ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS

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NOTICE
INVITATION TO BID
METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO
FOR
ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS
CONTRACT 26-614-11
PROPOSALS ARE DUE JULY 21, 2026
Sealed proposals, endorsed as above, will be submitted to the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
("District") via an electronic upload to the Euna Portal only,
from the date of the Invitation to Bid, up to 11:00 A.M. Central
Time ("CT"), on the bid opening date, and will be opened
publicly by the Director of Procurement and Materials Management
or her designee at 11:00 AM CT on July 21, 2026. The public
cannot attend but can view the bid opening at
https://mwrd.org/bid-opening.
No bids will be accepted after 11:00 A.M. CT on the above
scheduled bid opening date. All bids faxed, mailed, emailed, or
hand delivered will not be considered and will be returned to
the Bidder. There is no bid depository safe available for
mailing or hand-delivering bids. The District will only accept
bids electronically uploaded to the Euna portal (please see
instructions on how to upload the bid response on pages Euna-1
and Euna-2). Please see specific instructions on how to upload
your bid to the Euna portal in the bid document titled
"Submission via the Euna Portal." The Euna link is unique to
each solicitation. Bids will be deemed non-responsive if not
submitted using the project-specific Euna URL link provided by
the District with the bidding documents.
Tenders are invited to provide all necessary labor, supervision,
tools, equipment, materials and appurtenances, including
transportation necessary to perform routine monthly maintenance
and repair services at various District locations; schedule
annual testing and safety inspections with a qualified elevator
inspector and submit all the pertinent documents to the Office
of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) to acquire
certificates of operation for the vertical transportation
system(s) specified; and modernize the TARP East and West
elevator controls at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant (CWRP)
and rehabilitate the North Vent Shaft elevator at the Mainstream
Pumping Station (MSPS), until December 31, 2029, commencing upon
approval of the Contractor's Bond.

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A more detailed description of the work is provided in the
Detail Specifications.
The Contract is divided, for purposes of bidding, into five (5)
Groups. Bidders may submit a bid for any Group or combination of
Groups as set forth in the Proposal. When submitting a Proposal
for any group or combination of groups, the Bidder must bid on
every Item in that Group or the bid for that Group will be
considered non-responsive. For any Group not bid, the Bidder shall
insert "NO BID" in the appropriate place on the bid pricing
spreadsheet. For any Item/Group which is not bid, the Bidder shall
enter ZERO (0) into the Unit Cost fields for all Item(s)/Group(s)
as applicable. The District reserves the right to award a Contract
or Contracts to any Bidder or Bidders for any Group or combination
of Groups as it may deem to be in the best interest of the District.
The estimated cost of the work under this Contract for Groups A,
B, and C is not to exceed:
Group A - Stickney Service Area $1,215,840.00
Group B - Calumet Service Area $518,640.00
Group C - North Side Service Area $1,229,940.00
$2,964,420.00
The estimated cost of the work under this Contract for Groups D
and E is between $1,683,300.00 and $2,037,700.00.
Group D - Calumet Modernization $1,120,400.00
Group E - Mainstream Modernization $651,500.00
$1,771,900.00
The total estimated cost for this contract is $4,736,320.00.
Each proposal containing bids for Group D or E must be
accompanied by a bid deposit in the form of a bid bond in the
required amount. 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.
THE BID DEPOSIT FOR GROUP D OF THIS CONTRACT IS $56,000.00.
THE BID DEPOSIT FOR GROUP E OF THIS CONTRACT IS $32,500.00.

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Funding of all contract items is subject to the Board of
Commissioners' approval of the District's budget for all years
under this Contract.
Specifications, proposal forms and/or plans may be obtained from
the Department of Procurement and Materials Management by
downloading online from the District's website at
www.mwrd.org(Doing Business Procurement & Materials Management
Contract Announcements). No fee is required for the Contract
Documents. Any questions regarding the downloading of the
Contract Document should be directed to the following email:
contractdesk@mwrd.org or call 312-751-6643.
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.
Any Proposal which indicates multiple or alternate bids will be
deemed non-responsive and will be rejected by the Director of
Procurement and Materials Management.
Bidding documents are only available online, and all addenda
issued for this contract will be available online at the
District's website, www.mwrd.org. The path is as follows: Doing
BusinessProcurement and Materials ManagementContract
Announcements. A copy of such addenda will also be emailed/faxed
to each person which downloads a set of such contract documents.
Bidders shall acknowledge receipt of each addendum issued in the
space provided on the proposal signature page or submit a signed
copy of each addendum with the Bidder's proposal at the time and
date set to receive bids. Oral explanations will not be binding.
