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Timber Rail Ties and Timber Guard Rails Questions regarding this IFB shall be submitted to Brenda Resendez, Senior Buyer via email at bresendez@metrarr.com by 4:00 P.M. on November 30, 2021 . All Bids must be only in the form prescribed by METRA and must be made in accordance with this Invitation for Bid, and other Contract documents, and are made part of this notice as though fully set forth herein. Copies of such documents can be obtained from such office on written request to METRA, Procurement Operations Department. Metra will not be accepting sealed hard copy bids at its office Iocated at 547 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60661 . All hard copy bids received, will be deemed non-responsive. In Lieu of hard copy sealed bids, an electronic version of the Signed Exhibits with Two Attachments - Attachment 1 - Consist of Contract Signature Page - Exhibit 1 -M and Price List and Attachment 2 - Consist of the remaining documents) shall be received via email only by Brenda Resendez, Senior Buyer, at bresendez@,metrarr.com at or before 2:00 P.M. (LPT). Mark the subject Iine as "Sealed Bid - IFB: 90495." Emails time stamped after this time will be rejected. Other electronic means of bid submission are not acceptable (e.g. file sharing sites). Modifications to the bid submittal will not be accepted after the bid due date and time has passed. All references in the solicitation to receipt of "sealed" bids shall mean that Metra will not view/open bids submitted electronically until after the due date and time, and bids are not subject to public opening requirements. It is highly recommended that you submit your bids in advance of the due date and time to ensure email receipt. Metra will not accept late bids due to technical difficulties, including firewall issues with Iarge file sizes. Metra reserves the right to accept any Bid or any part thereof or reject any and all Bids. METRA in accordance with Title Vl of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 43 u.s.c. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Subtitle A, Part 21 (Non-discrimination in Federally-Assisted Programs of the Department of Transportation) issued pursuant to said Act, hereby notifies all Bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this Invitation, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit Bids in response to this Invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, religion, color, sex, nationai origin, age or disability, in consideration for an award. The Invitation for Bid contains specific requirements concerning Office of Diversity & Business Enterprise documents which must be submitted, if applicable.