Mosquito and Midge Fly Abatement Services at Various Locations

Agency:	Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
State:	Illinois
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	F - Natural Resources and Conservation Services S - Utilities and Training Services Z - Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property
Posted:	Jan 10, 2024
Due:	Jan 30, 2024
Solicitation No:	24-684-11
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NOTICE

INVITATION TO BID

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO

FOR

MOSQUITO AND MIDGE FLY ABATEMENT SERVICES AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS

CONTRACT 24-684-11

PROPOSALS ARE DUE JANUARY 30, 2024

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 (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 A.M. (CT) 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 A.M. 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

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.

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.

Tenders are invited to furnish all necessary labor, supervision,

tools, equipment, chemicals, materials, and appurtenances,

including transportation, as required, to conduct mosquito and

midge fly abatement services within the District’s Cook County

service area through December 31, 2025.

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The total estimated cost of this Contract is not to exceed

$76,000.00.

Funding of all Contract items is subject to the Board of

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

this Contract.

There is no bid deposit required for this Contract.

The Contract is divided, for purposes of bidding, into fifteen

(15) Items. Bidders must submit a bid for all fifteen (15) Items

or the bid will be considered nonresponsive. The District intends

to issue one purchase order to one bidder for all specified

services.

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.

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.

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

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

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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.

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 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.

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 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. Paul Sobanski, at (708) 588-4080, 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 regard 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

Chicago, Illinois

January 10, 2024

By Darlene A. LoCascio

Director of Procurement

and Materials Management

This is the opportunity summary page. You are currently viewing an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation. For more information, please visit the Publication URL Web page.

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