Renovation of a municipal facility in Elmhurst, Illinois. Completed plans call for the renovation of a municipal facility.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS AND INVITATION FOR BIDS FOR BUILDING AUTOMATION REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE RECEIPT OF BIDS Sealed bids for BUILDING AUTOMATION REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE will be received by the City of Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois, until 10:00 a.m., Local Time, Friday, February 11, 2022. Thereafter or as soon thereafter as is practicable, all bids received will be publicly opened and the bid prices read aloud. Sealed envelopes or packages containing two (2) hard copies of bids shall be addressed to: Office of the City Clerk, Elmhurst City Hall, 209 N. York Street, Elmhurst, IL, 60126, and shall be marked "Sealed Bid: BUILDING AUTOMATION REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE, Project# 22-16." CONTRACT DOCUMENTS Printed copies of bidding documents, consisting of bid proposals and project specifications are on file at the Office of the City Clerk, Elmhurst, Illinois, upon payment of a nonrefundable charge of Five Dollars ($5.00) (plus $5.00 mailing charge if required) per set of bidding documents. An electronic version of the bidding documents is available free of charge by contacting the Office of the City Clerk via email at: amanda.melone@elmhurst.org with the subject, "BUILDING AUTOMATION REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE, Project# 22-16". All proposals must be submitted in hard-copy on the forms provided and in compliance with the Instructions to Bidders. Submission of a bid shall be conclusive assurance and warranty that the bidder has examined the plans, the site of the work and the local conditions affecting the contract and understands all of the requirements for performance of the work. The bidder will be responsible for all errors in its proposal resulting from failure or neglect to conduct an in-depth examination. The City of Elmhurst will in no case be responsible for any costs, expenses, losses or changes in anticipated profits resulting from such failure or neglect of the bidder. The bidder shall not take advantage of any errors or omission in the plans or proposal. Questions may be addressed to, or a tour can be arranged by contacting, Larry Paruszkiewicz, Superintendent Facilities Management, at larry.p@elmhurst.org by Friday, February 4, 2022. BID SECURITY Each bid shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty in the form of a bid bond, executed by a corporate surety company, a bank cashier's check or a certified check payable to the City of Elmhurst for not less than five percent (5%) of the amount bid. The proposal guaranty checks of all, except the two lowest responsible bidders, will be returned after the proposals have been checked and tabulated. The proposal guaranty checks of the two lowest responsible bidders will be returned after the contract and the contract bond of the successful bidder have been properly executed and approved. Bid bonds will not be returned. RIGHT TO REJECT BIDS The City of Elmhurst reserves the right to waive technicalities and to reject any and all proposals for any reason deemed in the best interest of the City of Elmhurst. AWARD OF CONTRACT Unless all bids are rejected, the contract award will be made to the lowest responsive responsible bidder. In determining who the lowest responsive responsible bidder is, the City of Elmhurst will consider all factors which it, in its discretion, deems relevant in determining who the lowest responsive responsible bidder is. Bidders who are awarded a contract shall be required to provide a Labor and Material Payment Bond and a Performance Bond, each in the total amount of the contract sum upon execution of the contract. PAYMENT OF PREVAILING WAGES The general prevailing rate of wages in DuPage County for each craft or type of worker or mechanic needed to execute the contract or perform the work, also the general prevailing rate for legal holiday and overtime work, as ascertained by the Illinois Department of Labor, shall be paid for each craft or type of worker needed to execute the contract or to perform the work. Dated: This 26th Day of January, 2022 City of Elmhurst Scott M. Levin, Mayor James A.Grabowski, City Manager Published in Daily Herald January 26, 2022 (4576859)