Project Information

Bid Title

LEGAL ADVISORY SERVICES RELATED TO THE DISTRICT FINANCING PROGRAM FOR A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD

Issuing Agency

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO

Location

Illinois

Published Date

Feb 20, 2026

Closing Date

Feb 27, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

Ref. #

25-RFP-19

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Project Description

Contract Number: 25-RFP-19

Contract Description: LEGAL ADVISORY SERVICES RELATED TO THE DISTRICT FINANCING PROGRAM FOR A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD

Estimated Cost: $485,100.00

Bid Deposit: NONE

Pre-Bid Walkthrough: NONE

Pre-Bid Technical Conference: NONE

Advertise Date: 01/21/2026

Bid Opening Date/Time: 02/27/2026

Notes: Addendum No.1 dated February 5,2026.

Number of Addenda: 1

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METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO

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NOTICE

INVITATION TO BID

TO

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO

LEGAL ADVISORY SERVICES RELATED TO THE DISTRICT FINANCING PROGRAM

25-RFP-19

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (“District”) requests proposals from any

prospective Proposer for the above captioned subject, which is described in document 25-RFP-19.

PROPOSALS ARE DUE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2026.

Sealed proposals, endorsed as above, will be submitted to the District via an electronic upload to the Euna

Procurement Portal only. See “Submission Via the Euna Procurement Portal” in Section VI for

instructions. Proposals will be accepted from the date of the Invitation to Bid, up to 11:00 A.M. Central

Time (“CT”), on the due date stated above.

No proposals will be accepted after 11:00 A.M. CT on the above scheduled due date. Mail or hand-

delivered proposals will not be accepted. There is no Bid Depository safe for this purpose.

The objective of 25-RFP-19 is to identify qualified law firms as eligible to provide legal advisory services

for the MWRD’s financing program for the next five years, comprising: 1) General Legal Advisory

Services; 2) Bond Sale Transaction Legal Advisory Services, including service as bond counsel, issuer’s

counsel, tax counsel, and disclosure counsel; and 3) Loan Program Legal Advisory Services for loans

from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) Water Pollution Control State Revolving Fund

(SRF) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Water Infrastructure Finance and

Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan programs.

The District reserves the right to extend the term of the contract for an additional period of up to two (2)

years beyond the initial five-year term, in one-year increments. This extension option may be exercised

at the sole discretion of the District, subject to the approval of the Board of Commissioners. The terms

and conditions of the contract, including pricing, shall remain the same during the extension period unless

otherwise agreed upon in writing by both parties.

A firm may submit a response for one or more of the above services. The submittal must clearly state for

which of the above service(s) the firm is submitting a proposal.

The appointed general legal advisory counsel will be responsible for providing arbitrage rebate

calculations and opinions on outstanding bond issue project and debt service funds on an annual basis as

required per Section 148(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. While the legal counsel may outsource

these calculations to a third party, the legal counsel will remain the primary point of contact and will be

responsible for reviewing, signing off on, and ensuring the accuracy and compliance of all arbitrage

calculations. From the District's perspective, the legal counsel is ultimately responsible for the arbitrage

calculations and will be the main point of contact for any related inquiries or issues. The District will pay

the legal counsel for the arbitrage calculations, and any payments to third parties for outsourced work will

be the responsibility of the legal counsel.

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The estimated five-year cost of the general legal advisory services including arbitrage calculation services

is $235,100.00, which excludes any costs related to bond sale transactions. The cost of the bond sale

related services will be dependent on the size of each bond sale authorization. Any bond sale related costs

will be subject to separate approval by the Board of Commissioners. Fees related to advisory services on

bond sales will be based on a rate per $1,000 bond.

The estimated five-year cost of legal services related to the IEPA SRF and USEPA WIFIA loan programs

will be awarded to a single firm at a total estimated cost of $250,000. The cost of these loan program-

related services will be based on the finalized amount of each loan.

No bid deposit is required.

Copies of the Request for Proposal (“RFP”) are only available online from the District’s website at

www.mwrd.org (DOING BUSINESS → PROCUREMENT & MATERIALS MANAGEMENT →

CONTRACT ANNOUNCEMENTS). No fee is required for the RFP documents. Any questions regarding

the downloading of RFP documents should be directed to contractdesk@mwrd.org, or call (312) 751-

6643.

Further, the District assumes no liability or responsibility for the failure or inability of any Proposer 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 Proposer, whether caused by the District or other parties, directly or indirectly.

Proposers are to include with their proposal signed copies of any addenda, or acknowledge receipt of any

addenda, if the District issued any addenda to this RFP. Failure to do so may be cause for the rejection of

any proposal. Proposal documents are available only online, and any addenda issued for this contract will

be available online at the District’s website, www.mwrd.org (Doing Business→Procurement and

Materials Management→Contract Announcements). Addenda will also be emailed/faxed to each person

receiving a set of such contract documents and to such other prospective Proposers as shall have

requested that they be furnished with a copy of the addenda.

If any potential Proposer 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 proposal

documents will be available online on the District’s website until the proposal due date of the RFP. 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 ONE WEEK prior to the date set to receive

proposals. 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 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 online responses 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.

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The contact person for the RFP is Muzammil Gaddi, Financial Analyst. This contact person will provide

online responses to online inquiries.

The District reserves the right to accept any RFP or any part thereof or to reject any and all RFPs.

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

of Greater Chicago

By Darlene A. LoCascio

Director of Procurement & Materials Management

DATE OF ADVERTISEMENT: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2026

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Commodity Codes

• NAICS 541110Offices of Lawyers
• NAICS 541611Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services

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