Indiana harbor and canal confined disposal facility dike expansion, east chicago, indiana

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, "Indiana Harbor Confined Disposal Facility Dike Raise, Whiting (North Township), Lake County, Indiana (USACE Acquisition)."

PROJECT INFORMATION: Under the contract, the contractor will be required to This project requires a typical 3-ft increase in crest elevation of the existing 8,833-ft long compacted clay dike (a dam) and widening a 2,000-ft long segment of the dike base by a typical amount of 40 ft. Optional work includes raising the crest an additional 8 ft in elevation and widening the base of the remaining dike segment. The project, including base and option, will place roughly 350,000 CY of compacted fill, two exterior access ramps, two interior access ramps, placement of riprap on the interior dike slope, a chimney drain and filter, a designated overtopping location, a new gravel access road, seeding the exterior of the dike, a collection trench and off-gassing vent, a weather monitoring station, modification of a pilesupported concrete decant structure, and replacement of force mains, valves, concrete vaults and manholes, lift station pumps, piezometers and air monitoring pads.

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

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Competition for this acquisition is RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY to Small Business Concerns. The North American Industry System Classification Code is 237990, with a small business size standard in dollars of $39.5 Million. The magnitude of cost for construction is estimated between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00.

The Solicitation (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 is planned for advertisement on or about August 3, 2020, with bids due on or about September 3, 2020.

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.

IMPORTANT POLICY: Bidders are REQUIRED to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) AT THE TIME ITS BID IS SUBMITTED to comply with the annual representations and certifications requirements. Registration can be completed free of charge at www.sam.gov.

Request for solicitation packages made by telephone, fax or e-mail will not be honored. The Point of Contact for this acquisition is Ms. Ericka Hillard at (312) 846-5378, or via email: ericka.d.hillard@usace.army.mil.

** Please include Solicitation Number W912P620B0026 on all correspondence. **