Emergency Generator Replacement at Fire Station 8 & Newburg Road Transmitter Site

The City of Rockford, Illinois, is soliciting sealed bids through Invitation to Bid 1026-FD-098 to purchase and install one new natural gas emergency generator at Fire Station 8 and to relocate the existing generator to the Newburg Road Transmitter Site, with a mandatory pre-bid meeting on October 28, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. and bids due November 12, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. The City offers a local business adjustment of up to five percent for qualifying bidders in Winnebago, Boone, Ogle, or Stephenson County. Bidders must also demonstrate good faith efforts to use Minority and Women Business Enterprises for subcontracting, and must submit Equal Employment Opportunity Certifications and Subcontractor Utilization Forms.

Mandatory compliance requirements include prevailing wage, certified payroll filing, apprenticeship participation for contracts over $50,000, and substance abuse prevention programs. Bidders must post a bid bond equal to five percent of the bid amount and, on award, a performance and payment bond equal to the contract amount. Required insurance includes commercial general liability at $1 million per occurrence and $2 million aggregate, umbrella liability at $2 million each occurrence and aggregate, and automobile liability at $1 million per occurrence and $2 million aggregate.

Work covers a 200-amp minimum natural gas generator installed at 505 Sherman Street, plus uninstallation of the existing unit at Fire Station 8 and its reinstallation at 4316 Newburg Road, Rockford. Pricing must be the full delivered cost to the City with no additions. The City will award a lump sum contract to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder. The awarded vendor must begin work within ten days of receiving the Notice to Proceed, and project completion will be set after award.

Questions are due November 3, 2026 at 12:00 p.m., with answers issued by addendum on November 5, 2026. Sealed bids go to City Hall, 425 East State Street. The pre-bid meeting at Fire Station 8 is followed by a site visit at the transmitter site.