Renovation of a water / sewer project in Chicago, Illinois. Completed plans call for the renovation of a water / sewer project.

As of August 25, 2021, the project has not yet been awarded. A timeline for award not yet been established. Tenders are invited to furnish all necessary labor, insurance, expertise, supervision, materials, tools, transportation, and equipment necessary to rehabilitate seven raw sewage pump rotating assemblies and rebabbit bearing sets at various locations including the O'Brien Water Reclamation Plant, the North Branch Pumping Station, the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant. The Contract is divided, for purposes of bidding, into thirteen (13) Items. Bidders must submit bids for all Items or the bid will be rejected as nonresponsive. The District intends to issue one Contract to one bidder for all the work to be performed. The District assumes no liability or responsibility for the failure or inability of any Bidder to successfully download any and all contract documents, including but not limited to specifications, proposal forms and/or plans, as a result of any type of technological computer and/or software system failure or breakdown that restricts, prohibits or prevents successful downloading of any and all District contract documents by the Bidder, whether caused by the District or other parties, directly or indirectly. The District's responses online are NOT official responses and, therefore, are not binding to the bidding documents. Any official interpretation or change to the bidding documents will be made only by addenda duly issued to all plan holders on record by the Director of Procurement and Materials Management. Failure on the part of the prospective bidder to receive a written interpretation prior to the time of the opening of bids will not be grounds for withdrawal of proposal. The Resident Engineer for this Contract is Mr. David Golden. Mr. Golden will provide online responses to online inquiries. Failure to submit the complete set of contract documents as specified may render the bid non-responsive and the bid may be rejected. Each proposal must be accompanied by a bid deposit in the form of a bid bond. Each bid bond must be underwritten by a surety licensed to do business in the State of Illinois, listed in the latest copy of the Federal Register and approved by the Director of Procurement and Materials Management. The bid bond must contain signatures from the Bidder and Surety Company. Failure to provide signatures on the bid bond will result in the rejection of the bid. Photographic and/or stamped signatures are acceptable. Any proposal submitted without being accompanied by the required bid deposit, in the aforesaid form, will not be considered and will not be read after it is publicly opened. The Bid Deposit for This Proposal Is $76,500.00 Funding of all contract items is subject to the Board of Commissioner's approval of the budget for all years the contract is active. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals.