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

Bids Requiring a Bid Deposit Must Be Accompanied by a Bid Bond, Provided by a Surety Company Authorized to Do Business in the United States, and Made Payable to the City of Chicago. A Scanned Copy of the Bid Bond Must Be Attached to the Online Bid Submission, With the Original Bond to Be Received by Dps Within 3 Business Days of the Bid Opening. This is Required of All Bidders, Not Just the Apparent Low Bidder. Question Deadline 12/31/2025 at 12:00 PM CT The work for which proposals are invited consist of furnishing all labor, equipment, tools, transportation, materials, and services for the IEPA SRF Census Tract 4 - Block Level Lead Service Line Replacement (LSLR) Projects as indicated below and throughout the Contract Documents. A. General Description of Work: Work to be done under this Contract is described in the Project Information found on Book 2 of these specifications. B. Furnishing all Labor, Materials, Equipment, and Transportation Services: Contractor must furnish all labor, materials, proper equipment and machinery, and transportation services necessary to perform and complete, in a workmanlike manner and within the specified time, all Work required under this contract. If overtime or premium labor time is required to perform the Work and/or to comply with permit requirements, the Contractor is solely responsible for the additional labor costs. Additional labor costs shall not be passed onto the Commissioner. C. Project Site: Contractor must maintain the project site and Work area in a clean, orderly and safe manner. D. Coordination: Contractor must coordinate his Work with other contractors, agencies, and utilities as required or directed by the Commissioner. E. Protection of Work: Contractor must provide protection, repair and restoration of all finished Work or property damaged during construction. F. Implied Work: It is the intent of these Specifications to provide the City with improvements to, and ability to maintain, a complete operable water distribution system. Any part or item of Work, which is implied and normally required to make each water main or water service installation satisfactorily and completely operable, is deemed to be included in the Work and Contract price. All miscellaneous appurtenances and other items of Work incidental to meeting the intent of the Contract Documents is also deemed to be included in the Work and Contract price, even though such appurtenances may not be specifically shown or specified. G. Guaranteed Work: If a Property Owner in this Block Level Contract does not allow Work to be completed on private property, the Contractor shall, at a minimum, complete a public side, partial lead service line replacement. H. Construction Permitting: The Contractor is required to apply for all necessary permits and pay permit fees for all work associated with this project. I. Water Use Permitting: The Contractor will be required to apply for a water use permit from the Department of Buildings per Book 1, Section X, subsection A of the Contract Documents. All fees associated with water use necessary for Department of Water Management generated projects will be waived. There will be no separate fee reimbursement in connection with all the above permits and fee requirements and all costs therefore will be considered as incidental to the Project. Department of Buildings (Water Use) Room 906, City Hall 60602 LSLR work under this contract is not eligible for the permit fee waivers under the Homeowner-Initiated LSLR Program A. This work is funded in all or in part by the USEPA Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund as administered by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA). Current loan rules include a requirement that certain iron and steel products incorporated into the project be produced in the United States (USA). The requirements are commonly called the American Iron and Steel Requirements (AISR). In Book 1 and Book 2 the Contractor certifies that any Buy America provisions will be met. The current loan rules require that the Contractor provide verification to the City that all iron and steel covered by the AISR are American-made. This specification section provides details on what iron and steel materials must meet these requirements and the documentation to be submitted by the Contractor for verification. B. The Contractor acknowledges to and for the benefit of the City of Chicago (Purchaser) and the State of Illinois (the State) that it understand the goods and services under this agreement are being funded with monies made available by the Clean Water State Revolving Fund which has statutory requirements commonly known as American Iron and Steel; that requires all of the iron and steel products used in the project to be produced in the United States American Iron and Steel Requirement (or AISR) including iron and steel products provided by the Contractor pursuant to this project. The Contractor hereby represents and warrants to and for the benefit of the Purchaser and the State that (a) the Contractor has reviewed and understands the American Iron and Steel Requirement (AISR), (b) all of the iron and steel products used in the project will be and/or have been produced in the United States in a manner that complies with the American Iron and Steel Requirement, unless a waiver of the requirement is approved, and (c) the Contractor will provide any further verified information, certification or assurance of compliance with this paragraph, or information necessary to support a waiver of the American Iron and Steel Requirement as may be requested by the Purchaser or the State. