Y--Little Calumet River, Indiana, Local Flood Protection, Burr Street Phase 2 East

By way of this announcement, the USACE-Chicago District, issues this Pre-solicitation Notice for its Phase 2 (Burr Street), Levee Protection System Project, located at the Little Calumet River in Indiana. The Contractor will be responsible for provi ding all necessary facilities, plants, labor, transportation, materials and equipment to construct a levee protection system consisting of: 3,000 Lineal Feet (LF) of earthen levee; 380 LF of steel sheet pile floodwall; 340 LF of steel sheet pile railroad c losure; 4 access ramps; 2-24 RCP; 1-36 RCP Gatewell; 1-Ditch; and other work items that will be identified in the Bid Schedule. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 237990, with a business siz e in dollars of $31.0 Million. THE SOLICITATION FOR THIS PROCUREMENT WILL BE ADVERTISED AS UNRESTRICTED TO BUSINESS SIZE. The Government intends to award a FIRM-FIXED-PRICE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT from this procurement. The Invitation For Bids (IFB) Package will be downloadable from the INTERNET ONLY. The IFB will be in a Portable Document File (PDF) and will be downloadable from the following Internet Site: https://www.fedteds.gov/fedteds/start.nsf/frm.vendorlogin?openform&SolicitationNumber=W912P6-06-B-000 6. The estimated date by which the IFB will be available is 31 July 2006, with an estimated due date for bids of 31 August 2006 at 2:00 p.m. Central Standard Time. Please note: In order for contractors to conduct business with the Department of Defense, th e contractor must provide registration information to the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Contractors can access the CCR free of any fees/charges at http://www.ccr.gov. Requests made for IFB Packages by telephone, fax, or e-mail will not be honored . The Point of Contact for this proposed procurement is Regina Blair at +1 (555) 000-0000.