Contractor: Accel Construction Services Group, LLC
Change Order Amount: $40,000
Change Order #3- Detention Basin Expansion project. This change order will decrease the contract amount by $40,000 due to the portions of Allowance #1- 200 cubic yards of "excavate haul off excess materials" and Allowance #2- 1000 cubic yards of "import topsoil spread" not being utilized.

Contractor: Accel Construction Services Group, LLC
Change Order Amount: $8,151
Change Order #2-Detention Basin Expansion project. On April 21, 2020, a change order to add $8,151.00 was approved due to discovery of hidden utilities when performing landscaping. The new total contract $854,515.00. Also, an additional 235 days was added to time of completion through June 30, 2020. Reasons for the delay in project completion include: 1 inclement weather; 2 new trees needed to be transplanted; 3 discovery of an undocumented existing utility line; 4 sod farms had closed for the winter season; 5 Contractor re-started the work on April 27, 2020

Contractor: Accel Construction Services Group, LLC
Change Order Amount: $237,936
Northeastern Illinois University entered into a contract with Accel Construction Services Group, LLC ("Accel") on November 3, 2015 as the General Contractor for the Detention Basin Expansion project. The contract included a final completion date of January 29, 2016. Accel completed the initial work of obtaining insurance, bonds, general requirements, etc. and landscaping & storm submittals for the project. NEIU paid $43,065.98 to Accel for the initial work. In FY 16 and FY 17, the State of Illinois was unable to effectuate a budget for state agencies and universities. As a result, many contracts that were in effect July 2015 were ?put on hold? or stayed, pending finalization of a budget. NEIU attempted to continue on with the Basin project as it was paid for with non-appropriated/university funds, but in January 2016 Accel was notified the NEIU contract was on hold due to the impasse. NEIU now seeks to move forward with the completion of the Basin project. Accel has estimated that approximately $237,936.00 more will be needed in addition to what it has been paid ($43,065.98) for it to complete its work. New proposed amount is $846,364.00. The architect for this project SmithGroup, Inc. and NEIU has determined that the proposed costs are fair and reasonable and within the architect's revised estimates to complete the project. Therefore, it is in the best interest of the State to contract with Accel Construction Services Group, LLC. to complete the General Contractor work for Detention Basin Expansion.

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Number of unsuccessful, responsive bidders: 1