Public Higher Education Bulletin

The Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University hereby requests sealed bids for construction work on the west campus chilled water distribution and cooling towers project.

The bid opening date has been changed to March 27, 2002, 2 p.m. This project will provide for the installation of cooling towers CT-1 thru CT-3 and all associated piping, demolition, insulation, heat tracing, electrical, general, direct digital and pneumatic control, and for the installation of the new chilled water loop for the west campus.

Plans and drawings may be picked up at the following locations:

• NIU Procurement Services, Gilbert Hall B113, DeKalb, IL, 60115; ph: 815-753-6111, fax: 815-753-6800
• Grumman/Butkus Associates, 820 Davis Street, Suite 300, Evanston, IL, 60201-4446; ph: 847-328-3555, fax: 847-328-4550

Sealed envelopes containing the bids will be marked west campus chilled water distribution and cooling towers. Bids will be received up to the hour of 2:00 PM local time, on Wednesday, March 27, 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.

All bidders are strongly urged to attend a pre-bid meeting at the NIU Physical Plant conference room on the NIU campus in DeKalb, IL, on March 12, 2002, at 10:00 a.m.

There is an Addendum #1 for this bid. Please contact Bill Welch at 815-753-6111 for a copy of this addendum.

(Submitted by Kathe Shinham, State Purchasing Officer.)