Full Expressway Cleaning Cycle & Supplemental Sweeping - Various State Maintained Expressway Routes

Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) District 1 is requesting bids on a full expressway cleaning cycle and supplemental sweeping contract covering various state-maintained expressway routes within Cook, DuPage, Lake, and Will counties, with electronic bids due September 18, 2026, through the iCX-Integrated Contractors Exchange system.

The scope encompasses pickup, removal, and disposal of limbs, sticks, leaves, sand, stones, dirt, weeds, deceased animal carcasses, refuse, and litter from approximately 1,131.2 total shoulder and curb miles across ten expressways: Eisenhower, Edens, Dan Ryan, Bishop Ford/Kingery, Kennedy, Stevenson, I-290 Extension, I-55, I-57, and I-80. The full expressway cleaning cycle must be completed within 80 calendar days per work order; supplemental sweeping work orders must be completed within 2 calendar days and are measured in miles of shoulder cleaned. The contractor must obtain daily work authorization from the Engineer by 6:30 a.m. each workday and provide at least 72 hours advance notice for weekend or holiday work.

The overall contract completion date is December 31, 2027. The contract is subject to federal-aid requirements and prevailing wage obligations under Illinois law. Liquidated damages are $2,300 per calendar day for failure to complete interim cleaning cycles on time and $2,000 per 15-minute interval (or portion thereof) for failure to maintain open traffic lanes. The DBE participation goal is 0.00%. Contractors with awarded contract values of $500,000 or more must comply with the Illinois Works Apprenticeship Initiative, targeting 10% of total labor hours performed by apprentices, with at least 50% of apprentice hours performed by program graduates. Equipment requirements include truck-mounted impact attenuators, 10 two-way communication devices, high-intensity amber strobes on all vehicles, diesel retrofit emission control on equipment rated 50 hp and above used more than seven days, and comprehensive traffic control per IDOT and MUTCD standards.