Y--FISH BARRIER IIB ROOF CONSTRUCTION

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 a Request for Proposal Solicitation Package for its construction project, entitled FISH BARRIER IIB ROOF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT INFORMATION: This project will consist of the installation of a water tight, standing seam metal roof over a structural metal deck, supported on metal truss structure with one (1) attic access hatch between the existing roof and new roof structure. The roof structure shall maintain a 3/12 slope or greater towards canal. The roof structure shall include steel anchor tie offs every 8 feet at every truss and is designed to support 2 people. The tie-offs shall be loop only. The roof structure fascia, flashing and trim is to be fabricated from sheet metal matching the standing seam panels used on the roof. The soffit under cantilever will be perforated metal panels which act as vents for the attic space. A sheet metal vented ridge trim closure will act as the upper attic vent. The back and side vertical walls will be metal standing seam panels similar to the roof. A fiberglass reinforced plastic ladder with a safety cage shall be installed to access the roof and the attic. The new lightening protection system (LPS) down conductors will connect to new or existing ground electrodes. Also the fire protection system wire-less antenna shall be bonded to the new LPS. The period of performance will be approximately 180 days. PROJECT LOCATION: Fish Barrier IIB is located in Lockport, Will County, IL ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Competition for this acquisition is limited to 100% Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) concerns. The Classification Code for this procurement is North American Industry System Code (NAICS) 238160, with a small business size standard in dollars of $15M. The magnitude of cost for construction is estimated at $1.75M. The Request for Proposal (RFP) 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 RFP Package from: http://www.fbo.gov. The RFP Package will be available at the aforementioned Internet site on or about 03 June 2015, with bids due on or about 06 July 2015. IN THE CASE OF A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE DATES PUBLISHED IN THIS NOTICE AND THOSE CALLED OUT IN THE RFP DOCUMENT, THE DATES IN THE RFP DOCUMENT OVERRIDE THOSE PUBLISHED HEREIN THIS NOTICE; THIS IS RELATIVE TO THE RFP 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. Split or multiple awards will not result from this solicitation. 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 is Pamela J. Brown at +1 (555) 000-0000, or via email: contact@example.gov ** Please include Solicitation Number W912P6-15-R-0010 on all correspondence. **