News: INVITATION TO BID

Date Published	Author
12/5/2025 12:00:00 AM	Jeremy Fila

 

1. TIME AND PLACE FOR SCHEDULED OPENING OF BIDS: Sealed bids for the improvements described below will be received at the Owner’s offices at:

 
       Until 11:00 A.M., Friday, December 19, 2025. Bids will be opened and read publicly.
 

2. AVAILABILITY OF CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: On December 5, 2025, after 9:00 A.M., Bid Packets may be obtained, with no fee or charge to bidders, via the Engineer's website (www.gha-engineers.com) by clicking the "bidding center" banner link. This link will take Bidders to the GHA QuestCDN landing page. Please contact QuestCDN at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance if necessary. Hard copies of the bid documents may also be viewed or obtained at Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc., 625 Forest Edge Drive, Vernon Hills, Illinois, 60061 (847-478-9700).

 

3. REQUIREMENT OF BIDDERS: All bidders will submit along with their respective bid documents a resumé of similar projects performed, each with location, type of work, approximate completion date, and project engineering firm, if any. Additionally, all bidders will submit a list of equipment owned by, or available to them, for the efficient pursuance of the project. The York Center Park District encourages "minority" business firms to submit bids for this Knolls Community Park improvements project and encourages successful contract bidders to utilize minority businesses as subcontractors for supplies, equipment, services, and construction.

 

4. PROGRESS SCHEDULE: All bidders will submit along with their respective bid documents, a satisfactory progress schedule or critical path schedule which shall show the proposed sequence of work, and how the Contractor proposes to complete the various items of work on or before the completion date for each phase.  Failure to provide a satisfactory progress schedule in the bid package will, at the discretion of the District, be disqualified.

 

5. WAGES OF EMPLOYEES: All work under this Contract is subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130/0.01 et seq. A prevailing wage determination has been made by the Illinois Department of Labor for public works projects in DuPage County and can be accessed by the computer at: http://labor.illinois.gov/. Certified payroll documentation of general contractors and all sub-contractors’ laborers will be required and submitted online.

 

6. CONTRACT AWARD & REJECTION OF BIDS: Contract award shall be made to the lowest responsible bidder as determined by the Owner in its sole discretion. The York Center Park District reserves the right to waive all technicalities, to accept or reject any or all bids, to accept only portions of a proposal and reject the remainder without disclosure for any reason. Failure to make such a disclosure will not result in accrual of any right, claim or cause of action by any bidder against the York Center Park District.

 

7. LOCATION OF THE WORK: Knolls Community Park, under the York Center Park District authority, is near the Village of Lombard, and under the permitting requirements for DuPage County and accessible from a DuPage County roadway.

 

8. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Project will include but not limited to: Asphalt access trails paving, sidewalk removal and replacement, concrete curb installation, fence installation, construction of pickleball courts and color coat, retaining wall, nature play area (play equipment by others) with concrete walk to shelter (shelter construction by others), restoration and other items needed to complete the proposed improvements. This project is to be bid as a lump sum contract with supplemental unit prices.

This project is being financed, in part, with funds from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, "Open Space Lands Acquisition & Development” (OSLAD) grant program.
 

9. BID SECURITY: Bid security in the form of a Bid Bond or Bank Cashier’s Check for ten percent (10%) of the base bid made payable to the York Center Park District shall accompany the bid. No proposals or bids will be considered unless accompanied by such bond or check.

 

10. CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE: Estimated commencement of construction is April 1, 2026. The Contractor shall complete all major activities (not including color coat and restoration) on or before July 1, 2026. Final completion shall be on or before July 31, 2026.