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

Group A - Safety Supplies: $75,000.00; Group B - Safety Supplies (Slings): $5,500.00; Group C - Welding Apparel: $6,500.00; Group D - Fall Protection: $23,000.00; Group E - Respirator Devices: $11,000.00; Total Estimated Cost for all Groups: $121,000.00. Tenders are invited to furnish and deliver safety apparel, safety equipment and welding apparel. Failure to submit the required documents as specified may render the bid non-responsive and the bid may be rejected Further, 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 obtain of any and all District contract documents by the Bidder, whether caused by the District or other parties, directly or indirectly. If any potential Bidder contemplating to submit a proposal is in doubt as to the true meaning of any part of the specifications or other contract documents, such inquiry should be submitted online at the District The District will provide an online response to such inquiries, as the District deems appropriate. Strings of appropriate questions and answers regarding the bidding documents will be available Electronically on the District until the bid opening date of the bidding documents. No questions will be accepted by telephone, fax, email, mail, or any other such form of delivery. The District will only respond to questions received online up to ONE WEEK prior to the bid opening date of the bidding documents. The District will not respond to questions received after this date. The District does not guarantee the timeliness of responses provided online, nor does the District guarantee that such responses will be provided in adequate time to affect the submission of bids. The District shall provide responses online ONLY if the responses do not interpret or otherwise change the bidding documents. The Districts 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. Bidding documents are only available Electronically, and all addenda issued for this contract will be available Electronically at the District A copy of such addenda will also be emailed/faxed to each person which obtain a set of such contract documents. 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 District will only respond to questions received electronically up to ONE WEEK prior to the bid opening date of the bidding. The contact person for this contract is DAVID SCHMID. Mr. Schmid will provide on-line responses to on-line inquiries regarding this contract. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals.