LEGAL NOTICE – INVITATION TO BID

LEGAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION AND NOTIFICATION OF BIDS TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS that the Skokie Consolidated Drainage District (“District”) will receive Requests for Qualifications (“RFQ”) to pre-qualify to submit sealed bids for the Skokie River Channel Improvements Phase 3 Project, involving approximately 2,100 linear foot stretch of the Skokie River located at Danny Cunniff Park in Highland Park, Illinois. RFQ Proposals will be received until 2:00 p.m., July 2, 2025, by email to: bwinter@fuquawinter.com, Attention Bryan R. Winter at the Law Offices of Fuqua Winter Ltd., 9 N. County Street, Ste. 200, Waukegan, IL 60085. Formal pre-qualification will occur by Resolution at 6:30 p.m. on July 9, 2025, during the District’s regularly scheduled meeting which will take place at the Deerfield Village Hall, 850 Waukegan Road, Room 207, Deerfield, IL 60015.

All prequalified bidders shall be eligible to submit sealed bids in accordance with instructions to bidders and specifications. Sealed bids will be received until 2:00 p.m., July 30, 2025, delivered to: Attention Bryan R. Winter at the Law Offices of Fuqua Winter Ltd., 9 N. County Street, Ste. 200, Waukegan, IL  60085. Specifications and Contract Documents, including an electronic version may be obtained from Bryan R. Winter at the Law Offices of Fuqua Winter Ltd., 9 N. County Street, Ste. 200, Waukegan, IL  60085, Phone# 847-244-0770 or by email at bwinter@fuquawinter.com.

Sealed Proposals must be addressed to Bryan R. Winter at the Law Offices of Fuqua Winter Ltd., 9 N. County Street, Ste. 200, Waukegan, IL  60085. Each sealed bid must be submitted on the proper forms contained in the Contract Documents. No bid shall be withdrawn after the opening of bids without the consent of the Skokie Consolidated Drainage District. Contract time: the work shall be completed by October 31, 2026. The Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/01, et. seq.), the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, and Illinois Fair Employment Practices Act shall apply to the Project Work. This project is being supported, in whole or in part, by State of Illinois  DCEO FUNDING AGREEMENT #24-413046. Funding for this project will be administered through the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) and the Lake County Stormwater Management Commission (SMC). Grant funding for this project requires a mandatory overall Business Enterprise Goal of 28%. The District reserves the right to reject any or all bids or any portion thereof or to accept any bid or portion thereof and to waive any informality or technicality in any Bid in the interest of the District. Dated this 9^th day of June 2025. BY ORDER OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SKOKIE CONSOLIDATED DRAINAGE DISTRICT.