This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Springfield, Illinois. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

All questions concerning this bid shall be submitted in writing to NAME at Purchasing@springfield.il.us. The deadline for questions is Monday, November 21, 2022 by 12:00 p.m. Responsesto questions proposed will be answered within seven days, not including weekends or holidays. If required, a written response in the form of an addendum will be issued. No contact with the DEPARTMENT(S) shall be made during the bid/proposal process. Questions asked after the deadline are not guaranteed a response. Bid security in the form of a certified check or cashier's check payable to the City of Springfield, or a satisfactory bid bond, in the amount of Five Percent (5%) of the total bid must be scanned and submitted with the E-Bid response. During the bid review process, the City may require a bidder to submit the original bid security to confirm authenticity. The City of Springfield intends to award a contract to the responsible bidder submitting the lowest responsive bid. Lowest price shall be determined using the Total Base Bid amount listed in the Offer to Contract. The City will review and make adjustments associated with arithmetic errors to ascertain whether the order of bids is correct. In the event of arithmetic errors in any of the line items, the unit price will be the controlling factor to correct the arithmetic error. The City will not assume that the error exists in the unit price. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to waive any non-conformity in bids received whenever such rejection or waiver is in the best interest of the City. The City also reserves the right to reject the bid of a bidder who has previously failed to satisfactorily perform a contract, has not completed contracts on time, or whom investigation shows is not in a position to perform the contract. The City of Springfield reserves the right to award individual bids to more than one vendor if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the City. The City reserves the right to increase or decrease the contract quantity without penalty from the contractor to the City. Any and all bids received in response to an advertisement may be rejected by the Mayor Liquid chlorine is to be shipped in one-ton containers, conforming to applicable regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission and/or the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. The chlorine shall be 99.5 percent pure by volume as obtained from vaporized liquid chlorine and suitable for use in the treatment of water for potable use. The material supplied must meet all applicable sections of the AWWA Standard B301-18 for liquid chlorine. The material shall be certified as suitable for contact with or treatment of drinking water by an accredited certification organization in accordance with ANSI/NSF Standard 60, Drinking Water Treatment Chemicals - Health Effects. The City of Springfield will use approximately 300 tons during the term of the contract. The contract will be in effect through February 28, 2024.