Public Higher Education Bulletin

Pre-Bid Meeting: Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at 10:00 AM Local Time . This is a VOLUNTARY meeting/site visit. However, potential bidders should be aware that this is the ONLY opportunity to visit the site prior to the bid opening. If you are going to attend, email the project manager, Brian Emme, at baemme@ilstu.edu or call him 309-438-8605 to confirm your attendance by 4:30pm on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016. Vendors will meet Brian at the John Green Food Service Building Parking lot 600 Gregory Street, Normal IL 61761.

REGISTRATION IN A U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR APPROVED APPRENTICESHIP & TRAINING PROGRAM IS REQUIRED ON PUBLIC WORKS BY PROCUREMENT CODE (30 ILCS 500/30-22). Illinois State University requests that you submit a Certificate of Registration in an approved Apprenticeship and Training Program issued by the Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, with your bid.

PORTIONS OF THIS WORK TAKE PLACE ON K-12 SCHOOL PROPERTY. To enter a contract with Illinois State University, your firm must agree to the University Background Check Terms including fingerprint background checks for employees who will be on K-12 property. Employees must display a university-issued ID whenever they are on lab school property.

The University is committed to transparent, competitive bidding and welcomes requests for information and questions concerning this bid. All answers will be posted via addendum. To give questions appropriate consideration and to give bidders time to respond to the resulting clarifications, the University requests that all questions be submitted no later than 4:30pm CST on Friday, May 6, 2016 to Corey W. Leslie at cwlesli@ilstu.edu. The University cannot guarantee a response to questions received after this time.

• Submit 1 copies of the response as defined in the specifications.
• Sealed envelopes containing the bids have the bid number and project title on the envelope.
• Bid security (see complete bid for details).
• A letter from a surety company in substantially the form set forth in the Instructions to Bidders assuring the issuance of the performance and payment bonds.
• There is no BEP goal for this procurement.