CHICAGO HARBOR BREAKWATER REPAIR FY 14

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 "CHICAGO HARBOR BREAKWATER REPAIR FY14." PROJECT INFORMATION: This project will replace the failed section of the existing breakwater's concrete blocks that have collapsed due to sand washing away underneath with approximately 125 lf of cast-in-place concrete block cap with grout containment units for structural support. The project area is located 450 lf northwest of the bend along the north-west leg of the breakwater just east of Navy Pier in Chicago, IL. PROJECT LOCATION: Chicago Harbor Breakwater East of Navy Pier, Chicago IL ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Competition for this acquisition is set aside for Small Business Concerns. The Classification Code for this procurement is North American Industry System Code 237990, with a small business size standard in dollars of $33.5M. The magnitude of cost for construction is between $1M and $5M. 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 Adobe Acrobat Reader. Interested Offerors can download the IFB Package from: http://www.fbo.gov. The IFB Package will be available at the aforementioned Internet site on or about 30 May 2014, with bids due on or about 30 June 2014. 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. In order for contractors to be awarded contracts with the Department of Defense, the contractor must be registered in the System for Contract Management (SAM); Contractors can access the SAM database for free at http://www.sam.gov. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed price construction contract from this acquisition. FAXED OR ELECTRONIC BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Requests for solicitation packages made by telephone, fax or e-mail will not be honored. The Point of Contact for this acquisition is Alex Heinzel at +1 (555) 000-0000. ** Please include Solicitation Number W912P6-14-B-0006 on all correspondence. **