Public Higher Education Bulletin

The Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University hereby requests sealed bids for construction work on the cooling tower replacement project.

Vendor will furnish and install all labor, material and equipment to replace the existing cooling tower, Project #08-0000-0700. Work includes removing the existing chiller cooling tower located on the roof of Building H and providing a new cooling tower of appropriate size, designed for optimal operating, and energy efficiency. The new cooling tower should utilize existing roof penetrations and curbs to the greatest extent possible and not overload the existing structure. The cooling tower serves two 1,250 ton centrifugal chillers proving chilled water to Buildings A, B, C, D, E, F, Fine Arts Center, Classroom Building, Science Building, Student Union and the Library Building.

Sealed envelopes containing the bids will be marked cooling tower replacement. Bids will be received up to the hour of 10:00 AM local time, on Thursday, August 30, 2001. Immediately after closing time for receiving bids, they will be opened publicly and read.

All bids must include:

• 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 Bond.
• All bidders must submit a PC-2 form as required by the Illinois Department of Human Rights.

A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 22, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. in Building H.

(Submitted by David Jonaitis, State Purchasing Officer.)