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

No bids will be accepted after 11:00 am ct on the above scheduled bid opening date. all bids faxed, mailed, emailed, or hand delivered will not be considered and will be returned to the bidder. there is no bid depository safe available for mailing or hand delivering bids. the district will only accept bids electronically uploaded to the bonfire portal webiste please see specific instructions on how to upload your bid to the bonfire portal in the bid document entitled "submission via the bonfire portal." the bonfire link is unique to each solicitation. bids will be deemed non-responsive if not submitted using the project-specific bonfire url link provided by the district with the bidding documents. Tenders are invited to provide all necessary labor, supervision, tools, equipment, materials, and appurtenances, including transportation and fuel, as required to perform the work as described herein and as directed by the Resident Engineer. Work includes, but it not limited to cleaning various sewers, interceptors, chambers, structures, tanks, channels, wet wells, Side Stream Elevated Pool Aeration (SEPA) station ponds, treatment plant channels, sludge lines, chemical tanks (ferric chloride and polymer with onsite disposal), and reservoirs at various locations within the District's service area. Services to be provided include cleaning, troubleshooting, pipe jetting/unblocking, video inspection, and the removal of accumulated debris in a lawful manner. The Contract is divided, for purposes of bidding, into thirteen (13) Items. Bidders must submit a bid for all thirteen (13) Items or the bid will be considered nonresponsive. The District intends to award one (1) Contract to one (1) Bidder for all the work to be performed. The estimated cost of the work under this Contract is not to exceed $2,682,000.00 for a twenty-four (24) month period. The District intends to obtain as much work as possible without exceeding the stated value. However, bidders are cautioned that, due to unforeseen operating conditions, the full amount may not be expended. There is no bid deposit for this Contract. A contractor's bond will be required. Please refer to the CONTRACTOR'S BOND section in the Agreement for additional information about this requirement. Funding of all Contract items is subject to the Board of Commissioners' approval of the District's budget for all years under this Contract. Any questions regarding the downloading of the Contract Document should be directed to the following email: contractdesk@mwrd.org or call 312-751-6643. 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. Bidding documents are only available online, and all addenda issued for this contract will be available online at the District's website. The path is as follows: Doing Business Procurement and Materials Management Contract Announcements. A copy of such addenda will also be emailed/faxed to each person which downloads a set of such contract documents. Bidders shall acknowledge receipt of each addendum issued in the space provided on the proposal signature page or submit a signed copy of each addendum with the Bidder's proposal at the time and date set to receive bids. Oral explanations will not be binding. Any Proposal which indicates multiple or alternate bids will be deemed non-responsive and will be rejected by the Director of Procurement and Materials Management. Proposals shall conform to all the terms and conditions of the Bidding Requirements attached hereto. Failure to submit the required documents as specified may render the bid non-responsive and the bid may be rejected. 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's website. The path is as follows: Doing Business Procurement and Materials Management Contract Announcements (Find correct project) Ask a Question. 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 online on the District's website 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 (1) 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 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 contact person for this Contract is Mr. Paul Sobanski. Mr. Sobanski will provide online responses to online inquiries. Prior to award of the Contract, the lowest responsible Bidder must demonstrate compliance with the District's 2017 Multi-Project Labor Agreement (MPLA) by submitting to the Director of Procurement and Materials Management a signed Certificate of Compliance with Multi-Project Labor Agreement. The Agreement and Certificate of Compliance are contained in the Contract Documents. Bidders on Contracts in excess of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) will be required to comply with the President's Executive Order No. 11246 as amended to date, regarding NON-DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT. The requirements for Bidders and Contractors under this order are explained in Appendix C of the Contract Documents. The provisions of Appendix C also apply to each Subcontractor on the Contract in excess of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). Each Bidder must submit with their proposals a signed and completed MBE/WBE Utilization Plan which lists each business intended to be used as an MBE and/or WBE on pages UP-2 and UP-3 and supplemental pages as necessary. The Bidder must sign the Signature Section page on UP-4. Failure to submit a signed MBE/WBE Utilization Plan will result in a bid being deemed non-responsive and the bid will be rejected. Also, if a Waiver is sought, the Bidder is required to sign pages UP-4 and UP-5, which are the Signature Section and the Waiver Request Form; failure to do so will be viewed as nonresponsive and the bid will be rejected. Each Bidder must submit with their bid package an original or facsimile copy of the MBE/WBE Subcontractor's Letter of Intent, page UP-6 for each subcontractor listed on their MBE/WBE Utilization Plan. The submitted