PUBLIC TENDER OF BIDS FOR A 14-YEAR LEASE ON APPROXIMATELY...

Location:	Illinois
Posted:	Mar 17, 2026
Due:	Mar 24, 2026
Agency:	METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	X - Lease or Rental of Facilities
Solicitation No:	26-360-11
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NOTICE

INVITATION TO BID

THE METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO

FOR

PUBLIC TENDER OF BIDS FOR A 14-YEAR LEASE ON 2.5+ ACRES OF DISTRICT REAL

ESTATE LOCATED AT 15680 CANAL BANK ROAD, LEMONT, ILLINOIS, KNOWN AS

MAIN CHANNEL PARCEL 23.10

LEASE NUMBER: 26-360-11

PROPOSALS ARE DUE: March 24, 2026

Sealed proposals, endorsed as above, will be submitted back to the District via an electronic upload to the Euna Portal only,

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 by the Director of Procurement and Materials Management or designee at 11:00 AM on March 24, 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). Please see specific instructions on how to

upload your bid to the Euna Portal in the bid document entitled “Submission via the Euna Portal.” Bids will be deemed

non-responsive if not submitted using the Euna-project specific URL link, provided by the District with the bidding

documents.

The land to be leased is 2.5+ acres of District real estate located at 15680 Canal Bank Road, Lemont, Illinois; Main Channel

Parcel 23.10. The leasehold is improved with gravel and a chain link fence. Sewer and water are not extended to this site. The

Village of Lemont (“Village”) intends to install a new bike path along the northern boundary of the parcel and will require the

successful bidder to build a fence around the parcel for visual screening from the bike path. Furthermore, the Village may

request a portion of the site to be used for a small parking area to serve the new bike path. If requested, the successful bidder

must surrender the needed portion, and the annual rental amount will be decreased by a prorated amount based upon square

footage. To the extent practicable, the Village and the District will coordinate with the tenant to minimize the operational

impact.

As of the invitation date, the site is zoned “Business District- B-4 Commercial Recreation” by the Village of Lemont. The

tenant will be responsible for securing all necessary permits and approvals, including any required under the District’s

Watershed Management Ordinance (“WMO”).

The District’s Board of Commissioners has established the fair market value of the property at $750,000.00 and the minimum

initial annual rental bid at $75,000.00. A form lease to be used in this transaction is attached hereto. The District reserves

the right to make any changes or modifications to the lease as it deems necessary prior to award of any lease.

The lease shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder in accordance with bid procedures set forth by state law 70 ILCS

2605/8c et seq., and subject to the acceptance and approval of the bid by the Board of Commissioners of the District. The highest

bidder will be required to provide financial statements and/or other information to establish its financial responsibility.

Copies of the bid documents 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

bid documents. Any questions regarding the downloading of bid documents should be directed to contractdesk.org or call

(312) 751-6643.

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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.

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→Procurement and Materials Management→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.

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→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.

Each proposal must be accompanied by a bid deposit to be paid to the District via ACH (Automated Clearing House) transfer

in an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the initial annual rental based on bidder’s Proposal. Payment of such bid deposit

by check of any kind will not be accepted, and all bid deposits must be received no later than the bid opening time. Any

proposal submitted without a timely submitted bid deposit will not be considered and will not be read after it is publicly

opened.

To submit a bid deposit, visit the District’s website at www.mwrd.org. The path is as follows: DOING BUSINESS →

PROCUREMENT & MATERIALS MANAGEMENT → CONTRACT ANNOUNCEMENTS. At the Contract Number for

this Lease, click the “Submit Bid Deposit” link then fill in all required fields and carefully review your information on the

subsequent pages (SUBMIT BID DEPOSIT → PAYMENT → CONFIRMATION → RECEIPT). You will not be allowed

to continue to each next page unless all required fields are properly filled in. Upon completion of the process, an email will

be sent to your attention acknowledging that payment of your bid deposit has been initiated and that payment, once approved,

will be applied to your account. If you do not receive a confirmation email, please check your spam and junk email folders.

Ensure the MWRD emails are not filtered as spam. Any questions concerning making such deposits should be directed to

the District’s Clerk/Director of Finance Jacqueline Torres at 312-751-6500 or by email to torresj@mwrd.org, or Financial

Analyst Jack Lesnicki at 312-751-6522 or by email to lesnickij@mwrd.org.

The required bid deposit will be forfeited in the event the successful bidder fails to execute a lease agreement within 13 days

of its tender. All other deposits will be returned to the respective depositors. The form of the lease currently used for this

transaction is available for inspection at the District office identified below.

The successful bidder, if other than the initial applicant, will pay to the District the cost for obtaining the applicant's two (2)

appraisal reports, the cost of which will be documented upon execution of the lease. In order for the initial applicant to be

reimbursed for its costs in obtaining 2 appraisal reports, said initial applicant must submit a qualifying bid in this matter. In

addition, if not already submitted, the successful bidder will obtain at its cost a plat of survey and legal description of the

subject premises and submit same to the District within 21 days of the award.

The District reserves the right to reject any or all proposals.

The District offers all prospective tenants that are awarded leases through competitive bidding the opportunity to participate in

the District’s Green Infrastructure Program. Participation is voluntary for all private non-governmental entities. Under the

program, private entities can receive a credit equal to $0.50 on the $1.00, up to 10% of the annual rent owed to the District,

capped at the first 10 years of the lease, for expenditures related to pre-approved green infrastructure. If interested, see the Green

Infrastructure Program Information Sheet included with this Bid Package.

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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 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 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 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.

The contact person for the request for proposal is Senior Attorney Margarett Zilligen. Mrs. Zilligen will provide online

responses to online inquiries.

The District reserves the right to accept any Proposal or any part thereof or to reject any and all Proposals.

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF

GREATER CHICAGO

By: Darlene A. LoCascio

Director of Procurement & Materials Management

(Newspapers and dates of advertisement)

Chicago Tribune: March 4, 2026, March 11, 2026, and March 18, 2026

This is the opportunity summary page. It provides an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation.

PUBLIC TENDER OF BIDS FOR A 14-YEAR LEASE ON APPROXIMATELY 2.5 ACRES OF DISTRICT REAL ESTATE LOCATED AT 15680 CANAL BANK ROAD IN LEMONT, ILLINOIS, KNOWN AS MAIN CHANNEL PARCEL 23.10

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