Site work for a water / sewer project in Chicago, Illinois. Completed plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

Estimated Cost: BETWEEN $16,150,000.00 and $19,550,000.00 *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document. Bid Deposit: $600,000.00 Compliance with the District's Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix D, Appendix V and the Multi Project Labor Agreement are required on this Contract. Any contract or contracts awarded under this invitation for bids are expected to be funded in part by a loan from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA). Neither the State of Illinois nor any of its departments, agencies, or employees is or will be a party to this invitation for bids or any resulting contract. The procurement will be subject to regulations contained in the Procedures for Issuing Loans from the Water Pollution Control Loan Program (35 IAC Part 365), the Davis-Bacon Act (40 USC 276a through 276a-5) as defined by the United States Department of Labor, the Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works Act (30 ILCS 570), Illinois Works Jobs Program Act (30 ILCS 559/20-1), and the federal "Build America, Buy America Act" requirements contained in the Infrastructure and Investment and Jobs Act, Pub. L. No. 117-58. This procurement is also subject to the loan recipient's policy regarding the increased use of disadvantaged business enterprises. The loan recipient's policy requires all bidders to undertake specified affirmative efforts at least sixteen (16) days prior to bid opening. The policy is contained in the specifications. Bidders are also required to comply with the President's Executive Order No. 11246, as amended. The requirements for bidders and contractors under this order are explained in 41 CFR 60-4. Tenders are invited for the work consisting of furnishing all materials, labor, and equipment required to rehabilitate 11,227 feet of 42" x 60" dia. sewer, 4,227 feet of 36" dia. sewer, thirty-two (32) manholes, two (2) structures, construction of new temporary access route, sewer cleaning and repairs of the missing sewer invert. The construction is located in the Villages of Brookfield and LaGrange Park and Unincorporated Cook County, in the County of Cook, State of Illinois. The Contract 20-161-3S consists of 10 items. The work shall be completed within 600 calendar days after approval of the contractor's bond. The Bidder must bid on all items for a bid to be considered responsive. The District intends to issue one Contract to one bidder for all the work to be performed. 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 downloading of any and all District contract documents by the Bidder, whether caused by the District or other parties, directly or indirectly. 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 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. The work under this contract is classified "General Construction" for the Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individuals utilization goals contained in the Affirmative Action Ordinance, Revised Appendix D. The associated goals are 4% Minority-owned Business Enterprises (MBE) and/or Womenowned Business Enterprises (WBE), and 3% Veteran-owned Businesses (VBE). The MBE, WBE and VBE Utilization goals do not apply to the portions of work identified in the contract as Allowance Items, Contingency Items, and Unit Price Items. Should you have any questions, please contact the Diversity Office at 312-751-4035. It is required that the prospective bidder indicates participation by signing each applicable MBE/WBE Utilization Plan contained with the Contract Document. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals.