Renovation of a water / sewer project in Aurora, Illinois. Completed plans call for the renovation of a water / sewer project.

High Pressure Pump No. 1 Replacement for the Water Treatment Plant Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA), supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the State Energy Program Award Number DE-EE0010070. This procurement will be subject to the terms and conditions specified in the grant agreement which include but are not limited to: Buy American Requirements for Infrastructure Projects; Davis Bacon Requirements; NEPA Requirements; and Historic Preservation requirements, and all other terms and conditions as applicable. See the project Specifications. The awarded contractor and any installer sub-contractor shall be certified, and recertified, by Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) by June 1 each year, as an Energy Efficiency Installer and have a valid ComEd Custom Energy Efficiency Service Provider agreement. The City of Aurora encourages minority business firms to submit bids and encourages the successful bidder to utilize minority businesses as subcontractors for supplies, equipment, services and construction. The City of Aurora has a local preference ordinance that would apply to this contract. The City of Aurora reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, or parts thereof, and to waive any technicality, informality or irregularity in the Bids received, and to disregard all nonconforming or conditional Bids or counterproposals and to hold the best Bids for ninety (90) days from the opening date set forth above. The City further reserves the right to award the Bid to the lowest responsible Bidder whose offer best responds in quality, fitness, and capacity to the requirements of the proposed work or usage and therefore is in the best interest of the City. Sufficient proof of liability and workmen's compensation must be furnished to satisfy requirements of the City of Aurora. All bids must comply with the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act; and the Prevailing Rate of Hourly Wages in the City of Aurora shall be paid to all persons on the project. To qualify, bidders are required to meet the requirements in Document 00 21 00 - Instructions to Bidders. The successful bidder will be required to furnish Performance Bond and Payment Bond satisfactory to the Owner in the amount of 100 percent of the contract amount. Any contact with other staff will result in a rejected offer. M/WBE's are encouraged to participate in the bid process. Question Deadline 12/04/2024 at 4:00 PM CT Questions regarding the bids are to be sent to the Director of Purchasing at purchasingDL@aurora.il.us. All questions must be submitted in writing via e-mail by Questions will be answered via bid addendum by 4:00 pm December 6, 2024. Except at the pre-bid meeting, No questions will be accepted or answered verbally. No questions will be accepted. Bid Bond YES Scope of Work The work includes, but is not limited to, furnishing and installing electrical improvements for High Pressure Pump No. 1 Replacement, as shown in the drawings, MCC modifications, installation of owner-furnished VFD, cable and conduits, coordination with SCADA integrator, coordination with Pump/Motor contractor, and all other work noted in the contract documents located at City of Aurora Water Treatment Plant.