FURNISH AND DELIVER STEM GATE VALVES TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS FOR A ONE (1) YEAR PERIOD

NOTICE
INVITATION TO BID
to
METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO

for
CONTRACT 26-025-1H

FURNISH & DELIVER STEM GATE VALVES
TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS FOR A ONE-YEAR PERIOD

DUE MAY 5, 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, from the date of the Invitation to Bid, up to 11:00
A.M. (Central Standard Time) on the bid opening date, and will be opened publicly online by the Director of
Procurement and Materials Management or designee at 11:00 AM on May 5, 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 AM 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). Bids will be
deemed non-responsive if not submitted using the Euna-project specific URL link, provided by the District with
the bidding documents.

Tenders are invited to furnish and deliver stem gate valves.
The estimated cost of this Contract is: $108,000.00
No bid deposit is required for 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 (the path is: 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 you may call 312-751-6643.

Failure to submit the required documents as specified may render the bid non-responsive and the bid may be
rejected

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.

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 Businesses > Procurement and Materials Management > Contract
Announcements. The District will provide an online response to such inquiries, as the District deems appropriate.
Strings of appropriate questions and answers regarding the bidding documents will be available online on the
District's website until the bid opening date of the bidding documents. No questions 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

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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.

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 Businesses > Procurement and Materials
Management > Contract Announcements. A copy of such addenda will also be emailed/faxed to each person
which downloads a set of such contract documents.

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 District will only respond to questions received online up to ONE WEEK prior to the bid opening date of the
bidding.

The contact person for this contract is Scott Kowalski. Mr. Kowalski will provide on-line responses to on-line
inquiries regarding this contract.

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals.

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
of Greater Chicago

Chicago, Illinois Darlene A. LoCascio,
April 22, 2026 Director of Procurement & Materials Management

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