Geneva Road Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project

Solicitations are open to all business firms actively engaged in providing the materials, equipment, and services specified and inferred. Active engagement will be verified via references. These General Instruction Regarding Solicitation for Contracted Services apply to all solicitations for contracted services by the City of Wheaton and shall be incorporated as part of the written and signed Agreement with the successful Bidder along with any addenda items which are issued, unless otherwise specified. Section 102 of the IDOT "Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction," (the "Standard Specifications"), Adopted January 1, 2022, pertaining to the advertisement, bidding, award, and contract execution shall not apply to this solicitation and contract. Where these General Instructions Regarding the Solicitation of Contracted Services (the "Solicitation Instructions") are inconsistent with any provision of the IDOT Bureau of Local Roads and Streets Special Provision for Bidding Requirements and Conditions for Contract Proposals, these Solicitation Instructions shall control. All questions, either administrative or technical, shall be submitted via email to Tina Walters at twalters@wheaton.il.us no later than July 12, 2022, at 11:00 am (CST). PROJECT SCHEDULE Substantial Completion Date: November 30, 2022 Substantial completion is the completion of all payable items and delivery of all receivables. Final Completion Date: January 20, 2023 Final completion is all waivers, liens, and certified payrolls received, punch list completed, and final payout processed. The following words and phrases, when used in these General Instructions Regarding Solicitations for Professional Services document shall have the meanings as specified herein. Bid Bond 10% (Original Required) The successful Vendor will be required to submit the following additional documents: o Certificate of Insurance with signed endorsements o Performance and Payment Bonds o Signed Agreement o Vendor Information Form The City reserves the right to reject any and all offers in whole or in part, if it is in the public interest to do so, including, but not limited to: budgetary constraints, unclear solicitation documents, pricing aberrations, front end loading; mathematically unbalanced proposals/bids in which prices for some items are substantially out of proportion to comparable prices; materially unbalanced proposals in which material requirements for some items are substantially higher to comparable proposals; and other reasons deemed important to the City. The City further reserves the right to reject the Bid of any Bidder who, either in its own right or through an affiliation with another entity which the City has determined has not completed a prior project, whether with the City or elsewhere, because of the fault of the Bidder, its subcontractors or employees; has been declared in default on a prior contract whether with the City or elsewhere; has failed to complete a prior project in a timely fashion whether with the City or elsewhere; based on its work record, is not capable of performing the Contract whether due to lack of sufficient prior experience, as determined by the City, or any other reason; has a work record of its Subcontractors demanding direct payment from the owner; has a work record of its Subcontractors, employees, or material suppliers complaining to the City or other awarding authority regarding the Bidder's failure to pay them; has a record of complaints made to the City or other awarding authority by persons offended by the behavior of the Bidder, its Subcontractors or employees; or has a record of its failure to comply with State of Illinois and/or City laws or requirements. "Work record" and "record" constitutes a minimum of one event in the work history of the Bidder. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any offer in which the Bidder names a total price for all the work without breaking down requested material costs, labor costs, and/or overhead and profit.

Division 03 -	Concrete, Precast Concrete.
Division 33 -	Utilities, Instrumentation and Control for Utilities, Water Utilities, Water Utility Distribution Piping, Water Utility Distribution Equipment, Disinfecting of Water Utility Distribution, Water Utility Storage Tanks, Sanitary Sewerage Utilities, Sanitary Utility Sewerage Piping, Sanitary Utility Sewerage Force Mains, Sanitary Utility Sewerage Structures.