Archive for June 2015

Trust Launches Open Bidding Process for Metal Reclamation Initiative

The Chicago Infrastructure Trust has launched a Competitive Open Bidding Process for its Metal Reclamation initiative.

It follows receipt of an unsolicited proposal to extract metal from City and Chicago Park District land and with the assurance that the land will be returned to its pre-project and/or enhanced state and provide a revenue stream to the City/Trust.

Any party that wishes to offer its proposal for this program is invited to do so at proposal@shapechicago.org by July 8, 2015 at 12 PM CST. If the Trust receives additional proposals from interested parties (other than from the proponent of the initial unsolicited proposal) as a result of this Open Bidding Process, it will select the best candidate(s) from the pool of interested parties. 

For more detail on the Metal Reclamation initiative and Open Bidding Process, please click here.

The Trust’s Contracting Manual is available here.

 

Illinois and Chicago Top Clean-Tech Index

The City of Chicago now ranks among the Top 10 metro areas with regard to clean technology leadership, according to an annual report compiled by the U.S. Clean Leadership Index. Previously, the City was listed in 12th place.

According to the report, cited in an article by Crain’s Chicago Business, the City’s ranking improved because of improvement in investment, innovation and workforce,” crediting Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his creation of the Chicago Infrastructure Trust.