Presolicitation
Section 219 Chesterton Interceptor Rehab
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThis is a presolicitation (an early notice that a solicitation is coming) from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District, listed on SAM.gov under the Department of the Army. The job is to reline about 3,217 linear feet of an existing 48-inch trunk sewer with a 42-inch slipliner pipe (a new pipe pulled inside the old one) in Chesterton, Indiana, and it is reserved for small businesses. The Government's estimated construction cost is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000, and the request for proposals (RFP) is planned to be advertised in November 2026 through PIEE. More in the summary
Advance notice of a coming solicitation, not a bid yet. If it asks for capability statements, sending one is free and puts you on Department of the Army's list before the solicitation is posted. See the contact
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This is a presolicitation (an early notice that a solicitation is coming) from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District, listed on SAM.gov under the Department of the Army. The job is to reline about 3,217 linear feet of an existing 48-inch trunk sewer with a 42-inch slipliner pipe (a new pipe pulled inside the old one) in Chesterton, Indiana, and it is reserved for small businesses. The Government's estimated construction cost is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000, and the request for proposals (RFP) is planned to be advertised in November 2026 through PIEE.
Who can bid (4)
- Small business concern: this is a 100% small business set-aside (SBA size standard for NAICS 237990 is $45.0 million)
- Active SAM registration at the time the bid or proposal is submitted
- PIEE registration to access the solicitation and place a bid or proposal
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- Personnel trained, certified and equipped for safety operations under EM 385-1-1
How to submit: The solicitation will be downloadable only through the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) once released; bids and proposals are placed through PIEE. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 15, 2026.
- Serious: Small businesses only. Only small business concerns can compete; larger firms are shut out.
- Worth checking: PIEE registration needed to get the solicitation. You must register in SAM first, then PIEE; the solicitation cannot be requested by phone, fax or email. Check a SAM.gov registration.
- Worth checking: Davis-Bacon wages likely apply. Federal construction over $2,000 in the U.S. pays at least the Davis-Bacon wage rates in the wage determination attached to the solicitation. This summary doesn't name one: find it on SAM.gov and price your labor from it.
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- Minor: Solicitation not yet released; no offer due date. The RFP is planned for November 2026, so the due date, evaluation method and bonding requirements are not yet known.
- Minor: Specialized trenchless sewer work and Corps safety standard. The work needs experience with sliplining, insertion pits and EM 385-1-1 safety training and certification.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Reline about 3,217 linear feet of 48-inch trunk sewer with 42-inch slipliner pipe: about 2,368 linear feet of Base Work and 849 linear feet of Option Work
- Use two insertion pits (the pits where the new pipe is fed in)
- Clean, televise and proof the sewer, then slipline it and grout the space between the old and new pipe (annulus grouting)
- Reinstate sewer laterals (the side connections)
- Handle maintenance of traffic and temporary erosion and sediment control
- Have personnel trained, certified and equipped for safety under U.S. Army Corps of Engineers EM 385-1-1 standards
- Place of performance
- Chesterton Interceptor along 8th Street, from 8th Street and Morgan Avenue to the wastewater treatment plant on League Lane, Chesterton, Indiana
- Estimated value
- Government's estimate: magnitude of cost for construction between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000
- How to submit
- The solicitation will be downloadable only through the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) once released; bids and proposals are placed through PIEE
What to include when you submit
- Be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) when you submit your bid or proposal
- Register in PIEE (after registering in SAM) to download the solicitation and submit a bid or proposal
- Put solicitation number W912P627RA003 on all correspondence
Not in the notice text
- Offer due date, contract type, period of performance and evaluation method (the RFP has not been released)
- Bonding and insurance requirements
- Full project specifications and drawings, which come with the RFP in PIEE
- Whether there's a site visit: this summary doesn't say. Check the solicitation and its amendments on SAM.gov.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 237990
- How to submit, from the AI summary: The solicitation will be downloadable only through the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) once released; bids and proposals are placed through PIEE. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Construction contracts over $2,000 pay at least the local Davis-Bacon wage rates, from the wage determination in the solicitation. Price your labor from it: How to price a government contract, and how Davis-Bacon differs from the Service Contract Act.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 15, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- W072 ENDIST Chicago, IL
- Product/service code
- Y1NZ · Construction of Other Utilities
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 237990)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside