Y--Morton Arboretum Section 206 Eco Restoration

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 MORTON ARBORETUM SECTION 206 CHANNEL RESTORATION PROJECT INFORMATION: This project will consist ecosystem restoration and grading. The area for restoration under this project are primarily natural zones that are not utilized by the general public, and are adversely affected by non-native and invasive weedy plant species. The restoration reach is approximately 1.5 miles of the DuPage River East Branch. The stream channel will be restored to increase instream habitat structure. Riffles, boulder clusters and root wads will be placed in the channel. The stream banks will be graded, stripped of invasive and non-native/native vegetation and replanted with appropriate native vegetation. Approximately 72.5 acres will be restored to native plant communities, eradicating invasive and non-natives. The goal of this project is to provide critical wetland habitat that would contribute to the restoration of the Great Lakes ecosystem. PROJECT LOCATION: Morton Arboretum Section 206 is located in Lisle, DuPage County, IL. The restoration reach is approximately 1.5 miles of the DuPage River East Branch. ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Competition for this acquisition is limited to 100% 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 $36.5M. The magnitude of cost for construction is estimated at $1M to $2M. 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 28 May 2015, with bids due on or about 25 June 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 OVERRIDES 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-0005 on all correspondence. **