Bids and Notices

Bids and Notices

Rock Falls is accepting proposals from consultants for Phase III

Rock Falls is accepting proposals from consultants for Phase III construction engineering of the East Eleventh Street bridge over Illinois & Mississippi Feeder Canal.

The evaluation criteria and weighting for this project is as follows: technical approach@ 25%, firm experience @ 25% staff capabilities @ 20%, workload capacity @ 10%, specialized expertise @ 10%, and past performance @ 10%.

The City of Rock Falls will email the proposal packet to various firms upon their request.
To request a proposal packet please email Robbin Blackert at ([email protected]). The packet contains a detailed description of the project, conflict of interest forms, and specific requirements for the format and content of their submission.

Proposal responses are due by September 12th, 2025 at 2:00 pm at City Hall, 603 W. 10th Street, Rock Falls, IL 61071. The technical proposal must not contain any cost information. All proposals shall include a conflict-of-interest form. Proposal responses can be hand delivered or mailed and must be received on or before the abovementioned date and time.

Proposals will be evaluated and at the sole discretion of the City of Rock Falls.

Solid waste, yard waste and recycling collection and disposal service

The City of Rock Falls is seeking proposals for the establishment of a solid waste, yard waste and recycling collection and disposal service beginning July 1, 2025

Information about TIF Districts

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Information can be found below for the Rock Falls Downtown TIF.

TIF 101 for RBW District

Prevailing Wage

The General Assembly of the State of Illinois has enacted the Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130/1 et seq. (“Act”)

The Act requires that all Illinois governmental entities, including home rule units of local government, either accept the prevailing wages determined by the Illinois Department of Labor or investigate and ascertain the prevailing rate of wages as defined in the Act for workers employed to perform work on public works construction projects in the locality in which the work is performed.

The City Clerk shall, by posting on the City’s website a notice of its determination (a copy of the most recent Ordinance) with a hyperlink to the prevailing wage schedule that is published on the official website of the Illinois Department of Labor, and such posting shall constitute notice that the determination is effective and that this is the determination of the City.

Recent Prevailing Wage Ordinance