Furnishing and Delivering Chemical Coagulants

Agency:	Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
State:	Illinois
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	68 - Chemicals and Chemical Products
Posted:	Oct 11, 2023
Due:	Oct 31, 2023
Solicitation No:	24-630-11
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NOTICE

INVITATION TO BID

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO

FOR

FURNISHING AND DELIVERING CHEMICAL COAGULANTS

CONTRACT 24-630-11

PROPOSALS ARE DUE OCTOBER 31, 2023

Sealed proposals, endorsed as above, will be submitted back to the

District via an electronic upload to the Bonfire 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 CT on October 31, 2023. 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 CT ON THE ABOVE-

SCHEDULED BID OPENING DATE. ALL BIDS FAXED, MAILED, E-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 BONFIRE PORTAL

(HTTPS://MWRD.BONFIREHUB.COM/).

PLEASE

SEE

SPECIFIC

INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO UPLOAD YOUR BID TO THE BONFIRE PORTAL

IN THE BID DOCUMENT ENTITLED “SUBMISSION VIA THE BONFIRE

PORTAL.” THE BONFIRE LINK IS UNIQUE TO EACH SOLICITATION. BIDS

WILL BE DEEMED NON-RESPONSIVE IF NOT SUBMITTED USING THE

PROJECT-SPECIFIC BONFIRE URL LINK PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT

WITH THE BIDDING DOCUMENTS.

Tenders are invited to furnish and deliver chemical coagulants to

the Calumet and Stickney Water Reclamation Plants for a thirteen

(13) month period.

The Contract is divided, for purposes of bidding, into two Groups.

Bidders may submit bids for any Group or combination of Groups as

set forth in the proposal. For any Group not bid, the Bidder shall

insert “NO BID” in the appropriate place. The District reserves

the right to issue 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 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District to do

so. When bidding on any Group, Bidders must submit bids for all

Items in that Group or the Bid will be rejected as non-responsive.

The estimated cost of the work under this Contract is as follows:

Group:

A – F&D Ferric Chloride

B – F&D Aluminum Sulfate

TOTAL

Estimated Cost

$8,235,500.00

$5,764,500.00

$14,000,000.00

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Each proposal must be accompanied by a bid deposit in the form of

a bid bond in the amount required for each Group bid. Each bid

bond must be underwritten by a surety licensed to do business in

the State of Illinois, listed in the latest copy of the Federal

Management. The bid bond must contain signatures from the Bidder

and Surety Company. Failure to provide signatures on the bid bond

will result in the rejection of the bid.

Photographic and/or stamped signatures are acceptable. Any

proposal submitted without being accompanied by the required bid

deposit, in the aforesaid form, will not be considered and will

not be read after it is publicly opened.

THE BID DEPOSIT FOR THIS CONTRACT IS:

Group A – Furnish And Deliver Ferric Chloride

Group B – Furnish And Deliver Aluminum Sulfate

TOTAL

$330,000.00

$230,000.00

$560,000.00

Funding of all Contract items is subject to the Board of

Commissioners’ approval of the District’s budget for all years

under this Contract.

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.

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.

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 space

provided on proposal signature page or submit a signed copy of

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each addendum with the Bidder’s proposal at the time and date set

to receive bids. Oral explanations will not be binding.

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. 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. 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. Adam Pulse. The contact

person will provide online responses to online inquiries.

Bidders shall take special 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 130/1-12).

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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

October 11, 2023

Darlene A. LoCascio

Director of Procurement and

Materials Management

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