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Bids Will Be Deemed Non-responsive if Not Submitted Using online, Provided by the District With the Bidding Documents. Tenders are invited to perform professional snow removal and brine deicing services of drives, driveways, and parking lots at the Lockport Powerhouse, the Lockport Controlling Works and associated roads and facilities, as specified herein, for a three (3) year period, commencing five days after the mailing date/emailing date of a purchase order or January 1, 2025, whichever occurs later. The Contract is divided, for purposes of bidding, into six (6) Items (Items numbered 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3). Bidders must submit bids for all six (6) Items, or the bid will be rejected as nonresponsive. The District intends to award one (1) Purchase Order to one (1) bidder for all the work to be performed under this Contract. The estimated cost of this Contract is $90,000.00. There is no bid deposit required. Funding of all Contract items is subject to the Board of Commissioners' approval of the District's budget for all years under this Contract. 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. Further, the District assumes no liability or responsibility for the failure or inability of any Bidder to successfully obtain 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 obtaining of any and all District Contract documents by the Bidder, whether caused by the District or other parties, directly or indirectly. Bidder shall acknowledge receipt of each addendum issued in the space provided on 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. 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. 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. 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 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 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. Arturo Hernandez, (708) 588-3171. Mr. Hernandez will provide online responses to online inquiries. Bidders shall take special note of the stipulations on page G-4, under Interpretation of Contract Documents, in regards to questions on this Contract. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals.