Services of Tractor Mounted Paddle Aerators and Rotavators with Operators
| Agency: | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago |
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| State: | Illinois |
| Type of Government: | State & Local |
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| Posted Date: | Mar 6, 2024 |
| Due Date: | Mar 26, 2024 |
| Solicitation No: | 24-696-11 |
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NOTICE
INVITATION TO BID
TO
METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO
FOR
SERVICES OF TRACTOR MOUNTED PADDLE AERATORS
AND ROTAVATORS WITH OPERATORS
CONTRACT 24-696-11
PROPOSALS ARE DUE MARCH 26, 2024
Sealed proposals, endorsed as above, will be submitted to the Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (“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 (“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 March 26, 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 AM 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 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.
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.
Tenders are invited to furnish all necessary labor, supervision, tools, equipment, materials
and appurtenances, including transportation, all equipment and operating crews, for the
services of up to six (6) paddle aerators and up to two (2) rotavators at the Lawndale
Avenue Solids Management Areas (LASMA), 7601 South Lagrange Road, Willow
Springs, IL 60480; and for up to four (4) paddle aerators and one (1) tractor mounted
rotavator at the Calumet Solids Management Areas (CALSMA), 12600 South Doty
Avenue, Chicago, IL 60628, process sites, and other sites, for a thirty-six (36) month
period, commencing on or about May 1, 2024, or upon approval of the Contractor’s Bond
whichever occurs later.
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The Contract is divided, for purposes of bidding, into two (2) Groups. Bidders may
submit a bid for either or both 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. The District
reserves the right to award a Contract or Contracts to any Bidder or Bidders for either or
both Groups as it may deem to be in the best interest of the District to do so.
The estimated cost of the work under this Contract is not to exceed the following amounts:
Group A – Lawndale Avenue Solids Management Area (LASMA): $ 4,020,000.00
Group B – Calumet Solids Management Area (CALSMA):
$ 2,827,500.00
TOTAL FOR BOTH GROUPS:
$ 6,847,500.00
There is no bid deposit for this Contract. A Contractor's bond will be required. Please refer
to the CONTRACTOR’S BOND section in the Agreement of this Contract document, for
additional information about this requirement.
Funding of all Contract items is subject to the Board of Commissioners’ approval of the
District’s budget for all years under this Contract.
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 Business Procurement and Materials Management Contract
Announcements (Find correct project) Ask a Question. 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 (1) 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.
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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.
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 Multi-Project Labor Agreement by submitting to the Director
of Procurement and Materials Management a signed Certificate of Compliance with the
Multi-Project Labor Agreement. The Agreement and Certificate of Compliance are
contained in the Contract Documents.
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 respective for each Group: Mr.
Raphael Frost at (708) 588-4302 for Group A, and/or Mr. Andrew Gierut at (773) 256-
3704 for Group B, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M., Monday through Friday.
The contact person for this Contract is Mr. Raphael Frost. Mr. Frost will provide online
responses to online inquiries.
Bidders should read 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 (if applicable), does not
relieve a contractor of its obligation to submit certified payroll records to the Illinois
Department of Labor pursuant to the Act.
Bidders are required to review and comply with Illinois Public Act 103-0327 regarding the
removal, hauling, and transportation of biosolids, lime sludge, and lime residue from a
water treatment plant or facility and the disposal of biosolids, lime sludge, and lime residue
removed from a water treatment plant or facility at a landfill.
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago reserves the right to
reject any or all Proposals.
Chicago, Illinois
March 6, 2024
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
of Greater Chicago
By Darlene A. LoCascio
Director of Procurement
and Materials Management
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