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PROPOSALS ARE DUE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2008
Sealed
Proposals, endorsed as above, will be deposited in the
sealed bid depository in the lobby of the Metropolitan
Water Reclamation District Administration Building, 100
East Erie Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611, from the date
of the Invitation to Bid, up to 11:00 A.M. on the bid
opening date, and will be opened publicly by the
Purchasing Agent or her designee at 11:00 a.m. on
Tuesday, October 21, 2008.
NO BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED
AFTER 11:00 A.M. ON THE ABOVE SCHEDULED BID DATE. ALL
BIDS FAXED OR ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED TO THE
METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER
CHICAGO WILL BE RETURNED TO THE BIDDER. PROPOSALS
TRANSMITTED BY U.S. MAIL OR OTHER DELIVERY WILL BE
CONSIDERED ONLY WHEN SAID PROPOSALS ARE IN THE
DEPOSITORY AT THE TIME FIXED OF OPENING THEREOF. THE
METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER
CHICAGO DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE PROPOSAL RECEIVED BY
MAIL OR OTHER DELIVERY WILL BE DEPOSITED IN THE
DEPOSITORY IN TIME FOR SUCH OPENING.
Tenders are invited for
the work consisting of furnishing all materials, labor,
and equipment required for:
1.
Demolition
of Sludge Disposal Building, Ferric Chloride Building,
Oil Storage Building, Guardhouse, Healy Building and
Construction Office.
2.
Reroute
utilities as a result of demolition of the above
buildings.
3.
Removal
and legal disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous
(regulated) wastes such as, asbestos, mercury, PCB s,
petroleum products, lead base paint etc. from above
buildings.
4.
Rehabilitation of Pump & Blower House Work includes:
Removal Work Removal
of abandoned electrical and mechanical equipment
Replacement
Work - Roof, skylights, doors, windows and air handling
units
Rehabilitation Work Exterior east wall, exterior wall
at south-east and south-west corners, and tuck-pointing.
5.
Rehabilitation of South West Coarse Screen Building
work includes construction of new enclosure, removal of
various abandoned equipment, abatement of lead-based
paint, removal and replacement of skip hoist, and
addition of a new skip hoist, etc.
6.
Construction of prefabricated building to store used
oil.
7.
Office
modification work at 4th floor of Main Office
Building Annex.
The site of construction
is at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant located at
6001 West Pershing Road, Village of Stickney and Main
Office Building Annex located at 111 East Erie Street,
City of Chicago, County of
Cook, State of Illinois.
The estimated cost of the work under this Contract is
$21,000,000.00.
A
Mandatory Pre-Bid Site Walk-Through will be held
on Friday, September
12, 2008 at 9:30 A.M., Chicago time, at the main
floor of the Pump & Blower House, at the Stickney Water
Reclamation Plant, 6001 West Pershing Road, Stickney,
Illinois 60804.
All potential
bidders are required to attend this Mandatory Pre-Bid
Site Walk-Through. All potential bidders attending the mandatory Pre-Bid Walk-through will
also be required to complete the attached Site Visit
Release and Indemnity Agreement. There will be no
question and answer session during the mandatory Pre-Bid
Site Walk-Through. Potential bidders may raise any
questions they may have at the
Mandatory Technical
Pre-Bid Conference
to be held on Friday, September 19, 2008 at 9:30 A.M., Chicago time, at the
R&D Auditorium, at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant,
6001 West Pershing Road, Stickney, Illinois 60804.
All potential Bidders are required to attend this
Mandatory Technical Pre-Bid Conference.
Prior to admission to such pre-bid conference any
potential bidder will be required to furnish the Mandatory
Technical Pre-Bid Conference Certificate , properly
executed, which is included in the bid documents
package. Copies of the District s list of Protected
Class Enterprises (PCE) will be available at the
conference.
Potential bidders are advised to bring a hard hat, heavy duty flash
light, and a current copy of their business card and
wear appropriate footwear for an industrial type of
facility.
