McCook and West Lyons Levee, McCook and West Lyons, Cook County, Illinois (USACE Acquisition)

Awarded Vendors: Schwartz Excavating Inc. Contract Award Dollar Amount: $2,349,859.00. Contract Award Date: 2019-09-20.

VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE (10 SEPTEMBER 2019):
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE BID OPENING DATE FOR THIS ACQUISITION WILL BE EXTENDED VIA AN AMENDMENT, WHICH IS PLANNED FOR ISSUANCE ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2019. THE NEW BID OPENING DATE IS PROJECTED FOR SEPTEMBER 17, 2019; THIS DATE IS NOT FIRM BUT TARGETED. THE AMENDMENT WILL DISCLOSE THE ACTUAL DATE. NONETHELESS, PLEASE ANTICIPATE THE AMENDMENT ADDRESSING ALL CONTRACTOR'S QUESTIONS RECEIVED AS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTIFICATION.
REGINA G. BLAIR
CONTRACTING CHIEF, CHICAGO DISTRICT-USACE

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VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE (10 SEPTEMBER 2019):
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE BID OPENING DATE FOR THIS ACQUISITION WILL BE EXTENDED VIA AN AMENDMENT, WHICH IS PLANNED FOR ISSUANCE ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2019. THE NEW BID OPENING DATE IS PROJECTED FOR SEPTEMBER 17, 2019; THIS DATE IS NOT FIRM BUT TARGETED. THE AMENDMENT WILL DISCLOSE THE ACTUAL DATE. NONETHELESS, PLEASE ANTICIPATE THE AMENDMENT ADDRESSING ALL CONTRACTOR'S QUESTIONS RECEIVED AS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTIFICATION.
REGINA G. BLAIR
CONTRACTING CHIEF, CHICAGO DISTRICT-USACE

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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, "McCook and West Lyons Levee, McCook and West Lyons, Cook County, Illinois (USACE Acquisition)."

PROJECT INFORMATION: The Contractor will be required to perform the following work: levee repairs, tieback levees, clay blanket, tree removal, planting of native grasses and forbs, adding riprap toe, a new gatewell structure, installing culverts, restoring the gravel service road at the levee crest, and replacing the existing bike path. The work is located in the Villages of McCook, Lyons, and Summit in Illinois along the Des Plaines River.

CONTRACTING OFFICE: USACE Chicago District, 231 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1500, Chicago, IL 60604

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Competition for this acquisition is RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY for Small Business Concerns. The North American Industry System Classification Code is 237990, with a small business size standard in dollars of $36.5 Million. The magnitude of cost for construction is estimated at between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00.

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 5, 2019, with bids due on or about September 6, 2019.

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 Ericka Hillard at (312) 846-5378, or via email: ericka.d.hillard@usace.army.mil.

** Please include Solicitation Number W912P6-19-B-0010 on all correspondence. **

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