PRE-EMPLOYMENT PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS, POST-OFFER PHYSICAL ASSESSMENTS AND RELATED SERVICES

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NOTICE
INVITATION TO BID
TO
METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO
PRE-EMPLOYMENT PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS, POST-OFFER
PHYSICAL ASSESSMENTS AND RELATED SERVICES
CONTRACT 26-RFP-08
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago ("District") requests proposals from any
prospective Proposer for the above captioned subject which is described in document 26-RFP-08.
PROPOSALS ARE DUE: July 31, 2026
Sealed proposals, endorsed as above, will be submitted to the District via an electronic upload to the Euna Portal
only. See "Submission Via the Euna Portal" for instructions. Proposals will be accepted from the date of the
Invitation to Bid, up to 11:00 A.M. Central Time ("CT") on the date stated above.
No bids will be accepted after 11:00 A.M. CT on the above scheduled due date. Faxed, mailed, emailed, or
hand-delivered proposals will not be accepted. There is no Bid Depository safe for this purpose.
The District is seeking a vendor to perform the following services: pre-employment medical examinations and drug
tests; return-to-work medical examinations and drug tests; and post-offer physical assessments for physically
demanding jobs. The preference is for these services to be conducted in a single visit to the provider's facility. A
complete description of the required services is provided in the proposal document, Section II, Scope of Work. The
contract for these services will be for the period January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2029.
The Cost Estimate for this Contract is $150,000.00. Funding of all contract items is subject to the Board of
Commissioners' approval of the budget for those years.
Copies of the Request for Proposal are only available online from the District's website at www.mwrd.org
(cid:198)DOING BUSINESS (cid:198) PROCUREMENT & MATERIALS MANAGEMENT (cid:198) CONTRACT
ANNOUNCEMENTS) (cid:198) [locate the Contract] (cid:198) BIDDING DOCUMENTS. No fee is required for the Request
for Proposal documents. Any questions regarding the downloading of Request for Proposal documents should be
directed to contractdesk@mwrd.org or call (312) 751-6643.
Further, the District assumes no liability or responsibility for the failure or inability of any Proposer 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 Proposer, whether caused by
the District or other parties, directly or indirectly.
If any potential Proposer 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(cid:198)Procurement and Materials Management(cid:198)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 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 date set to receive
proposals. 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
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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.
Proposers are to include with their 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. Bidding
documents are available only online, and any addenda issued for this contract will be available online at the
District's website, www.mwrd.org (Doing Business (cid:198) Procurement and Materials Management (cid:198) Contract
Announcements). Addenda will also be emailed/faxed to each person receiving a set of such contract documents
and to such other prospective Proposers as shall have requested that they be furnished with a copy of the addenda.
The contact person for the request for proposal is Cherise M. Henderson, Human Resources Manager. This contact
person will provide online responses to online inquiries.
The District reserves the right to accept any Request for Proposal or any part thereof or to reject any and all Request
for Proposals.
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
of Greater Chicago
Darlene A. LoCascio
Director of Procurement & Materials Management
DATE OF ADVERTISEMENT: Wednesday, July 1, 2026
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