Proposals shall conform to all the terms and conditions of the
Bidding Requirements attached hereto. Failure to submit the
required documents as specified may render the bid non-
responsive and the bid may be rejected.
If any potential Bidder contemplating to submit a proposal is in
doubt as to the true meaning of any part of the specifications
or other Contract documents, such inquiry should be submitted
online at the District's website, www.mwrd.org. The path is as
follows: Doing Business Procurement and Materials Management
Contract Announcements. The District will provide an online
response to such inquiries, as the District deems appropriate.
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bidding documents will be available online on the District's
website until the bid opening date of the bidding documents. No
q0ue0stions will be accepted by telephone, fax, email, mail, or
any other such form of delivery.
The District will only respond to questions received online up
to ONE WEEK prior to the bid opening date of the bidding
documents. The District will not respond to questions received
after this date.
The District does not guarantee the timeliness of responses
provided online, nor does the District guarantee that such
responses will be provided in adequate time to affect the
submission of bids. The District shall provide responses online
ONLY if the responses do not interpret or otherwise
change the bidding documents.
The District's responses online are NOT official responses and,
therefore, are not binding to the bidding documents. Any
official interpretation or change to the bidding documents will
be made only by addenda duly issued to all plan holders on
record by the Director of Procurement and Materials Management.
Failure on the part of the prospective Bidder to receive a
written interpretation prior to the time of the opening of bids
will not be grounds for withdrawal of proposal.
Prior to award of the Contract, the lowest responsible Bidder
must demonstrate compliance with the District's 2017 Multi-
Project Labor Agreement (Cook County) (MPLA) by submitting to
the Director of Procurement and Materials Management a signed
Certificate of Compliance with Multi-Project Labor Agreement
(Cook County) (MPLA) (Revised October 2019). The Agreement and
Certificate of Compliance (Revised October 2019) are contained
in the Contract Documents.
Each Bidder must submit with their proposals a signed and
completed MBE/WBE Utilization Plan which lists each business
intended to be used as a MBE and WBE on pages UP-2 and UP-3 and
supplemental pages as necessary. The Bidder must sign the
Signature Section page on UP-4. Failure to submit a signed
MBE/WBE Utilization Plan will result in a bid being deemed non-
responsive and the bid will be rejected. Also, if a Waiver is
sought, the Bidder is required to sign pages UP-4 and UP-5,
the Waiver Request Form: failure to do so will be viewed as non-
responsive and the bid will be rejected.
Each Bidder must submit with their bid package an original or
facsimile copy of MBE/WBE Subcontractor's Letter of Intent, page
UP-6 for each subcontractor listed on their MBE/WBE Utilization
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must be completed and signed by the subcontractor and
accompanied with a copy of the subcontractor's current Letter of
Certification from a state, local government or agency or
documentation demonstrating that the subcontractor is a MBE or
WBE within the meaning of the Affirmative Action Ordinance,
Revised Appendix D. Failure to submit the MBE/WBE Utilization
Plan signed by the Bidder at the time of the bid opening and the
MBE/WBE Subcontractor's Letter of Intent signed by each MBE and
WBE will be viewed as non-responsive and the bid will be
rejected.
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 proposals 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 Owned-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.
VBE goals are separate from Minority-owned Business Enterprises
(MBE) and Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE) goals. An
Eligible Veteran who is also an MBE or WBE may be dual-utilized
to fulfill both goals. However, the three-percent (3%) VBE goal
must be accomplished in addition to the MBE/WBE goals set forth
in this Contract.
The MBE/WBE Utilization Plan MUST be signed by the Bidder, even
if the Bidder requests a waiver and/or offers itself to meet any
of the Appendix D goals. If the Bidder offers itself to satisfy
any of the Appendix D goals, then its name shall be shown in the
appropriate space(s) on the MBE/WBE Utilization Plan. If the
Bidder lists itself on the MBE/WBE Utilization Plan, an MBE/WBE
Subcontractor's Letter of Intent from the Bidder to itself must
be included.
Where a Bidder is a business owned and controlled by a minority
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venture or as a subcontractor, the Bidder may count the M/WBE
participation toward the achievement of either its MBE or WBE
goal, but not both.
Each Bidder's Utilization Plan must commit to MBE and/or WBE
participation equal to or greater than the associated goals
unless the Bidder indicates a partial or total waiver request on
page UP-5. If a waiver from Appendix D requirements is sought,
the Bidder will be required to provide documentation of "Good
Faith Efforts" to meet the Appendix D utilization goals, as
defined in Section 15(e) of the Affirmative Action Ordinance
Revised Appendix D. Subsequent to the bid opening, and if it is
determined by the Diversity Administrator that a Contractor's
Information Form is required from the apparent low Bidder, the
Bidder must complete and submit the form with (3) calendar days
of receiving the written request.
