The mission of the Department of Procurement and Materials Management is to procure the goods and services required for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) operations; to enforce specifications of standards for materials, supplies, and equipment; to control, maintain, and distribute inventories of commonly used materials, supplies, and equipment; and to determine the disposition of obsolete, surplus, or unusable materials, supplies, and equipment; all in accordance with the Purchasing Act, as mandated by Illinois State Statute, 70 ILCS 2605 Sections 11.1 through 11.24

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The MWRD encompasses an area of approximately 883 square miles. It is one of the largest governmental bodies in the state of Illinois, with seven treatment facilities reclaiming nearly 1.6 billion gallons of wastewater daily.

Governed by a nine-member Board of Commissioners, policies and day-to-day operations of the MWRD are implemented by the Executive Director and nine operating departments, including the Department of Procurement and Materials Management.

The procurement at MWRD is centralized and utilizes governmental best practices throughout the entire procurement process. The MWRD is committed to employ every reasonable effort to ensure fair and equitable opportunities for local, small, minority, women-owned, and veteran business enterprises to participate as prime contractors, subcontractors, and joint venture partners for contracts awarded by the MWRD.   

We encourage you to register to become a vendor. This will enable you to be notified of opportunities for various MWRD goods and/or services.  

Below you will find more information on doing business with the MWRD.