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

No bids will be accepted after 11:00 a.M. Ct on the above scheduled bid date. All bids faxed, mailed, e-mailed 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. Please see specific instructions on how to upload your bid to the bonfire portal in the bid document entitled "submission via the bonfire portal". Bids will be deemed non-responsive if not submitted using the bonfire-project specific url link, provided by the district with the bidding documents. 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. Tenders are invited for the work consisting of furnishing all materials, labor, and equipment required for: 1. Construction of two (2) 13,500 CFM odor control systems for gate and construction shafts, including carbon filters, in line fans with 40HP motors, and associated ductwork between carbon filters and shaft's covers. 2. Installation of rubber flaps over the gate and construction shafts. 3. Construction of concrete pads for equipment. 4. Furnishing and installing conduit and cable, starters, breakers, etc., and tie-in to the existing electrical distribution system. 5. All other work as shown on the plans and as specified herein. The site of the proposed work is in the village of South Holland, County of Cook, State of Illinois. The estimated cost of the work under Contract 17-273-4P is between $3,693,496.00 and $4,471,074.00. Bidders are STRONGLY URGED to inspect all areas of the work sites, prior to bidding, to familiarize themselves with the nature of the work and the method of accomplishing the same. Form SV-1 (Site Visit Release and Indemnity Agreement), which is included in the contract documents, will be required to be completed for each individual choosing to participate in the optional site walkthrough. The completed SV-1 form will need to be provided via e-mail to Jarek Fink-Finowicki at finkfinowij@mwrd.org prior to the scheduled site walkthrough. Bidders are reminded that no questions will be taken during any site inspections. The District's website will be used for addressing any questions, as indicated in the Invitation to Bid documents for this Contract. The path is as follows: Doing Business > Procurement and Materials Management>Contract Announcements>(Find correct project)>Ask a Question. Each proposal must be accompanied by a bid deposit in the form of a bid bond in the amount of TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($224,000.00). Each bid bond must be underwritten by a surety licensed to do business in the State of Illinois, listed in the latest copy of the Federal Register and approved by the Director of Procurement and Materials Management. The bid bond must contain signatures from the Bidder and Surety Company. Failure to provide signatures on the bid bond will result in the rejection of the bid. Photographic and/or stamped signatures are acceptable. Any proposal submitted without being accompanied by the required bid deposit, in the aforesaid form, will not be considered and will not be read after it is publicly opened. Prior to award of the contract, the lowest responsible bidder must demonstrate compliance with the MWRDGC 2017 Multi-Project Labor Agreement by submitting to the Director of Procurement and Materials Management a signed Certification of Compliance with Multi-Project Labor Agreement. The Agreement and Certificate of Compliance are contained in the Contract Documents. The bid money value of all materials purchased directly by the Contractor, together with the bid money value of all work performed by personnel and facilities provided directly by the Contractor, shall not be less than 25% of the money value of all work performed under this Contract. Any bid money value of work performed by the Subcontractors for work on the job site utilizing Subcontractors' materials, labor and facilities cannot be included in the percent of work to be completed by the Contractor. 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 NONDISCRIMINATION 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 contracts in excess of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). The Bidder shall submit with the Proposal a signed and completed MBE, WBE Utilization Plan, which lists the firms intended to be used as MBE, WBE, the type of work or service each will perform, and the dollar amount to be allocated to each MBE, WBE. 1.) Each Bidder must submit with their proposals a signed and completed MBE/WBE Utilization Plan which lists each business intended to be used as a MBE and 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 is the Waiver Request Form; failure to do so will be viewed as non-responsive and the bid will be rejected. 2.) Each Bidder must submit with their bid package an original or facsimile copy of the MBE/WBE Subcontractor's Letter of lntent, 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. 3.) 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 a 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-I. 4.) 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 or 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. 5) 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 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 Utilization Plan. Where a bidder is a business owned and controlled by a minority woman (M/WBE) or where the bidder utilizes a M/WBE in a joint venture or as a subcontractor, the bidder may count the M/WBE participation either toward the achievement of its MBE or WBE goal, but not both. Subsequent to bid opening and if it is determined by the Affirmative Action 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) days of receiving the written request. The work under this Contract is classified as "Construction Services" for the MBE, WBE Utilization Goals contained in the Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix D and Appendix V. The associated goals are 20% Minority-owned Business Enterprises (MBE), 10% Women-owned Business Enterprises (WBE), and 3% Veteran- owned Business Enterprises (VBE). The MBE, WBE, and VBE Utilization goals do not apply to the portion 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. The bidder to whom the contract is awarded must be prepared to comply with the requirements of the Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix D during the life of the contract. Bidders should read the bidding requirements set forth on pages R-1 through R-6, and in particular page R-2, Paragraph 6, in regard to questions on this Contract. Any potential bidder with questions regarding the meaning of any part of the specifications or other bidding documents should submit such inquiries online at the District's website, www.mwrd.org, The path is as follows: Doing Business>Procurement and Materials Management>Contract Announcements. 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 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 e-mailed to all plan holders on record by the Director of Procurement and Materials Management. 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. 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 Project Manager for this Contract is Ms. Beata Busza. Ms. Beata Busza will provide online responses to online inquiries. The contact person for site visit is Timothy Nolan: NolanT2 @mwrd.org (Preferred) / (708) 588-4350 (Office) All Contracts for the Construction of Public Works are subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/.01 et.seq.). The contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible, responsive bidder, unless all bids are rejected. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago reserves the right to reject any or all proposals. 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 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. Scope includes work briefly described herein and other work shown or described in the contract documents to complete the project: 1. Construction of the 13,500 CFM odor control systems for the gate and construction shafts including carbon filters, in line fans with 40 HP motors, and associated ductwork between carbon filters and shaft's covers. 2. Installation of rubber flaps over the 63' diameter gate shaft grating and 30' diameter construction shaft grating. 3. Construction of concrete pads for equipment. 4. Furnishing and installing conduit and cable, starters, breakers, etc. and tie-in to the existing electrical distribution system. 5. All other work as shown on the plans and as specified herein.