Title/Name/Summary
2026 Potable Water Sampling - Proposal
History
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) requires all public water supply entities, including the Village of Orland Park, to do numerous water samples throughout the year. This sampling is a critical function of the Utilities Division of Public Works. The Utilities Division takes sixty (60) routine samples a month for bacteria and E.coli. Along with these samples, Utilities also has to take samples for Lead and Copper, Trihalomethanes, and Chloramines.
Due to the IEPA lead service replacement program that was started in 2024, Utilities is also required to take an additional one hundred twenty (120) samples for lead detection in schools, day cares, and residential homes.
In 2025, Public Works requested proposals for water sampling and received only two (2) proposals from Suburban Laboratories of Oak Brook Terrace, Illinois, and EPT Laboratories of Willowbrook, Illinois. Utilities split the samples between both laboratories in an effort to have options available for emergency water testing if the need ever arose. By the end of February 2025, staff stopped using EPT Labs due to repeated issues with communication and response time. Utilities then moved all testing to Suburban Laboratories for the remainder of 2025.
For 2026, the Utilities Division desires to use Suburban Labs exclusively for all the Village’s potable water sampling. Utilities directly solicited additional proposals, but received only a brochure and price list from Will County Laboratories, which reflected both higher prices and a more limited available testing scope. Suburban Laboratories was determined to be the only vendor that tests water samples for the full range of necessary testing in a consistent and responsible manner, and is considered a sole source for this service.
The quote submitted by Suburban Labs for 2026 Potable Water Testing is for a cost not to exceed $26,402.00.
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