Furnish and Deliver 6x4 Dump Truck Chassis

Agency:	Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
State:	Illinois
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	23 - Ground Effect Vehicles, Motor Vehicles, Trailers, and Cycles W - Lease or Rental of Equipment
Posted:	Jan 10, 2024
Due:	Jan 30, 2024
Solicitation No:	24-904-11
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NOTICE

INVITATION TO BID

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO

FOR

FURNISH AND DELIVER A 6x4 DUMP TRUCK CHASSIS

CONTRACT 24-904-11

PROPOSALS ARE DUE JANUARY 30, 2024

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 AM on January

30, 2024. 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 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.” 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, 6 x 4 DUMP TRUCK CHASSIS

TO THE STICKNEY WATER RECLAMATION PLANT as specified herein. All deliveries

shall be completed in accordance with the “Time” section of the Detail Specifications.

The estimated cost of this Contract is $166,000.00.

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.

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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.

Bidder shall acknowledge receipt of each addendum issued in the 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. 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.

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The contact person for this contract is Mr. Edward Jankun. The contact person will provide

online responses to online inquiries.

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

January 10, 2024

By Darlene A. LoCascio

Director of Procurement

and Materials Management

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