Underground Utility Locating and Marking

Agency:	Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
State:	Illinois
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	C - Architect and Engineering Services - Construction
Posted:	Nov 8, 2023
Due:	Dec 5, 2023
Solicitation No:	24-698-11
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NOTICE

INVITATION TO BID

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO

FOR

UNDERGROUND UTILITY LOCATING AND MARKING

CONTRACT 24-698-11

PROPOSALS ARE DUE DECEMBER 5, 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),

on the bid opening date, and will be opened publicly by the Director

of Procurement and Materials Management or designee at 11:00 A.M.

on December 5, 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 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

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.” BIDS WILL BE DEEMED

NON-RESPONSIVE IF NOT SUBMITTED USING THE BONFIRE PROJECT-SPECIFIC

URL LINK, PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT WITH THE BIDDING DOCUMENTS.

Tenders are invited to provide all necessary labor, supervision,

tools, equipment, materials, appurtenances, including

transportation and fuel, as required to perform the work as

described herein and as directed by the Resident Engineer. Work

includes but is not limited to screening and clearing Emergency,

Rush, Short, and Normal JULIE (Joint Utility Locating Information

for Excavators) and 811 Chicago (DIGGER) locate requests; locating

and marking underground District facilities including sanitary

intercepting and storm sewers, diversion structures, gate chambers,

buried control structures, vaults, electrical lines, communication

lines and any other underground District facility/infrastructure

not listed; executing joint meet requests; and providing damage

investigations within the boundaries of the District’s service area

for a period of twenty four (24) months beginning upon approval of

the contractor’s bond.

The estimated cost of the work under this Contract is $660,000.00.

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.

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The Contract is divided, for purposes of bidding, into seven (7)

Items. Bidders must submit bids for all seven (7) Items or the bid

will be rejected as non-responsive. The District intends to award

one Contract to one 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 and 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 e-mail:

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.

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.

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.

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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 Resident Engineer for this Contract is Mr. Paul Sobanski. Mr.

Sobanski will provide online responses to online inquiries.

Bidders are STRONGLY URGED to inspect all potential/general 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. The Contractor is hereby advised however,

that the sites of the work proposed herein can and will be at

various, potentially diverse areas and locations throughout the

District's service area. Exact or specific locations cannot be

known until the need for Contract work has presented itself.

Prospective Bidders may schedule an appointment to inspect the

possible, potential, general and/or accessible work sites, by

contacting Mr. Paul Sobanski, at (708) 588-4080, between the hours

of 7:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M., Monday through Friday.

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 130/1 et. seq.).

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

November 8, 2023

By Darlene A. LoCascio

Director Of Procurement

and Materials Management

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