SERVICES TO INSPECT AND REPAIR CATHODIC PROTECTION SYSTEMS

Location:	Illinois
Posted:	Jul 7, 2026
Due:	Jul 14, 2026
Agency:	METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	J - Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuilding of Equipment
Solicitation No:	26-634-11
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NOTICE

INVITATION TO BID

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO

FOR

SERVICES TO INSPECT AND REPAIR CATHODIC PROTECTION SYSTEMS

CONTRACT 26-634-11

PROPOSALS ARE DUE JULY 14, 2026

Sealed proposals, endorsed as above, will be submitted back 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 designee at 11:00 AM on July 14, 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, 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.

Tenders are invited to furnish all necessary labor, supervision,

tools, equipment, materials, and appurtenances, including

transportation, necessary to perform specialized repair services

for Cathodic Protection Systems at various locations throughout

the District. The contract shall commence upon approval of the

Contractor’s Bond and terminate on December 31,2029.

The Contract is divided, for purposes of bidding, into sixteen

(16) Items. Bidders must submit bids for all sixteen (16) items,

and all sub-items contained therein, or the bid will be rejected

as non-responsive. The District intends to award one Contract to

one Bidder for all services to be furnished under this Contract.

The estimated cost of the work under this Contract is

$650,000.00.

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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 intends to obtain as much work as possible without

exceeding the above-stated values. However, Bidders are

cautioned that, due to unforeseen operating conditions, the full

amount may not be expended.

There is no Bid Deposit for this Contract. Funding of 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 following email:

contractdesk@mwrd.org or call 312-751-6643.

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.

Failure to submit the complete set of contract documents as

specified may render the bid non-responsive and the bid may be

rejected.

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.

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. Oral explanations will not be binding.

Proposals shall conform to all the terms and conditions of the

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Bidding Requirements attached hereto. Failure to submit the

required documents as specified may render the bid nonresponsive

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. 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.

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 Resident Engineer for this contract is Mr. Phong Huynh. Mr.

Huynh 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.

Bidders are asked to contact the Resident Engineer, Phong Huynh,

to schedule a site inspection, Monday through Friday, 7:00 A.M.

to 2:30 P.M., at (708)588-4128 or e-mail HuynhP@mwrd.org.

Bidders are reminded that no questions will be taken during any

site inspections. The District’s website (www.mwrd.org) will be

used for addressing any questions, as indicated in the

Invitation to Bid documents for this Contract. The path is as

follows: Doing Business  Procurement and Materials Management

 Contract Announcements  (Find correct project)  Ask a

Question.

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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.

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

of Greater Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

June 24, 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.

SERVICES TO INSPECT AND REPAIR CATHODIC PROTECTION SYSTEMS

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