FT. Sheridan ravine and coastal restoration work, section 506 project, city of lake forest, town of FT sheridan, and city of highland park, IL

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, FT. SHERIDAN RAVINE AND COASTAL RESTORATION WORK, SECTION 506 PROJECT, CITY OF LAKE FOREST, TOWN OF FT SHERIDAN, AND CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK, IL.

PROJECT INFORMATION: The Ft Sheridan project consists of fully restoring 5 ravines (McCormick, Hutchinson, Schenk, Scott and Bartlett), about 40-acres of bluff and about 1.5 miles of coastal lacustrine and dune habitat. The goal is to stabilize coastal communities and restore historical native plant communities along Lake Michigan. The period of performance is 5 years.

NOTE:  (Effective the date of this notice) THE CONTRACTING OFFICE LOCATION is: 231 SOUTH La SALLE SUITE 1500, Chicago, IL 60604.

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 $36.5M. The magnitude of cost for construction is estimated between $10M and $25M.

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 Adobe Acrobat Reader. Interested Bidders can download the IFB Package from: http://www.fbo.gov. The IFB Package will be available at the aforementioned Internet site on 20 August 2015, with bids due on 21 September 2015.

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 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.

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 MAJOR CHRISTINE WARREN at (312) 846-5494 or MS. PAMELA BROWN at (312) 846-5372.  Applicable Email ADDRESSES: christine.warren@usace.army.mil or pamela.j.brown@usace.army.mil.

** Please include Solicitation Number W912P6-15-B-0010 on all correspondence. **