Y--Little Calumet River, Indiana, Local Flood Protection, Stage 5 Phase 2, Munster, Hammond, and Highland, Indiana

With this announcement, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers  Chicago District issues this Pre-Solicitation Notice for the Little Calumet River, Local Flood Protection, Stage 5 Phase 2, Munster, Indiana. The Contractor will be responsible for providing all necessary facilities, plants, labor, transportation, materials, and equipment to construct a levee protection systems consisting of:12400 lineal ft (LF) of earthen levee; 1480 LF of sheetpile, 1495 LF of floodwall, 705 LF of utility corridor floodwall , 100 LF sheetpile railroad closure, 1600 LF access ramps, 2-160 FT span and 1-305 FT span pedestrian, 1  intermediate bent, 6 bridge abutments, 2800 LF of ditches, 360 LF of French Drains, 1-Flood Control Structure constructed in the channel, 1-36 RCP gatewell, 1-48 RCP gatewell, 1-96 RCP gatewell, 2-54 RCP, 1-48 RCP, 6-24 RCP within levee prism, and other work items identified in the Bid Schedule. The classification Code for this procurement is North American Industry Classification System (NAICS ) 237990, with a Small Business Standard size of $31 Million. Competition for this acquisition is UNRESTRICTED as to Business Size. The Corps of Engineers intends to award a firm-fixed price construction contract. The estimated price range for this proj ect is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00. The Invitation for Bids 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 Rea der. Interested Bidders can download the Bid Package from the Internet Site https://www.fedteds.gov/fedteds/start.nsf/frm.vendorlogin?openform&solicitationNumber=W912P6-07-B-0006 The solicitation will be available at the above-mentioned Internet site on or about 19 July 2007. The due date for the bids will be on or about 21 August 2007 at 2:00 p.m. Chicago local time. Requests made by telephone, fax or email will not be honored. The point of Contact is Linda Zamarocy, Tel: +1 (555) 000-0000 and Fax: +1 (555) 000-0000.