MBE/WBE Subcontractor's Letter of Intent must be completed and signed by the subcontractor and accompanied with a copy of the subcontractor's current Letter of Certification from a state, local government or agency or documentation demonstrating that the subcontractor is a MBE or WBE within the meaning of the Affirmative Action Ordinance, Revised Appendix D. Failure to submit the MBE/WBE Utilization Plan signed by the Bidder at the time of the bid opening and the MBE/WBE Subcontractor's Letter of Intent signed by each MBE and WBE will be viewed as non-responsive and the bid will be rejected. If the Bidder exceeds the allowable Supplier Utilization amount which is stated in the bid documents, the bid will be viewed as non-responsive. Therefore, the Bidder may not exceed the use of an MBE or WBE supplier for more than 50% of each respective MBE or WBE, goal, unless the Administrator has authorized a Supplier's Exception notated on page AU-1. In addition, each Bidder must submit with their proposals a completed VBE Commitment Form which lists each business intended to be used as a VBE. The Bidder must make a "Good Faith Effort" to identify eligible Veteran Owned-Businesses by completing the VBE Commitment Form. If the Bidder is unable to identify qualified VBE subcontractors capable of providing goods and services required by the Contract, the Bidder must write "no participation" on the VBE Commitment Form. Where a Bidder has failed to meet the VBE participation goal, the Administrator shall require the Contractor to submit a Veteran's Business Enterprise Good Faith Efforts Documentation Request Form and provide additional documentation of its good faith efforts in attempting to fulfill the VBE goal. The MBE/WBE Utilization Plan MUST be signed by the Bidder, even if the Bidder requests a waiver and/or offers itself to meet any of the Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix D goals. If the Bidder offers itself to satisfy any of the Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix D goals, then its name shall be shown in the appropriate space(s) on the MBE/WBE Utilization Plan. Where a Bidder is a business owned and controlled by a minority woman (M/WBE), or where the Bidder utilizes an M/WBE in a joint venture or as a subcontractor, the Bidder may count the M/WBE participation toward the achievement of either its MBE or WBE goal, but not both. Each Bidder's Utilization Plan must commit to MBE and/or WBE participation equal to or greater than the associated goals unless the Bidder indicates a partial or total waiver request on Page UP-5. If a waiver from Appendix D requirements is sought, the Bidder will be required to provide documentation of "Good Faith Efforts" to meet the Appendix D utilization goals, as defined in Section 15(e) of the Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix D. Subsequent to the bid opening, and if it is determined by the Diversity Administrator that a Contractor's Information Form is required from the apparent low Bidder, the Bidder must complete and submit the form within three (3) calendar days of receiving the written request. The work under this Contract is classified as "General Construction Services" for the Minority-owned Business Enterprises (MBE) and Women-owned Business Enterprises (WBE) Utilization goals contained in the Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix D. The associated utilization goals are 9% MBE and/or WBE and 3% VBE. Should you have any questions, please contact the Diversity Office at 312-751-4035. The Contractor must use the District's online compliance monitoring system administered by the Diversity Section for payment and reporting purposes, in order to fulfill the Affirmative Action Program requirements. The Bidder to whom the Contract is awarded must be prepared to comply with the requirements, goals, terms, and conditions of Appendix C, the Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix D, and Appendix V, throughout the life of the Contract. Should you have any questions, please contact the Diversity Office at 312-751-4035. The purpose of the Voluntary Technical Pre-Bid meeting is to review the scope of work, to provide for identification and discussion of potential problems that might arise during the administration of this Contract, and to seek clarification of technical or procedural aspects of this Contract. There will be a Q&A session at the end of the meeting. Also, Bidders must give their contact information in order to register for the meeting. In addition to being able to raise questions at this Voluntary Technical Pre-Bid Conference, all Bidders are hereby reminded they may raise questions to the District's Question and Answer Board, online at the District's website. . The path is as follows: Doing Business Procurement and Materials Management Contract Announcements (Find correct project) Ask a Question. Bidders are STRONGLY URGED to inspect all areas of the work sites prior to bidding, in order to familiarize themselves with the nature of the work and the method of accomplishing the same. The Voluntary Pre-Bid Technical Conference will not include a site walk-through. Site walk-throughs may be arranged by contacting the Resident Engineer, Mr. Paul Sobanski, at 708-588-4080. Bidders should read the bidding requirements set forth on pages R-1 through R-6, and in particular page R-2, Paragraph 6, in regards to questions on this Contract. All Contracts for the Construction of Public Works are subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/0.01 et seq.)(the "Act"). Note that submission of certified payroll records when requested by the District's Affirmative Action Administrator in accordance with Section 14(b) of the District's Affirmative Action Ordinance does not relieve a contractor of its obligation to submit certified payroll records to the Illinois Department of Labor pursuant to the Act. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals.