**As of January 15,2019 Project has been awarded to Industria Construction Services No bids will be accepted Time. All bids faxed or electronically Transmitted to the metropolitan water reclamation district of greater Chicago will be returned to the Bidder. Proposals transmitted by U.S. Mail or other delivery will be considered only when said proposals are In the depository at the time fixed for opening thereof. The metropolitan water reclamation district of Greater Chicago does not guarantee that the proposal received by mail or other delivery will be deposited In the depository in time for such opening. Tenders are invited for the work consisting of furnishing all materials, labor, and equipment for the activities described below and the performance of other work as specified in the Contract Documents and as shown on the Plans: 1. ADDISON CREEK - ADCR-7 Remove trees and debris. Reshape banks and install rip rap, erosion control blanket, vegetation, and rock toe. The project site is west of the intersection at West Fullerton Avenue and King Arthur Drive in the City of Northlake, County of Cook, State of Illinois. 2. ADDISON CREEK - ADCR-9 Remove trees, broken concrete and debris. Reshape banks and install rip rap, erosion control blanket, vegetation, vegetated geogrid, and Ajacks. Rehabilitate existing storm sewer outlets. The project site is west of the intersection at 19th Avenue and 23rd Street in the Village of North Riverside, County of Cook, State of Illinois. The estimated cost of the work under Contract 14-108-5F, is between $1,146,085.70 and $1,387,366.90. Potential bidders will complete the site walk-through on foot. Immediately after inspection of the "ADCR-9" project location in North Riverside, potential bidders will need to drive to the "ADCR-7" project location in the City of Northlake. Potential bidders will be required to meet at the intersection of Fullerton Avenue and Jerome Drive in Northlake at 11:00 a.m. There will be no question and answer session during the Mandatory Pre-Bid Site Walk-Through. Attendees are advised to bring a hard hat and appropriate foot wear for an outdoor work site, and a current copy of their business card. Potential bidders may raise any questions they may have at the Technical Pre-Bid Conference. Bids received from bidders who did not attend both the mandatory technical conference and "walk-through" will not be considered. Prior to admission to such pre-bid conference any potential bidder will be required to furnish the "Mandatory Technical Pre-bid Conference Certificate", properly executed, which is included in the bid documents package. Bidders are Strongly Urged to inspect all areas of the worksites prior to bidding, and shall familiarize themselves with the nature of the work and the method of accomplishing the same. Plans and specifications will not be mailed to firms located in Cook County. The District assumes no responsibility for documents sent through the mail. 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. Proposals must be submitted on proposal forms. Proposal forms are to be placed in the special envelope furnished by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Each bidder is directed to return only Volume 1 which is the Signature Book for Submission of Bid, for this contract, properly completed with the required signatures, in time for the public bid opening date. Bidders who have paid the document fee, or who have downloaded contract documents online, may obtain, at their own cost, full-size prints of the Contract Plans by having an approved blueprint supplier pick up a CD of the original drawings at the District's Engineering Department Vault, make the prints, and immediately return the CD to the Engineering Department Vault. The CD will only be made available for pick-up Monday - Friday between 8:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. Arrangements for this service shall be made by contacting the Vault personnel (312) 751-3159 at least 24 hours prior to the pick-up time of the CD. Each proposal must be accompanied by a bid deposit in the form of cash (U.S. currency only), cashier's check, certified check or bid bond as stated in the Bidding Requirements and Instructions to Bidders contained in this document. Prior to award of the contract, the lowest responsible bidder must demonstrate compliance with the MWRDGC 2017 Multi-Project Labor Agreement by submitting to the Director of Procurement and Materials Management a signed Certification of Compliance with Multi-Project Labor Agreement. The Agreement and Certificate of Compliance are contained in the Contract Documents. The bid money value of all materials purchased directly by the Contractor, together with the bid money value of all work performed by personnel and facilities provided directly by the Contractor, shall not be less than 25% of the money value of all work performed under this Contract. Any bid money value of work performed by the Subcontractors for work on the job site utilizing Subcontractors' materials, labor and facilities