Y--LOCAL FLOOD PROTECTION, LITTLE CALUMET RIVER, INDIANA, STAGE VI-1 NORTH LEVEE, HAMMOND, INDIANA

With this announcement, the Corps of Engineers  Chicago District issues a Pre-solicitation Notice for its Little Calumet River, Local Flood Protection, Stage VI Phase 1 North, Hammond, Indiana. The bid items entail the Contractor to provide all nec essary facilities, plants, labor, transportation, materials and equipment to construct a levee protection system consisting of approximately 6,000 linear feet (LF) of earthen levee, 4,000 LF of steel sheetpile floodwall, excavations, 3 gatewell structures, culverts and sewer appurtenances, gravel access roads, traffic restraints, asphalt removal, tree planting and seeding. The Classification Code for this procurement is North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 237990 . THIS PROJECT IS UNRESTR ICTED TO BUSINESS SIZE. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to award a firm-fixed-price construction contract. The estimated price range for this project is between $5,000,000.00 to $10,000,000.00. 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 Reader. Minimum system requirements are a 486 based personal computer, Microsoft Windows 3.1 or greater and 4 MB application RAM, 4MB hard disk space and compact disk drive. Interested Bidders can download the Invitation for Bid Package from Internet Site http://ebs.lrl.usace.army.mil/ebs/ by clicking on the appropriate solicitation number. The solicitation wil l be available at the above-mentioned Internet site on or about 29 June 2005. The due date for bids will be on or about 4 August 2005 at 2:00 p.m. Chicago local time. Requests made by telephone, fax or email will not be honored. BIDDERS ARE CAUTIONED TO RE AD THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WITH PRUDENCE AND IN ITS ENTIRETY: Contract Award for the described services is contingent upon approval from HQUSACE. An Amendment will be issued prior to the Bid Opening Date informing Bidders as to the status of award approval.