On-Site Training Services: Odor Recognition in Wastewater Treatment

Agency:	Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
State:	Illinois
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	U - Education and Training Services
Posted:	Jan 30, 2024
Due:	Feb 16, 2024
Solicitation No:	23-RFP-08
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NOTICE

INVITATION TO BID

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO

ON-SITE TRAINING SERVICES: ODOR RECOGNITION IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT

CONTRACT 23-RFP-08

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (“District”) requests proposals from any

prospective Proposer for the above captioned subject which is described in document 23-RFP-08.

PROPOSALS ARE DUE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024.

Sealed proposals, endorsed as above, will be submitted to the District via an electronic upload to the Bonfire

Portal only. See “Submission Via the Bonfire Portal” for instructions. Proposals will be accepted from the

date of the Invitation to Bid, up to 11:00 A.M. (Central Time), on Friday, February 16, 2024, as stated above.

Bids will be deemed non-responsive if not submitted using the Bonfire-project specific URL link, provided

by the District with the bidding documents.

No bids will be accepted after 11:00 A.M. (Central Time) on the above scheduled due date. Faxed,

mailed, emailed or hand delivered proposals will not be accepted. There is no Bid Depository safe for

this purpose.

The purpose of this RFP is to select a qualified vendor to provide training to assist employees in identifying

various odors throughout the wastewater treatment process by learning different testing and monitoring

procedures. This training is a part of the community odor plan between the Monitoring and Research

Department and the Stickney local community to address concerns of odors from plant operations. The

ability to detect and categorize odors will better assist employees in determining the source of an odor so

that it can be remedied. The training will occur in the years 2024, 2025, and 2026. The delivery of the

trainings will be in person.

The estimated cost for this RFP is $36,000.00 for a thirty-six-month period. The estimated costs for 2024,

2025, and 2026 are $12,000.00 for each budget year. Funding for all contract items is subject to the Board

of Commissioners’ approval of the budget for those years.

Copies of the Request for Proposal are only available online from the District’s website at www.mwrd.org

(DOING BUSINESS → PROCUREMENT & MATERIALS MANAGEMENT → CONTRACT

ANNOUNCEMENTS). No fee is required for the Request for Proposal documents. Any questions

regarding the downloading of Request for Proposal documents should be directed to

contractdesk@mwrd.org or call (312) 751-6643.

Further, the District assumes no liability or responsibility for the failure or inability of any Proposer 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 Proposer, whether caused by the District or other parties, directly or indirectly.

Proposers are to include with their proposal signed copies of any addenda, or acknowledge receipt of any

addenda, if the District issued any addenda to this contract. Failure to do so may be cause for the rejection

of any bid. Bidding documents are available only online, and any addenda issued for this contract will be

available online at the District’s website, www.mwrd.org (Doing Business→Procurement and Materials

Management→Contract Announcements). Addenda will also be emailed/faxed to each person receiving a

set of such contract documents and to such other prospective Proposers as shall have requested that they be

furnished with a copy of the addenda.

If any potential Proposer 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 date set to receive

proposals. 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.

The contact person for the request for proposal is Karen Brown, Human Resources Analyst. This contact

person will provide online responses to online inquiries.

The District reserves the right to accept any Request for Proposal or any part thereof or to reject any and

all Request for Proposals.

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

of Greater Chicago

________________________________________

Darlene A. LoCascio

Director of Procurement & Materials Management

DATE OF ADVERTISEMENT: Wednesday, January 10, 2024

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