There is no requirement of Mandatory Pre-bid Site
Walk-through for office modification work at Main Office
Building Annex.
The purpose of Mandatory
Pre-Bid Site Walk-Through and
Mandatory Technical Pre-Bid Conference
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 to seek clarification of technical or procedural
aspects of this contract.
All potential bidders will be required to enter the name
of person present for the mandatory site visit/technical
pre-bid conference, and name, address, phone number and
fax number of firm represented, on a
Record-Of-Attendance sheet that will be provided at the
site by District representatives. The completed
Record-Of-Attendance sheet will serve as documentation
of attendance at the mandatory site visit.
Bids
received from bidders who did not attend the Mandatory
Pre-Bid Walk-Through and the Mandatory Technical
Pre-Bid Conference will not be considered.
Proposals must be
submitted on proposal forms. The proposal forms are to
be placed in the special envelope furnished by the
District, and shall conform to all the terms and
conditions of the Bidding Requirements attached thereto.
Bidders are to include with the proposal signed copies
of any addenda, or acknowledge receipt of any addenda,
if the District issued any addenda to this Contract.
Failure to do so may be cause for the rejection of any
bid.
Specifications, proposal
forms, and plans may be obtained from the Purchasing
Department, Room 508, 100 East Erie Street, Chicago,
Illinois 60611, Monday - Friday between 8:45 a.m. and
4:15 p.m., fax (312) 751-3042, upon payment of One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00) non-refundable
document fee in the form of a cashier's check, certified
check or money order payable to the Clerk of the
District. Plans and Specifications will not
be mailed to firms located in Cook County.
The contract documents can be forwarded to Bidders
outside Cook County via air freight arranged by the
District and billed to the Bidders.
Each
proposal must be accompanied by a bid deposit in the
form of cash (U.S. currency only), cashier's check,
certified check or bid bond as stated in the Bidding
Requirements and Instructions to Bidders contained in
this document.
THE BID DEPOSIT FOR THIS
PROPOSAL IS $1,050,000.00.
Prior to award of the
contract, the lowest responsible bidder must demonstrate
compliance with the MWRDGC s Multi-Project Labor
Agreement by submitting to the Purchasing Agent a signed
Certification of Compliance with Multi-Project Labor
Agreement. The Agreement and Certificate of Compliance
are contained in the Contract Documents.
The bid money value of
all materials purchased directly by the Contractor,
together with the bid money value of all work performed
by personnel and facilities provided directly by the
Contractor, shall not be less than twenty five percent
(25%) of the money value of all work performed under
this Contract. Any bid money value of work performed by
the Subcontractors for work on the job site utilizing
Subcontractors' materials, labor and facilities cannot
be included in the percent of work to be completed by
the Contractor.
Bidders on contracts in
excess of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) will be
required to comply with the President's Executive Order
No. 11246 as amended to date, regarding
NON-DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT. The requirements for
Bidders and Contractors under this order are explained
in Appendix C of the Contract Documents. The provisions
of Appendix C also apply to each Subcontractor on
contracts in excess of Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000.00).
The Bidder agrees to
fulfill the Special Training Provision for
Apprenticeship as specified in Appendix K, to provide
training opportunities throughout the life of the
Contract. The requirements of the Special Training
Provisions are [1920] minority hours and [680]
female hours for the purpose of this Contract.
The Bidder shall submit
with the Proposal a signed and completed Utilization
Plan (included in Revised Appendix D), which lists the
firms intended to be used as Protected Class
Enterprises (PCE s), the type of work or service
each PCE will perform, and the dollar amount to be
allocated to each PCE.
1.) All bidders must
submit with their proposals a signed and complete
Utilization Plan which lists each business intended to
be used as a Protected Class Enterprise (PCE) on pages
D-22, D23, and D-24. The bidder must sign the
signature page, D-25 of the Utilization Plan. Failure to
submit the Utilization Plan signed by the bidder on page
D-25 will be reviewed as
non-responsive and the bid will be rejected.
