Public Higher Education Bulletin

The Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University hereby requests sealed bids for construction work on the feeder cabling for multiple buildings on the NIU DeKalb campus project.

Northern Illinois University is seeking bids for the installation and termination of entrance copper cable and/or fiber optics for multiple buidings, both new and old on the main campus. Alternates A & B are also included for installation of CATV to each of two new buildings.

For technical information, contact Dan Halstead at 815-753-4146 or Clarence Ewing at 815-753-4106. For questions regarding the CATV alternates, contact George Morisette at 815-753-0177.

Sealed envelopes containing the bids will be marked feeder cabling for multiple buildings on the NIU DeKalb campus. Bids will be received up to the hour of 10:30 AM local time, on Wednesday, March 13, 2002. 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.

On March 6, 2002, at 10:00 a.m. a pre-bid meeting will be held in Gilbert Hall 134. Instructions for locations of buildings will be given at that time.

(Submitted by Kathe Shinham, State Purchasing Officer.)