Fish Barrier #1 Construction of the Backup Power Distribution Building facility, Service, and Standby Power System Control Gear - Cook County, Illinois COUNTY, ILLINOIS

ATTENTION PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS:

A. REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS NOTICE WHEREIN THE FILES ARE LOCATED FOR THE SOLICITATION PACKAGE.

B. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE NUMBER SEQUENCING, BEGINNING AT "AMENDMENT FILE 3," IS OUT OF SEQUENCE WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTUAL AMENDMENT UPLOADED. THEREFORE, BIDDERS SHALL LOCATE AMENDMENT 0003 UNDER THE FILE TITLED "AMENDMENT 4." THIS IS AN ADMIN ERROR THAT CANNOT BE CORRECTED; THUS, THE NUMBER SEQUENCING WILL FOLLOW IN THIS MANNER THROUGHOUT THE ADVERTISEMENT PERIOD.

 REGINA BLAIR, CONTRACTING OFFICER

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 Invitation for Bid for its construction project, entitled quote mark Fish Barrier #1 Construction of the Backup Power Distribution Building facility, Service, and Standby Power System Control Gear - Cook County, Illinois quote mark

PROJECT INFORMATION:

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 more than $10M. The Invitation or 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 Adobe Acrobat Reader. Interested Offerors can download the RFP Package from: http://www.Fbo.gov. The IFB Package will be available at the Federal Business Opportunity Internet site on or around 09 JULY 2015, with bids due on or around 10 AUGUST 2015 at 3:00pm (CST).

IN THE CASE OF A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE DATES PUBLISHED IN THIS NOTICE AND THOSE CALLED OUT IN THE IFP DOCUMENT, THE DATES IN THE IFP DOCUMENT OVERRIDES THOSE PUBLISHED HEREIN THIS NOTICE; THIS IS RELATIVE TO THE IFP 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 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 Thomas J. Russell at (312) 846-5376.

-- Please include Solicitation Number W912P6-15-B-0005 on all correspondence.--

Primary Point of Contact.: Thomas J. Russell CONTRACT SPECIALIST
thomas.j.russell@usace.army.mil
Phone: 312-846-5376