Furnish and Deliver One Sludge Thickening Centrifuge to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant

Agency:	Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
State:	Illinois
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	43 - Pumps and Compressors 68 - Chemicals and Chemical Products
Posted:	Oct 4, 2023
Due:	Oct 24, 2023
Solicitation No:	23-838-11
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NOTICE

INVITATION TO BID

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO

FOR

FURNISH AND DELIVER ONE SLUDGE THICKENING CENTRIFUGE

TO THE CALUMET WATER RECLAMATION PLANT

CONTRACT 23-838-11

PROPOSALS ARE DUE OCTOBER 24, 2023

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

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

(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 zone)(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 AM (CT) on October 24, 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 furnish and deliver one (1) new Trailer-

Mounted Sludge Thickening Centrifuge Unit to the Calumet Water

Reclamation Plant. The Contractor shall furnish and deliver the

Trailer-Mounted Thickening Centrifuge Unit, complete and fully

functional, including all accessories, documentation, manuals, and

the written warranty, including all manufacturer’s written

warranties as applicable, as specified herein, within four hundred

(400) calendar days after the mailing date of the Purchase Order.

The estimated cost of this Contract is $995,000.00.

Funding of all Contract items is subject to the Board of

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

under this Contract.

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There is no bid deposit required for 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.

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.

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.

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

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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. Mr. Pulse

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 Mr. Adam Pulse, at (773) 256-3580, between the

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

Bidders shall take special note of the stipulations on page G-4,

under Interpretation of Contract Documents, in regards to

questions on this Contract.

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals.

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

of Greater Chicago

By Darlene A. LoCascio

Director of Procurement

and Materials Management

Chicago, Illinois

October 4, 2023

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