Village of Elmwood Park Water Main Replacement, Elmwood Park, IL, USACE Chicago District Project

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 " Village of Elmwood Park Water Main Replacement, Elmwood Village, Illinois (USACE-CHICAGO DISTRICT PROJECT).”

PROJECT INFORMATION: Under the proposed project, includes water main replacement along 77th Avenue and 73rd Court in Elmwood Park, Illinois and is further described as follows:

On 77th Avenue the project extends from Wellington Avenue to Belmont Avenue. The project will retire the existing 6-inch diameter, cast iron watermain on the west side of the street and install 1,025 feet of new 8-inch ductile iron water main on the east side of the street. The connection locations will occur at the northwest corner of Wellington Ave and 77th Ave and the southeast corner of Belmont Ave and 77th Ave. The watermain installation will include four new fire hydrants, installation of three new valves and valve vaults, removal and replacement of fifty-one feet of 8-inch sewer with water main quality pipe to adhere with watermain distancing requirements, and replacing four structures in connection with the new water main quality pipe installed. Pavement patching, resurfacing, and all other necessary restoration is also included in the project scope.

On 73rd Court the project extends from North Avenue to Bloomingdale Avenue. The project will retire the existing 6-inch diameter, cast iron water main in the west parkway and install 1,425 feet of new 8-inch ductile iron watermain on the east side of the roadway. The connection locations will occur at the northeast corner of North Ave and 73rd Ct and the northwest corner of Bloomingdale Ave and 73rd Ct. The watermain installation will include four new fire hydrants, installation of two new valves and valve vaults, removal and replacement of one hundred seventy-one feet of 8-inch sewer with water main quality pipe to comply with watermain/sewer distancing requirements, and replacing three structures in connection with the new watermain quality pipe installed.  Pavement patching, resurfacing, and all other necessary restoration is also included in the project scope.

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 Classification System (NAICS) code is 237110, with a small business size standard in dollars of $39.5M.

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 this INTERNET Site ONLY. The project specification files will be portable document format (PDF) files and to be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Once the package is released into advertisement at betaSAM.gov, interested bidders may download the full package, including the specification and drawings files. The solicitation package is planned for advertisement on or about 15 July 2021, with bids due on or about 16 August 2021.

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

Requests for solicitation packages made by telephone, fax or e-mail "will not" be honored.

**Please include Solicitation Number W912P621B0002 on all correspondence. **