SERVICES TO REMOVE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FROM VARIOUS DISTRICT LOCATIONS

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NOTICE
INVITATION TO BID
METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO
FOR
SERVICES TO REMOVE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FROM VARIOUS DISTRICT LOCATIONS, ON AN AS NEEDED
BASIS, FOR A THREE-YEAR PERIOD
CONTRACT 27-348-11
PROPOSALS ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 29, 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 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 September 29, 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 for 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.
Tenders are invited to provide all materials, equipment, transportation, labor, and supervision and
appurtenances needed to remove and dispose of hazardous materials from various District locations, on
an "as-needed" basis, from the issuance of the purchase order in January 2027 through December 31,
2029. Hazardous materials to be mitigated include, but are not limited to asbestos, lead, mold, bird
droppings, and other decontamination related to disease. Funding of all contract items is subject to the
Board of Commissioners' approval of the budget for those years.
The possible sites of the required work could be at all District facilities, but not limited to:
Stickney Water Reclamation Plant
6001 W. Pershing Road, Cicero, Illinois
Racine Avenue Pumping Station
3838 S. Racine Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Calumet Water Reclamation Plant
400 E. 130th Street, Chicago, Illinois
O'Brien Water Reclamation Plant
3500 Howard Street, Skokie, Illinois
Egan Water Reclamation Plant
550 South Meacham Road, Schaumburg, Illinois

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The estimated cost of the work under this Contract is not to exceed $275,000.00. Notwithstanding the
unit costs, extensions, and TOTAL BID, the total value of the work ordered under this contract is not to
exceed $275,000.00. 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 required 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.
The Contract is divided, for purposes of bidding, into two (2) items. Bidders must submit bids for both
items or the bid will be rejected as non-responsive. The District intends to issue one (1) contract to one
(1) Bidder for all the work to be performed.
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 you may call 312-
751-6643.
Failure to submit the required documents as specified may render the bid non-responsive and the bid
may be rejected.
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.
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 BusinessProcurement and Materials
ManagementContract 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 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.

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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 BusinessProcurement
and Materials ManagementContract Announcements. A copy of such addenda will also be
emailed/faxed to each person which downloads a set of such contract documents.
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.
Prior to award of the contract, the lowest responsible Bidder must demonstrate compliance with the
District's Multi-Project Labor Agreement by submitting to the Director of Procurement and Materials
Management a signed Certificate of Compliance with the Multi-Project Labor Agreement. The Agreement
and Certificate of Compliance are contained in the Contract Documents.
Each Bidder must submit with their proposals a signed and completed MBE/WBE Utilization Plan which
lists each business intended to be used as an MBE and WBE on pages UP-2 and UP-3 and supplemental
pages as necessary. The Bidder must sign the Signature Section page on UP-4. Failure to submit a signed
MBE/WBE Utilization Plan will result in a bid being deemed non-responsive and the bid will be rejected.
Also, if a Waiver is sought, the Bidder is required to sign pages UP-4 and UP-5, the Waiver Request Form;
failure to do so will be viewed as non-responsive and the bid will be rejected.
Each Bidder must submit with their bid package an original or facsimile copy of the MBE/WBE
Subcontractor's Letter of intent, page UP-6 for each subcontractor listed on their MBE/WBE Utilization
Plan. The submitted MBE/WBE Subcontractor's Letter of Intent must be completed and signed by the
subcontractor and accompanied with a copy of the subcontractor's current Letter of Certification from a
state, local government agency or documentation demonstrating that the subcontractor is an MBE or
WBE within the meaning of the Affirmative Action Ordinance, Revised Appendix D. Failure to submit the
MBE/WBE Utilization Plan signed by the Bidder at the time of the bid opening and the MBE/WBE
Subcontractor's Letter of Intent signed by each MBE and WBE will be viewed as non-responsive, and the
bid will be rejected.
If the Bidder exceeds the allowable Supplier Utilization amount which is stated in the bid documents, the
bid will be viewed as non-responsive. Therefore, the Bidder may not exceed the use of an MBE or WBE
supplier for more than 50% of each respective MBE or WBE goal, unless the Administrator has authorized
a Supplier's Exception notated on page AU-I.
Each Bidder must submit with their proposals a completed VBE Commitment Form which lists each
business intended to be used as a VBE. The Bidder must make a "Good Faith Effort" to identify eligible
Veteran Owned-Businesses by completing the VBE Commitment Form. If the Bidder is unable to identify
qualified VBE subcontractors capable of providing goods or services required by the contract, the Bidder
must write "no participation" on the VBE Commitment Form. Where a Bidder has failed to meet the VBE
participation goal, the Administrator shall require the Contractor to submit a Veteran's Business
Enterprise Good Faith Efforts Documentation Request Form and provide additional documentation of its
good faith efforts in attempting to fulfill the VBE goal.
The Contractor must use the District's online compliance monitoring system administered by the
Diversity Section for payment and reporting purposes, in order to fulfill the Affirmative Action Program
requirement.

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The MBE/WBE Utilization Plan MUST be signed by the bidder, even if the bidder requests a waiver and/or
offers itself to meet any of the Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix D goals. If the bidder offers
itself to satisfy any of the Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix D goals, then its name shall be
shown in the appropriate space(s) on the MBE/WBE Utilization Plan.
Where a Bidder is a business owned and controlled by a minority woman (M/WBE), or where the Bidder
utilizes an M/WBE in a joint venture or as a subcontractor, the Bidder may count the M/WBE participation
toward the achievement of either its MBE or WBE goal, but not both.
Each Bidder's Utilization Plan must commit to MBE and/or WBE participation equal to or greater than the
associated goals unless the Bidder indicates a partial or total waiver request on page UP-5. If a waiver
from Appendix D requirements is sought, the Bidder will be required to provide documentation of "Good
Faith Efforts" to meet the Appendix D utilization goals, as defined in Section 15(e) of the Affirmative Action
Ordinance Revised Appendix D. Subsequent to the bid opening, and if it is determined by the Diversity
Administrator that a Contractor's Information Form is required from the apparent low Bidder, the Bidder
must complete and submit the form with (3) calendar days of receiving the written request.
The work under this Contract is classified as "General Construction Services" for the MBE, WBE and VBE
utilization goals contained in the Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix D and Appendix V. The
associated goals are 15% Minority-owned Business Enterprises (MBE) and/or Women-owned Business
Enterprises (WBE) and 3% Veteran-owned Business Enterprises (VBE). Should you have any questions,
please contact the Diversity Office at 312-751-4034. It is required that the prospective Bidder indicates
participation by signing each applicable MBE/WBE Utilization Plan contained with the Contract Document.
The contact person for this contract is Ms. Teresa Garcia. This contact person will provide online
responses to online inquiries.
The Voluntary Technical Pre-Bid Meeting will be held online via a Zoom meeting on Wednesday,
09/16/2026, at 10:00 a.m. Central Time. The link to the Zoom meeting is attached in a separate Word
document under the "Additional Documents" column on the District's website at mwrd.org (Doing
BusinessProcurement & Materials ManagementContract Announcements(Find correct
project)Bidding Documents). The purpose of the Voluntary Technical Pre-Bid meeting is to review the
scope of work, to provide for identification and discussion of potential problems that might arise during
the administration of this Contract and seek clarification of technical or procedural aspects of this
Contract. There will be a Q&A session at the end of the meeting. Also, suppliers must give their contact
information to register prior to entering the Zoom Pre-Bid meeting.
All contracts for the Construction of Public Works are subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS
130/1 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

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By Darlene A. LoCascio
Director of Procurement &
Materials Management
Chicago, Illinois
September 02, 2026