Small Business Concerns. The Classification Code for this procurement is North American Industry System Code 237990, with a small business size standard in dollars of $36.5M. The magnitude of cost for construction is approximately $25M.
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 aforementioned Internet site on or about 05 June 2015, with bids due on or about 03 July 2015.
IN THE CASE OF A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE DATES PUBLISHED IN THIS NOTICE AND THOSE CALLED OUT IN THE RFP DOCUMENT, THE DATES IN THE RFP DOCUMENT OVERRIDES THOSE PUBLISHED HEREIN THIS NOTICE; THIS IS RELATIVE TO THE RFP 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 Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity construction contract from 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 Pamela J. Brown at (312) 846-5372, or via email: Pamela.j.brown@usace.army.mil

** Please include Solicitation Number W912P6-15-R-0006 on all correspondence. **