This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Flint, Michigan. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The City of Flint, Finance Department of Purchases & Supplies, is soliciting sealed bids for providing: Environmental Monitoring Services Services The City of Flint, Michigan is seeking to establish a three-year agreement with a full-service environmental laboratory for assistance with: monitoring compliance with permits for its sewage plant and municipal storm sewer system implementing its Industrial Pretreatment Program for regulating the use of sanitary sewers implementing its Illicit Discharge Elimination Program for regulating the use of storm sewers monitoring compliance with solid waste disposal regulations and other environmental laws; and monitoring compliance with worker safety regulations pertaining to air quality in sewers. The contract laboratory will test samples collected by the City to determine the composition, properties and characteristics of air, industrial wastewater, municipal sewage, sewage sludge, storm sewer drainage, and other materials. The City will need to have sewage, sewage sludge, and industrial wastewater tested periodically (weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annually) for metals, cyanides, and organic compounds, while other testing will only be needed occasionally. More than 1,000 tests are expected to be required annually. The contract laboratory shall also retrieve samples collected and bottled by the City, on a weekly basis, routinely and free of charge to the City. Free sample retrieval may also be required more frequently when there is an occasional urgent need for analytical service. Bids must be in a sealed envelope clearly identifying the proposal name and proposal number. Emailed copies may be submitted to PurchasingBids@cityofflint.com in the event of technical error. Pease note that in the subject line of the email, type in the proposal name and number. This must be submitted by the due date and time. Faxed bids are not accepted. Both mail in proposal and electronic submittal must be received by the due date and time. Effective immediately upon release of these Bidding Documents, and until notice of contract award, all official communications from proposers regarding the requirements of this Bid shall be directed to: Lauren Rowley 810-766-7266 ext. 2904 lrowley@cityofflint.com The City, or designee, shall distribute all official changes, modifications, responses to questions or notices relating to the requirements of this Bid. Addendum to this Bid may be developed and shared with all Vendors. Any other information of any kind from any other source shall not be considered official, and proposers relying on other information do so at their own risk. The City of Flint reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or to accept or reject any bid in part, and to waive any minor informality or irregularity in bids received if it is determined by the City of Flint, or their designee, that the best interest of the City will be served by doing so. No bid will be considered from any person, firm or corporation in arrears or in default to the City on any contract, debt, taxes or other obligation, or if the Bidder is debarred by the City of Flint from consideration for a contract award pursuant to Section 18-21.5 (d) of Article IV of the "Purchasing Ordinance of the City of Flint". Question Deadline 08/29/2025 at 10:00 AM ET All written questions shall be directed Lauren Rowley, Purchasing Manager to lrowley@cityofflint.com. All questions must be submitted in writing to the Finance Department of Purchases and Supplies before any pre-bid deadline (if specified) or at least one (1) week prior to the proposal opening date indicated on the front of this document.