Waukegan harbor dredging, waukegan, 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, "Waukegan Harbor Dredging, Waukegan , Lake County, Illinois (USACE Acquisition)."

PROJECT INFORMATION: Under the contract, the contractor will be required to remove up to 500,000 Cubic Yards (CY) of sediment by mechanical dredging. The sediment shall be placed in the designated sediment placement area down drift (south) of the harbor with an option to be placed

near shore in the littoral zone at IBSP (Illinois Beach State Park). There are also six alternative on beach placement sites for dredged sediment which will be included as options in the contract.

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

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Competition for this acquisition is restricted to HUBZone Small Businesses. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 237990, with a small business size standard in dollars of $27.5M for dredging. Dredging projects: To be considered small for purposes of Government procurement, a firm must perform at least 40 percent of the volume dredged with its own equipment or equipment owned by another small dredging concern. 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 ("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 July 8, 2020, with bids due on or about August 10, 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 Mr. Kyle Smith at (312) 846-5370, or via email: kyle.d.smith@usace.army.mil.