Fish Barrier Controls Replacement, Romeoville, IL (USACE-CHICAGO DISTRICT)

This presolicitation 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 package for its project entitled "Fish Barrier Controls Replacement." PROJECT INFORMATION: The Contractor shall furnish and install a complete, working, fully functional and cohesive Pulse Generating Control System (PGCS) for Barrier IIA and (Optional Barrier IIB) facility that will allow for an operational, safe, effective and efficient Pulse Generating System and provide additional functionality as described in this PWS while maintaining minimal functionality as currently installed. The PGCS will consists of Insulated Gate Bi-Polar Transistor (IGBT) Assembly Control, High Voltage Power Supply (HVPS) Control, High Voltage Polarity/Position Switch Control (HVPPS), Power Monitoring System (PMS) Control, IGBT and HVPS Cooling Control System (CCS), Generator Operation Monitoring, Database Control and any Supportive Systems for a complete PGCS to include a weather station, canal monitoring, and AHU Air Handler Unit Control (for Barrier IIB only). In addition, the Contractor shall furnish and install a complete, working, fully functional and cohesive remote control system for the integration of the existing generators control at Barriers IIA and IIB with the existing control at the Permanent Barrier I Facility (PB1). These control systems are part of an integrated system at the existing Barriers IIA, IIB and PB1 Aquatic Nuisance Species Dispersal Barrier facility in Romeoville, Illinois located on the Chicago Sanitary Shipping Canal (CSSC). The Contractor shall provide a fully functional and complete working PGCS and remote generator control in compliance with the requirements of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) and contract documents that provides an operational, efficient and effective Pule Generating Systems for Barrier IIA and (optional) Barrier IIB. CONTRACTING OFFICE: USACE Chicago District, 231 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1500, Chicago, IL 60604 ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Competition for this acquisition is unrestricted with a HUBZone 10% price evaluation preference pursuant to FAR 19.1307. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334513, with a small business size standard in dollars of 750 employees. The solicitation will be downloadable from the INTERNET ONLY. The project specification files will be portable document format (PDF) files and to be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Once the package is released into advertisement at betaSAM.gov, interested parties may download the full package, including the specifications and attachments. The solicitation package is planned for advertisement on or about 17 August 2020, with bids due on or about 17 September 2020. IMPORTANT POLICY: Offerors are REQUIRED to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) AT THE TIME PROPOSAL IS SUBMITTED to comply with the annual representations and certifications requirements. Registration may be completed free of charge at www.sam.gov. Requests for solicitation packages made by telephone, fax or e-mail WILL NOT be honored. **Please include Solicitation Number W912P620R0009 on all correspondence.**