Farming at the Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant

Agency:	Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
State:	Illinois
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	68 - Chemicals and Chemical Products
Posted:	Nov 1, 2023
Due:	Nov 21, 2023
Solicitation No:	24-753-11
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NOTICE

INVITATION TO BID

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO

FOR

FARMING AT THE HANOVER PARK

WATER RECLAMATION PLANT

CONTRACT 24-753-11

PROPOSALS ARE DUE NOVEMBER 21, 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 on November 21, 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, 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 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 for farming operations and sub-surface injection

of biosolids for the fields at the Hanover Park Water Reclamation

Plant for an approximate three (3) year period beginning upon

approval of the Contractor’s Bond and terminating December 31, 2026,

or upon the expenditure of available funds, whichever occurs sooner.

The estimated cost of the work under this Contract is $890,000.00.

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 three (3)

Items. Bidders must submit bids for all three (3) Items or the bid

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

one (1) Contract to one (1) Bidder for all the work to be performed.

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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 following email:

contractdesk@mwrd.org or call 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.

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

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  (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.

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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. John D’Ambrosia. This

contact person will provide online responses to online inquiries.

Bidders are STRONGLY URGED to inspect all areas of the work sites

prior to bidding, to familiarize themselves with the nature of the

work and the method of accomplishing the same. To schedule a site

inspection, prospective Bidders may contact the Resident Engineer,

Mr. John D’Ambrosia, at (630) 736-4215, between the hours of 8:00

A.M. and 3:00 P.M., Monday through Friday. Bidders are reminded

that no questions will be taken during any site inspections.

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.).

Bidders are required to review 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

November 1, 2023

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

of Greater Chicago

By Darlene A. LoCascio

Director of Procurement

and Materials Management

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