BURNHAM PRAIRIE SECTION 506 ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION, VILLAGE OF BURNHAM, ILLINOIS

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 Bids to obtain construction services for the "BURHAM PRAIRIE SECTION 506 ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION," located in the VILLAGE OF BURNHAM, ILLINOIS. PROJECT INFORMATION: Under the contract set, the Contractor will be responsible for necessary plant facilities, labor, transportation, materials and equipment to include constructing a berm, maintenance road, drainage outlet, fencing and gates, selective clearing of woodlands, herbiciding invasive species, native seed collection, planting native species, and performing a controlled burn. ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Competition for this acquisition is RESTRICTED to SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. The Classification Code for this procurement is North American Industry System Code 561730, which applies a small business size standard in dollars of $7.0M. The Invitation for Bids (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 Adobe Acrobat Reader. Interested Bidders can download the IFB Package from the Internet Site http://www.Fbo.gov. The IFB will be available at the above-mentioned Internet site on 28 February 2011. Bids will be due by 2:00pm CDT on 31 March 2011. In order for contractors to be awarded contracts with the Department of Defense, the contractor must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR); Contractors can access the CCR for free at http://www.ccr.gov. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed price services contract from this acquisition. Request for solicitation packages made by telephone, fax or e-mail will not be honored. The Point of Contact for this acquisition is Sean McNab at +1 (555) 000-0000.