USACE-CHICAGO DISTRICT'S Ambridge Neighborhood Sewer Rehabilitation in Gary, Indiana

THIS MODIFICATION IS ISSUED TO PROVIDE THE SOLICITAION PACKAGE FOR THIS PROJECT. THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES SPECIFICATIONS AND PLANS..

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, "USACE-CHICAGO DISTRICT'S Ambridge Neighborhood Sewer Rehabilitation in Gary, Indiana."

PROJECT INFORMATION: Under the Contract, the contractor will be responsible for providing construction services to help rehabilitate the Ambridge Neighborhood Sewer system to include, but not limited to: thorough cleaning of the sewer; root removal by using technologies such as cured-in-place-pipe (CIPP) Lining; lining a sewer pipe with CIPP provides fully structural rehabilitation; i.e., upon installation the liner is designed to take the loads on its own and does not rely on the host pipe; and replacing some of the existing sewers either entirely or partially with new sewers by typical open-cut excavation. A partial or full replacement may be required where pipeline is too damaged to allow the liner to be installed.

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

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Competition for this acquisition is RESTRICTED to SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. The North American Industry System Classification Code is 237110, with a small business size standard in dollars of $36.5M. The magnitude of cost for construction is estimated between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.
The Solicitation package (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 15, 2018, with bids due 30 calendar days following the issuance/release date of the Solicitation package.

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.

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Request for solicitation packages made by telephone, fax or e-mail will not be honored. The Point of Contact for this acquisition is Ms. Anita Simpkins at (312) 846-5370, or via email anita.r.simpkins@usace.army.mil.

** Please include Solicitation Number W912P618B0016 on all correspondence. ** Contracting Office Address:
231 South LaSalle Street Suite 1500 Chicago, Illinois 60604 United States

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