The work under this Contract is classified as "Mechanical" for
the Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Goals associated
with this contract are Minority-owned Business Enterprises
(MBE), Women-owned Business Enterprises (WBE), and Veteran-owned
Business Enterprises (VBE) individual goals contained in the
Affirmative Action Ordinance - Revised Appendix D. The
associated utilization goals for each Group under this Contract
are 20% MBE and/or WBE and 3% VBE.
The MBE, WBE and VBE goals are not applicable to Line Item 7 of
the Bid Pricing Spreadsheet,in the amount of $112,750 of Group A.
The MBE, WBE and VBE goals are not applicable to Line Item 6 of
the Bid Pricing Spreadsheet, in the amount of $48,750 of Group B.
The MBE, WBE and VBE goals are not applicable to Line Item 6 of
the Bid Pricing Spreadsheet, in the amount of $146,250 of Group C.
The MBE, WBE and VBE goals are not applicable to Line Item 2 of
the Bid Pricing Spreadsheet, in the amount of $50,000 of Group D.
The MBE, WBE and VBE goals are not applicable to Line Item 2 of
the Bid Pricing Spreadsheet, in the amount of $30,000 of Group E.
It is required that the prospective Bidder indicate
participation on Group A, and/or Group B, and/or Group C, and/or
Group D, and/or Group E, by signing each applicable Utilization
Plan contained within the Contract Document respective of each
of these Groups, for each Group the Bidder intends to submit a
bid. If the Bidder chooses to participate only on Group A,
and/or only on Group B, and/or only on Group C, and/or only on
Group D, and/or only on Group E, the Bidder shall clearly
indicate this by writing "NO BID" on the unused Utilization
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It is required that the prospective Bidder sign the Utilization
Plan contained within the Contract Document.
The Contractor must use the District's online compliance
monitoring system administered by the Diversity Section for
payment and reporting purposes, in order to fulfill the
Affirmative Action Program requirements.
The Bidder or Bidders to whom the Contract(s) is (are) awarded
must be prepared to comply with the requirements, goals, terms,
and conditions of the Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised
Appendix D, and the Veteran-Owned Business Enterprise
Contracting Policy Requirements Appendix V, throughout the life
of the Contract, as they pertain to Group A, and/or Group B,
and/or Group C, and/or Group D and/or Group E, as applicable.
Should you have any questions, please attend the Voluntary
Technical Pre-Bid Conference, where a representative from the
Diversity Office will be available to answer questions related
to these requirements, or post the question to the online
Question and Answer board as described above.
The Contractor agrees that in the event of failure to comply
with all requirements in APPENDIX D, the District may withhold
fifty percent (50%) of the current progress payment due to the
Contractor. The Contractor also agrees that following the
withholding of fifty percent (50%) of the current progress
payment, no further progress payments will be made until the
Contractor is in compliance with the above requirements.
The Voluntary Technical Pre-Bid meeting will be held online via
a Zoom meeting on Friday, July 10, 2026, at 10:30 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.
Failure on the part of the prospective Bidder to receive a
written interpretation prior to the time of the opening of bids
will not be grounds for withdrawal of proposal.
The Resident Engineer for this Contract is Mr. Kevin
Antoskiewicz. Mr. Antoskiewicz will provide online responses to
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Bidders are STRONGLY URGED to inspect all areas of the work
sites prior to bidding, in order to familiarize themselves with
the nature of the work and the method of accomplishing the same.
To schedule an appointment to inspect the work sites,
prospective Bidders may contact Kevin Antoskiewicz at (773) 256-
3556 between 7:00 A.M. and 2:30 P.M., Monday through Friday.
Attendees are advised to bring a hard hat and appropriate
footwear for an industrial type of facility and a current
business card. Bidders are encouraged to give themselves enough
time to clear security. Bidders are hereby cautioned that no
questions will be taken during any of the site inspections. As
noted above: Bidders are reminded they may instead raise
questions to the District's Question and Answer Board, online at
the District's website, at www.mwrd.org. The path is as follows:
Doing Business Procurement and Materials Management
Contract Announcements (Find correct project) Ask a
Question.
Bidders should read the bidding requirements set forth on pages
R-1 through R-6, and in particular 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 130/0.01 et seq.)
(the "Act"). Note that submission of certified payroll records
when requested by the District's Affirmative Action
Administrator in accordance with Section 14(b) of the District's
Affirmative Action Ordinance does not relieve a contractor of
its obligation to submit certified payroll records to the
Illinois Department of Labor pursuant to the Act.
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals.
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
of Greater Chicago
By Darlene A. LoCascio
Director of Procurement
and Materials Management
Chicago, Illinois
June 24, 2026