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

Bid date notes: No bids will be accepted on the above scheduled due date. Faxed, mailed, emailed, or hand delivered proposals will not be considered and will be returned to the Bidder. There is no Bid Depository safe for this purpose. 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.” Tenders are invited for the work consisting of furnishing all materials, labor, and equipment required for the removal and disposal of approximately 56,000 cubic yards of sediment by means of trucking from Stage 1 of the McCook Reservoir including the removal of one (1) steel aerator pole on the bottom of the McCook Reservoir in Stage 1. The site of construction islocated at the McCook Reservoir located east of LaGrange Road (US-45), north of the Sanitary and Ship Canal and south of the Des Plaines River in the Village of Bedford Park, in the County of Cook, Stage of Illinois. The work shall be completed within 550 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. The estimated cost of the work under Contract 23-169-1S is between $9,262,500.00 and $11,212,500.00. *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. Each proposal must be accompanied by a bid deposit in the form of a bid bond in the amount of FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($450,000.00). 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. 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 Voluntary Technical Pre-Bid Conference will be held online via Zoom meeting on Wednesday October 16, at 11:00 a.m. CT. The link to the Zoom meeting is attached in a separate Word document under the “Additional Documents” column on the District’s website at mwrd.org (Doing Business Procurement & Materials Management Contract Announcements?(Find correct Project? Bidding Documents). 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 seek clarification of technical or procedural aspects of this Contract. There will be a Q&A session at the end of the meeting. Also, suppliers must give their contact information to register prior to entering the Zoom Pre-Bid meeting. Bidders are STRONGLY URGED to inspect all areas of the worksites prior to bidding and shall familiarize themselves with the nature of the work and the method of accomplishing the same. An optional Pre-Bid Walk-Through will be held on TUESDAY, October 15, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. CT at the McCook Reservoir. Potential Bidders must meet at the Lawndale Avenue Solids Management Area (LASMA) Visitor Center, 7601 S. LaGrange Road, Willow Springs, IL 60480. Attendees are advised to bring a hard hat, safety vest and appropriate footwear and a current business card. 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 & Materials Management ? Contract Announcements. As a courtesy, Contractors wishing to attend should contact Patrick Jensen via email at Patrick.jensen@mwrd.org by Monday, October 14, 2024. Potential Bidders may also contact Patrick Jensen, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CDT to schedule additional site visits if needed and upon availability of the District. 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-1 . Each Bidder must submit with their proposal 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 Owner-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. 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 20% Minority-owned Business Enterprises (MBE), 10% Women owned 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. The Project Manager for this contract is Patrick Jensen. Mr.Jensen will provide online responses to online inquiries. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals. The work to be performed under this Contract consists of furnishing all materials, labor and equipment required for the following work and all work as shown on the Plans and specified herein: 1. Removal and disposal of approximately 56,000 cubic yards of sediment by means of trucking from Stage 1 of the McCook Reservoir; 2. Removal and disposal of one (1) steel aerator pole on the bottom of the McCook Reservoir in Stage 1; 3. All other work collateral thereto as specified, and as shown on the plans. The District requires that the work to be performed hereunder be prosecuted with sufficient speed to ensure completion by the time herein specified and with the least possible inconvenience to the public abutters.