cannot be included in the percent of work to be completed by the Contractor. Bidders on contracts in excess of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) will be required to comply with the President's Executive Order No. 11246, as amended to date, regarding NON-DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT. The requirements for bidders and contractors under this order are explained in Appendix C of the Contract Documents. The provisions of Appendix C also apply to each Subcontractor on contracts in excess of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). The Bidder agrees to fulfill the Special Training Provisions for Apprentices as specified in the Appendix K and to provide training opportunities throughout the life of the contract. The requirements of the Special Training Provisions for Apprentices are 440 minority and/or female hours for the purposes of this contract. Each bidder must submit with their Proposal a signed and completed MBE, WBE, SBE Utilization Plan, which lists the firms intended to be used as MBE, WBE, SBE, the type of work or service each will perform, and the dollar amount to be allocated to each MBE, WBE, SBE. 1.) Each bidder must submit with their Proposal a signed and completed MBE, WBE, SBE Utilization Plan which lists each business intended to be used as a MBE, WBE, SBE on pages UP-2, UP-3 and UP-4 and supplementary pages as necessary. The Bidder must sign the Signature Section page UP-5. Failure to submit a signed MBE, WBE, SBE Utilization Plan will result in a bid being deemed non-responsive and the bid will be rejected. Also, if a Waiver is sought, the Bidder is required to sign pages UP-5 and UP-6, the Waiver Request Form; failure to do so will be viewed as non-responsive and the bid will be rejected. 2.) Each Bidder must submit with their bid package an original or facsimile copy of MBE, WBE, SBE Subcontractor's Letter of Intent, Page UP-7 for each subcontractor listed on their MBE, WBE, SBE Utilization Plan. The submitted MBE, WBE, SBE Utilization Plan must be completed and signed by the subcontractor and accompanied with a copy of the subcontractor's current Letter of Certification from a state, local government or agency or documentation demonstrating that the subcontractor is a MBE, WBE, or SBE within the meaning of the Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix D. Failure to submit the MBE, WBE, SBE Utilization Plan signed by the Bidder at the time of the bid opening and the MBE, WBE, SBE Subcontractor's Letter of Intent signed by each MBE, WBE, SBE will be viewed as non-responsive and the bid will be rejected. 3.) If the Bidder exceeds the allowable Supplier Utilization amount which is stated in the bid documents, the bid will be viewed as non-responsive. Therefore, the Bidder may not exceed the use of a MBE, WBE, SBE supplier for more than 25% of each of the respective MBE, WBE, SBE goal, unless the Director of Procurement and Materials Management has authorized a Supplier's Exception notated on page AU-1. The Utilization Plan MUST be signed by the bidder, even if the bidder requests a waiver and/or offers itself to meet any of the Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix D goals. If the bidder offer itself to satisfy any of the Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix D goals, then its name shall be shown in the appropriate space(s) on the Utilization Plan. Where a bidder is a business owned and controlled by a minority woman (M/WBE) or where the bidder utilizes a M/WBE in a joint venture or as a subcontractor, the bidder may count the M/WBE participation either toward the achievement of its MBE or WBE goal, but not both. The work under this contract is classified "General Construction Services" for the MBE, WBE, SBE utilization goals contained in the Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix D. The bidder to whom the contract is awarded must be prepared to comply with the requirements of the Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix D during the life of the contract. Bidders should read page R-2, Paragraph 6, in regards to questions on this Contract. 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 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 Project Manager for this contract is Mr. Eddie Paulino. This Project Manager will provide online responses to online inquiries. All Contracts for the Construction of Public Works are subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/.01 et.seq.) The contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible, responsive bidder, unless all bids are rejected. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago reserves the right to reject any or all proposals. It is understood that the Contractor shall complete all of the work required under this Contract within 1,460 calendar days after approval of the Contractor’s Bond. This timeframe allows for 365 days to reach substantial completion, and 1095 days to perform the 3 years of post-construction maintenance and monitoring of native vegetation.