2.) All bidders must
submit Exhibit B, the Subcontractor s Letter of Intent,
page D-26, which must be furnished to each PCE listed in its Utilization Plan to
the District within three (3) business days of the bid
opening with either a copy of each PCEs current Letter
of Certification from a state or local government or
agency or documentation demonstrating that the PCE is a
MBE, WBE, or SBE within the meaning of the Revised
Appendix D. Failure to submit the Subcontractor s
Letter of Intent signed by each subcontractor will be
viewed as nonresponsive and the bid will be rejected.
All Exhibit B Subcontractor s Letter of Intent must
conform to the Utilization Plan submitted at the time of
the bid opening. Any change to the Utilization Plan
within three (3) business days following the bid opening
will be viewed as nonresponsive and rejected.
3.) If the bid
exceeds the supplier exception amount allowable 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 PCE supplier for
commitments more than 25% of each of the respective PCE
goals for which the contract has been authorized unless
the Purchasing Agent has authorized a Supplier s
Exception as noted on page AU-1.
The Utilization Plan
MUST be signed by the Bidder, even if the
Bidder requests a waiver and/or offers itself to meet
any of the Revised Appendix D goals. If the Bidder
offers itself to satisfy any of the Revised Appendix D
goals, then its name shall be shown in the appropriate
space(s) on the Utilization Plan.
Where the Bidder is a
business owned and controlled by a minority woman (M/WBE)
or where the Bidder utilizes a M/WBE in a joint venture
or as a Subcontractor, the Bidder may count the M/WBE
participation either toward the achievement of its MBE
or WBE goal, but not both.
If a waiver from the
Revised Appendix D requirements is sought, the Bidder
should include with the bid package, documentation of
good faith efforts to meet the Revised Appendix D
utilization goals. The documentation should be provided
with the bid package on the Contractor's Information
Form; the form is included in the package containing the
contract documents. Subsequent to the bid opening and
if it is determined by the Affirmative Action
Administrator that a Contractor's Information Form is
required from the apparent low Bidder, the Bidder must
complete and submit the form within three (3) business
days of receiving the written request.
The work under this
Contract is classified "Miscellaneous Building
Construction" for the PCE Utilization Goals contained in
the Revised Appendix D. The associated goals are 20%
Minority-owned Business Enterprises, 9% Women-owned
Business Enterprises, and 10% Small Business
Enterprises.
The Bidder to whom the
Contract is awarded must be prepared to comply with the
requirements of the Affirmative Action Ordinance during
the life of the Contract.
The bidder may obtain, at his own cost, full-size prints
of the Contract Plans by having an approved blueprint
supplier pick up a CD of the original drawings at the
District's Engineering Department Vault, make the
prints, and immediately return the CD to the Engineering
Department Vault.
The CD will only be made
available for pick-up Monday - Friday between 8:45 a.m.
and 4:15 p.m. Arrangements for this service shall be
made by contacting the Vault personnel [(312) 751-3156]
at least 24 hours prior to the pick-up time of the CD.
If there are any
questions regarding technical details, please send your
questions in writing to: Purchasing Agent, MWRDGC, 100
E. Erie St., Chicago, IL 60611. Written questions may
also be sent by fax to (312) 894-2011, Attention:
Purchasing Agent. Please note the contract number
prominently in the heading of your correspondence. No
question will be accepted by telephone. Questions will
be entertained until C.O.B. the Tuesday preceding the
bid opening date. The District will not respond to
questions received after this date. The Project Engineer
is Mr. Kanti Patel, Principal Structural Engineer.
Bidders should read page
R-2, paragraph 6, in regards to questions on this
contract.
All Contracts for the
construction of Public Works are subject to the Illinois
Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/1-12).
If after receipt of the
Contract Documents, there are any questions regarding
procedural details, please contact the Purchasing
Department at (312) 751-6643.
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
Chicago reserves the right to reject any or all
Proposals.
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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago |
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By Darlene A. LoCascio
Purchasing Agent |
Chicago, Illinois
August 27, 2008 |
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