Waukegan south pier restoration

Relative to Solicitation Number W912P6-18-B-0007, 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 SOUTH PIER RESURFACING, WAUKEGAN, IL" PROJECT

PROJECT INFORMATION: The project is located at the Waukegan Harbor, IL. The winning Contractor would be required to provide all labor and materials to refinish the surface of the South Pier located in Waukegan Harbor, IL. The current pier is deteriorating from age. spalling concrete and exposed rebar need to be covered with approximately 18" of reinforced concrete with steel plates on the edges to protect from wave action. Currently it is estimated that approximately 1325 feet of the south pier will need to be resurfaced. This project will also consist of resurfacing a pier that is in 0-23' of water utilizing, concrete, rebar, and metal plates. The operation may require the contractor to have barges and tugs to maneuver the equipment necessary as the pier itself extends approximately 800' into the harbor/water in Waukegan. This contract will involve multiple pours of concrete to accomplish this work.

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Competition for this acquisition is RESTRICTED TO WOMAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (WOSB) concerns. The Classification Code for this procurement is North American Industry System Code (NAISCS) 237990, identifying a small business size standard in dollars of $36.5M.

The estimated magnitude for construction costs is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00.

The Invitation for Bid (IFB) Package 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 Acrobat Reader. Interested Offerors can download the IFB Package from:

http://www.fbo.gov. The IFB Package will be available from this Internet site on July 05, 2018 with bids due 30 days following the issuance of the IFB (additional days would be added if the 30 day mark falls on a weekend).

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 OVERRIDE THOSE PUBLISHED HEREIN THIS NOTICE; THIS IS RELATIVE TO THE IFB ISSUANCE DATE AND THE DUE DATE FOR BIDS.

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FAXED OR ELECTRONIC BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Request for solicitation packages made by telephone, fax or e-mail will not be honored. The Point of Contact for this acquisition are Thomas J. Russell, Phone: (312) 846-5376, Email: thomas.j.russell@usace.army.mil and Anita R. Simpkins at 312-846-5370 or anita.r.simpkins@usace.army.mil.

Please include Solicitation Number W912P6-18-B-0007 on all correspondence.

Contracting Office Address:
231 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1500
Chicago, Illinois 60604