Illinois State University
Invitation for Construction Bid: East Campus Chilled Water Improvements
Contractor: A&R Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
Change Order Amount: -$44,656
The new contract total is $31,244
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
Awarded to:Contractor: A&R Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Urbana, IL
Amount: $75,900
Division of Work: Heating (unsuccessful, responsive bidders: 3)
Terms:
An estimated start date of 5/15/2018 through 1/1/2019
Renewals:
None
Number of unsuccessful, responsive bidders: 3
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
Addendum #1 has posted. See attached files:
CC180077add01
CC180077_prebid_attendance
First published Friday, February 23, 2018
Project Description
Furnish and install upgrade equipment and piping to East Campus chilled water system per project drawing and specification documents.
Sealed bids will be accepted below until 2:00 PM, Thursday, March 22, 2018:
At the following address
Purchasing Office
Illinois State University at Uptown Crossing
1220 Campus Box
100 South Fell Avenue, Suite D
Normal, IL 61790
Pre-Bid Meeting: March 8, 2018 at 10:00 AM Local Time at ISU Purchasing Office, Uptown Crossing, 100 South Fell Avenue, Suite D, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois. THIS IS A MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING. If you are planning to submit a prime bid for this project, you must attend this meeting and your company's name must appear on the official attendance log. This log will be used in the bid opening process, and if your company's name does not appear on the log, your bid will not be opened.
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.
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 Tuesday, March 15, 2018 to Corey W. Leslie at cwlesli@ilstu.edu. The University cannot guarantee a response to questions received after this time.
For additional information, contact:
State Purchasing Officer - Constance Ratliff
All responses must include:
- 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 a BEP goal for this procurement. See solicitation documentation for details.
This transaction is subject to the State Board of Elections registration and certification requirements of Public Act 095-0971.
The State of Illinois has a policy to encourage prospective vendors to hire
qualified veterans, minorities, females, persons with disabilities and ex-offenders.