REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION TO PARTICIPATE IN A REVERSE AUCTION TO SUPPLY ELECTRICITY TO THE MWRD

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NOTICE
INVITATION TO BID
TO
METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION TO PARTICIPATE IN A REVERSE AUCTION
TO SUPPLY ELECTRICITY TO THE MWRD
CONTRACT 26-RFP-03
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-03.
PROPOSALS ARE DUE JULY 10, 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" section for instructions. Proposals will
be accepted from the date of the Invitation to Bid, up to 11:00 A.M. Central Time ("CT"), on July
10, 2026. Bids will be deemed non-responsive if not submitted using the project-specific Euna
URL link provided by the District with the bidding documents.
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 purpose of this Request for Proposal ("RFP") is to solicit qualifications from prospective
suppliers interested in participating in reverse auctions to provide electricity to the District.
Proposers will submit their credentials and be evaluated through the RFP process to confirm their
ability to meet the District's operational and reliability requirements. Suppliers determined to be
qualified will be invited to participate in online reverse auctions, during which they will submit
real-time, competitive pricing offers for electricity.
Copies of the Request for Proposal are only available online from the District's website at
www.mwrd.org (DOING BUSINESS PROCUREMENT & MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
CONTRACT ANNOUNCEMENTS). 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.
The District assumes no liability or responsibility for the failure or inability of any Proposer to
successfully download any and all RFP 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 RFP documents by the Proposer, whether caused by the District or other parties,
directly or indirectly.
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 RFP. 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 RFP will be available online at the District's website, www.mwrd.org (Doing
BusinessProcurement and Materials ManagementContract Announcements). Addenda will
also be emailed/faxed to each person receiving a set of such RFP documents and to such other
prospective Proposers who have requested that they be furnished with a copy of the addenda.

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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 RFP documents, such inquiry should be submitted online
at the District's website, www.mwrd.org. The path is as follows: Doing BusinessProcurement
and Materials ManagementContract 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 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 adequate time to affect the submission of bids. The District
must 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.
The Resident Engineer for the request for proposal is Matt McGregor, Managing Engineer. The
Resident Engineer 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
By Darlene A. LoCascio
Director of Procurement & Materials Management
DATE OF ADVERTISEMENT: Wednesday June 3, 2026