Furnishing and Delivering Liquid Carbon Dioxide to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant

Agency:	Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
State:	Illinois
Type of Government:	State & Local
NAICS Category:	325120 - Industrial Gas Manufacturing
Posted Date:	Mar 20, 2024
Due Date:	Apr 9, 2024
Solicitation No:	24-641-11
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NOTICE

INVITATION TO BID

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO

FOR

FURNISHING AND DELIVERING LIQUID CARBON DIOXIDE

TO THE STICKNEY WATER RECLAMATION PLANT

CONTRACT 24-641-11

PROPOSALS ARE DUE APRIL 9, 2024

Sealed proposals, endorsed as above, will be submitted back to the District via an

electronic upload to the Bonfire Portal only, from the date of the Invitation to Bid, up to

11:00 A.M. Central Time, on the bid opening date, and will be opened publicly by the

Director of Procurement and Materials Management or designee at 11:00 A.M. on April

9, 2024. 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. 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 BONFIRE PORTAL

(HTTPS://MWRD.BONFIREHUB.COM/). PLEASE SEE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

ON HOW TO UPLOAD YOUR BID TO THE BONFIRE PORTAL IN THE BID

DOCUMENT ENTITLED “SUBMISSION VIA THE BONFIRE PORTAL.” BIDS WILL

BE DEEMED NON-RESPONSIVE IF NOT SUBMITTED USING THE BONFIRE

PROJECT-SPECIFIC URL LINK, PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT WITH THE

BIDDING DOCUMENTS.

Tenders are invited to furnish and deliver liquid carbon dioxide to the Stickney Water

Reclamation Plant, beginning five (5) calendar days after the mailing date of a purchase

order and terminating twenty-four (24) months thereafter, or upon expenditure of available

funds, whichever occurs sooner. All deliveries shall be completed in accordance with the

“Time” section of the Detail Specifications.

The Contract is divided, for purposes of bidding, into two (2) Items. Bidders must

submit bids for both Items or the bid will be rejected as non-responsive. The

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District intends to issue one (1) purchase order to one

(1) Contractor for all of the material to be furnished under this Contract.

The estimated cost of this Contract is $2,153,500.00.

The bid deposit for this Contract is $107,000.00.

Each Proposal must be accompanied by a bid deposit in the form of a bid bond. Please

see page P-3 in the Contract Documents for additional information.

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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.

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.

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.

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

Business  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.

Bidder shall acknowledge receipt of each addendum issued in the space provided on

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.

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.

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. 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 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.

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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.

The contact person for this contract is Ms. Debbra Hill. Ms. Hill will provide online

responses to online inquiries.

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 the Resident Engineer, Ms. Debbra Hill, at (708)588-

4158, between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M., Monday through Friday.

Bidders shall take special note of the stipulations on page G-4, under Interpretation of

Contract Documents, 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

Chicago, Illinois

March 20, 2024

By Darlene A. LoCascio

Director of Procurement

and Materials Management

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