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any failure to comply with this paragraph by the Contractor shall permit the Purchaser or State to recover as damages against the Contractor any loss, expense, or cost (including without limitation attorney is fees) incurred by the Purchaser or State resulting from any such failure (including without limitation any impairment or loss of funding, whether in whole or in part, from the State or any damages owed to the State by the Purchaser), While the Contractor has no direct contractual privity with the State, as a lender to the Purchaser for the funding of the project, the Purchaser and the Contactor agree that the State is a third-party beneficiary and neither this paragraph (nor any other provision of the Agreement necessary to give this paragraph force or effect) shall be amended or waived without prior written consent of the State. C. The AISR provisions apply to items actually incorporated into the work. The provisions do not apply to items that are used temporarily in the construction and then removed from the work. Such items include: traffic control equipment, trucks, construction equipment, tools, testing equipment, temporary steel plates for construction in roads, trench boxes, scaffolding, dewatering well points, dewatering pumps, hoses, temporary utility supports, temporary sheeting and shoring, lights, temporary devices, temporary trailers, and all other temporary equipment, materials and components used to construct the work, but not incorporated into the work. D. Mechanical and electrical components and systems are not considered construction materials and are not required to meet these requirements. 1. Mechanical components typically have motorized parts and/or are powered by a motor. 2. Electrical equipment is typically any equipment powered by electricity and includes components that are part of the electrical distribution system. 3. Examples of mechanical and electrical components not required to meet these provisions (including appurtenances necessary for their intended use and operation) include pumps, motors, gear reducers, drives, variable frequency drives, valve actuators (electric/hydraulic/pneumatic), mixers, gates, motorized screens (such as traveling screens), blowers, aeration equipment, compressors, meters, sensors, controls, switches, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) equipment, computer systems, filtration systems, filters, settling/clarifier equipment, settling/clarifier mechanisms, rakes, grinders, disinfection systems, sediment dewatering equipment, conveyors, cranes, HVAC equipment (excluding ductwork, which is covered by this requirement), water heaters, heat exchangers, generators, electrical boxes, electrical enclosures, electrical switchgear, motor control centers, control panels, lighting fixtures, electrical conduit and wiring, emergency life systems, metal office furniture, shelving, laboratory equipment, analytical equipment, etc. E. Construction material primarily made of iron or steel and permanently incorporated into the finished project must meet these requirements. 1. Steel items are defined as an alloy that includes at least 50% iron, between 0.02% and 2% carbon, and may include other elements. This steel definition includes carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel, tool steel and other specialty steels. 2. Iron includes ductile iron, cast iron, grey iron and other iron materials. 3. An item is considered to be made primarily of iron or steel if it is made of greater than 50% iron or steel, measured by cost. Cost is based on material cost which includes the material and labor cost to manufacturer the iron or steel product the cost to assemble a multi part item. (For instance, for a fire hydrant the material cost includes the labor and material cost to manufacture the iron and steel parts, but not to assemble the hydrant). 4. Produced in the United States (USA) means that all manufacturing process must take place in the USA. This includes melting, refining, forming, rolling, drawing, finishing, fabricating and coating. a. If any domestic iron and steel product is taken out of the USA for any part of the manufacturing process, the entire product is considered to be from foreign source. b. Raw materials such as iron ore, limestone, and iron and steel scrap used to create the iron and steel do not have to come from USA sources. c. Coating materials applied to the iron or steel products do not have to come from USA sources. d. Non-iron or steel components of an iron or steel product do not have to come from USA sources. For instance, non iron or steel components of fire hydrants and valves do not have to come from USA sources. 