TRUCK HAULING OF LIQUID SLUDGE FROM THE LEMONT WATER RECLAMATION PLANT

Location:	Illinois
Posted:	Apr 15, 2026
Due:	May 5, 2026
Agency:	METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	68 - Chemicals and Chemical Products
Solicitation No:	26-847-11
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NOTICE

INVITATION TO BID

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO

FOR

TRUCK HAULING OF LIQUID SLUDGE FROM THE

LEMONT WATER RECLAMATION PLANT

CONTRACT 26-847-11

PROPOSALS ARE DUE MAY 5, 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 May 5, 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.

Tenders are invited to provide weekly truck hauling of liquid sludge from the Lemont Water

Reclamation Plant (WRP) to the Stickney and Calumet WRPs for a thirty-six (36) month

period, commencing upon approval of the Contractor’s Bond. The drop-off location will be

specified each time the service is requested.

The estimated cost of the work under this Contract is $612,000.00.

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 intends to obtain as much work as possible without exceeding the awarded

contract value. Bidders are cautioned, however, that due to unforeseen operating

conditions, the full amount may not be expended.

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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.

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 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.

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The contact person for this Contract is Mr. Andrew Gierut. Mr. Gierut 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 Engineer, Mr. Andrew Gierut, at

GierutA@mwrd.org and at (773) 256-3546, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 3:00

P.M., Monday through Friday.

Bidders are hereby cautioned that no questions will be taken during any of the site

inspections. 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 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.

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

April 15, 2026

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.

TRUCK HAULING OF LIQUID SLUDGE FROM THE LEMONT WATER RECLAMATION PLANT

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