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NOTICE
INVITATION TO BID
TO
METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO
FOR
STREET SWEEPERS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS
CONTRACT 26-612-11
PROPOSALS ARE DUE FEBRUARY 17, 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 February 17, 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). 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.
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.
Tenders are invited to provide all necessary labor, supervision, materials, tools,
equipment, and appurtenances, including transportation, to provide the services of street
sweepers at the District’s biosolids handling facilities. Work shall commence upon
approval of the Contractor’s Bond and terminate thirty-six (36) months thereafter, or upon
expenditure of available funds, whichever occurs sooner.
The Contract is divided, for purposes of bidding, into two (2) Groups, as shown on
the bid pricing spreadsheet. Bidders may submit a bid for either or both Groups as
set forth in the Proposal. When submitting a proposal for any Group, 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 on the bid pricing spreadsheet. The District reserves the right to
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award a Contract or Contracts to any Bidder or Bidders for any Group or
combination of Groups as it may deem to be in the best interest of the District.
The estimated cost of the work under this Contract is not to exceed the following amounts:
Group A – Lawndale Avenue Solids Management Area (LASMA):
Group B – Calumet Solids Management Areas (CALSMA):
TOTAL FOR BOTH GROUPS:
$ 144,000.00
$ 127,000.00
$ 271,000.00
Funding of all Contract items is subject to the Board of Commissioners’ approval of the
District’s budget for all years under this Contract.
There is no bid deposit required for this Contract. A Contractor’s bond will be required.
Please refer to the CONTRACTOR’S BOND section in the Agreement for additional
information about this requirement.
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.
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.
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.
Any Proposal which indicates multiple or alternate bids will be deemed non-responsive
and will be rejected by the Director of Procurement and Materials Management.
Proposals shall conform to all the terms and conditions of the Bidding Requirements
attached hereto. Failure to submit the required documents as specified may render the
bid non-responsive and the bid may be rejected.
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.
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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.
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 contact person for this Contract is Mr. Raphael Frost. Mr. Frost 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 the Resident Engineers, Mr. Raphael Frost for Group A,
at FrostR@mwrd.org or 708-588-4302, and/or Mr. Andrew Gierut for Group B, at
GierutA@mwrd.org or 773-256-3704, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. CT.
Bidders are hereby cautioned that no questions will be taken during any of the site
inspections. As noted above: Bidders are reminded they may instead raise questions to
the District’s Question and Answer Board, online at the District’s website, at
www.mwrd.org. The path is as follows: Doing Business → Procurement and Materials
Management → Contract Announcements → (Find correct project) → Ask a Question.
Bidders should read the bidding requirements set forth on pages R-1 through R-6, and in
particular 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 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.
Chicago, Illinois
January 28, 2026
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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
of Greater Chicago
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.