5. Municipal castings permanently incorporated into the finished project made of grey iron, ductile iron or steel must meet this requirement. Examples of municipal castings are as follows: Access hatches, ballast screen, benches (iron and steel), bollards, cast bases, cast iron hinged hatches, square and rectangular, cast iron riser rings, catch basin inlet, cleanout/monument boxes, construction covers and frames, curb and corner bollards, curb openings, detectable warning plates, downspout shoes (Boot, Inlet), drainage grates/frames/curb inlets, inlets, junction boxes, lampposts, manhole covers/rings/frames/risers, meter boxes, service boxes, steel hinged hatches (square and rectangular), steel riser rings, trash receptacles, tree grates, tree guards, trench grates, valve boxes/covers/risers. 6. Structural steel shapes permanently incorporated into the finished project must meet this requirement. Examples of structural steel shapes include I-beams, channels, angles, tees, zees, H.-piles, sheet piling, tie plates, cross ties, tie rods, etc. 7. Iron and steel construction products permanently incorporated into the project must meet this requirement. This includes, but is not limited to the following components if made of iron or steel: wire rod, bar, angles, concrete reinforcing bar, wire, wire cloth, wire rope, cables, tubing, framing, joists, trusses, fasteners (including nuts and bolts), welding rods, decking, grating, railings, stairs, access ramps, fire escapes, ladders, wall panels, dome structures, roofing, ductwork, surface drains, cable hanging systems, manhole steps, fencing and tube fencing, guardrails, doors, stationary screens, etc. 8. Iron and steel components of cast in place and precast reinforced concrete must meet these requirements. Examples include reinforcing bars, wire fabric, etc. a. All precast manufacturing must be done in the USA b. Cement and other raw materials used in the concrete production do not have to have a USA origin. i. Iron and steel piping systems permanently incorporated into the project must meet this requirement. This includes, but is not limited to, the following components if made of iron or steel: pipe (lined or unlined), fittings, valves, hangers, couplings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps, restraints and other appurtenances. F. Items considered as iron or steel in this work are shown in Table 2 below. G. The regulations allow certain waivers from the AISR requirements. Except for the ide minimis waiver discussed below, waivers will be difficult and time consuming to apply for. The regulation assumes that waivers will be rare exceptions. For this project waiver applications will be reviewed and approved or rejected by USEPA. The Contractor must notify the Representative of the Commissioner if a component of iron, steel that meeting AISR is not available. The Contractor must provide documentation necessary for the City to prepare a waiver application to USEPA that meets USEPA waiver approval requirements. The allowable waivers identified the March 20, 2014 USEPA guidance memo on AISR. The documentation required from the Contractor for a waiver will be identified on a case-by-case basis. H. USEPA has promulgated a ide minimis waiver that allows the use of non-USA iron and/or steel goods when they occur in de minimis as incidental components of the eligible project. 1. Total de minimis incidental components cumulative may comprise no more than a total of 5% of the total cost of the materials used in and incorporated into the entire project. 2. The cost of an individual item included in the de minimis calculation may not exceed 1 % of the total cost of the materials used in and incorporated into the entire project. 3. USEPA considers the following miscellaneous generally low cost items to be eligible for the de minimis calculation: small washers, screws, fasteners (including nuts and bolts) miscellaneous wire, corner bead, ancillary tube, etc. Iron and steel items that cannot be included in the de minimis calculation include pipe, elbows, flanges, brackets, tees, fittings, valves, treatment and storage tanks, support structures, HVAC duct work, iron and steel construction products and castings, etc. 4. The Contactor may consider that the items presented in the table below meet the USEPA de minimis waiver. The Contractor must identify to the City which items on the work will be considered as being provided under the USEPA de minimis waiver. The Contractor must provide documentation to the City showing that the total cost of the items being provided under the USEPA de minims waiver comprise no more than 5% of the total materials cost used in and incorporated into the work. Alternatively, the Contractor may consider these items as iron, steel meeting the AISR and provide the appropriate documentation for that category as discussed above.