Presolicitation notice for town of hebron water main replacement, hebron, porter county, indiana (USACE acquisition)

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE PROCUREMENT INTEGRATED ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENT (PIEE) SYSTEM INFORMATION:

Prior to registering with the DoD Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) system, interested/potential contractors must register with sam.gov. Bidders are required to register with PIEE in order to access the solicitation and to place a bid in response to the upcoming USACE Invitation for Bid. Use the PIEE System Registration link: – https://piee.eb.mil, and follow the instructions on their website. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency.

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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, "Town of Hebron Water Main Replacement, Hebron, Porter County, Indiana (USACE Acquisition)."

PROJECT INFORMATION: The project work involves the construction of installing approximately 2,900 linear feet of new 8-inch PVC watermain by open-cut excavation and approximately 900 linear feet of horizontally directional drilled 8-inch PVC. Work will also include approximately 900 linear feet of 6-inch PVC watermain installed by open cut; installation of residential services, valves, and associated asphalt and paving restoration. Option No. 1 includes approximately 4,100 LF of 6-inch PVC watermain by open-cut excavations and approximately and 170 linear feet of horizontally directional drilled 6-inch PVC with installation of residential services, valves, and associated asphalt and paving restoration.

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 237110, with a small business size standard in dollars of $45.0 Million. The magnitude of cost for construction is estimated 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 ("System for Award Management"), interested bidders may download the full package, includes: specification and drawings files. The Solicitation package is planned for advertisement Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2024.

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 W912P624B0009 on all correspondence. **