FURNISHING AND DELIVERING CALCIUM NITRATE TO THE KIRIE WATER RECLAMATION PLANT

Location:	Illinois
Posted:	Mar 11, 2026
Due:	Mar 31, 2026
Agency:	METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	68 - Chemicals and Chemical Products
Solicitation No:	26-709-11
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NOTICE

INVITATION TO BID

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO

FOR

CONTRACT 26-709-11

FURNISHING AND DELIVERING CALCIUM NITRATE

TO THE KIRIE WATER RECLAMATION PLANT

PROPOSALS ARE DUE MARCH 31, 2026

Sealed proposals, endorsed as above, will be submitted to the Metropolitan Water

Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (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 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 A.M. CT on March 31, 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 A.M. 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 Euna portal. Please see instructions on how to upload the bid

response on pages Euna-1 and Euna-2 in the bid document. Please see specific

instructions on how to upload your bid to the Euna portal in the bid document

entitled “Submission via the Euna Portal.” The Euna link is unique to each

solicitation. Bids will be deemed non-responsive if not submitted using the

project-specific Euna URL link provided by the District with the bidding

documents.

Tenders are invited to provide all necessary tools, equipment, hoses and connectors,

labor, transportation, expertise, supervision, and services to furnish and deliver calcium

nitrate to the Kirie Water Reclamation Plant service area, for a twenty-four (24) month

period. The Contract shall commence five (5) business days following the

mailing/emailing date of a Purchase Order, or June 1, 2026, whichever occurs later, and

shall terminate twenty-four (24) months thereafter, or upon expenditure of available

funds, whichever occurs sooner.

The Contract is divided, for the purposes of bidding, into three (3) Bid Items, as

shown on the bid pricing spreadsheet. When submitting a proposal, Bidders must

submit bids for all three (3) 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) Bidder for all of the material to be furnished under this Contract.

The District intends to award one (1) Contract to one (1) Bidder for all the work to be

performed.

The estimated cost of the work under this Contract is not to exceed $200,000.00.

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There is no bid deposit for this Contract.

Funding for 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 District’s Contract Desk at

ContractDesk@mwrd.org or (312) 751-6643.

Failure to submit the required documents as specified may render the bid non-

responsive and the bid may be rejected.

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.

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

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Announcements. A copy of such addenda will also be emailed/faxed to each person

which downloads a set of such contract documents.

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

the 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.

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 lead Resident Engineer for this Contract is Ms. Fay Costa. Ms. Costa 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 Ms. Fay Costa, at (847) 375-2502, between the hours

of 7:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M., Monday through Friday.

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

Documents, in regard 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 11, 2026

By Darlene A. LoCascio

Director of Procurement

and Materials Management

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

FURNISHING AND DELIVERING CALCIUM NITRATE TO THE KIRIE WATER RECLAMATION PLANT

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