Public Higher Education Bulletin

First published Friday October 19, 2001

Sealed bids will be accepted at the address below until 2:30 PM, Monday November 5, 2001:

Purchasing Department
Campus Box 1012
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL 62026-1012

The Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville hereby requests sealed bids for construction work on the construct two interconnected detention ponds project (Bid # 8206).

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville hereby requests sealed bids to furnish all labor, equipment, tools and materials to construct two interconnected detention ponds to be located in the headwaters of Cahokia Creek between Supporting Service Road and University Drive. The project will include clearing, earth dam construction, a concrete control structure, large pipe culvert construction and large box culvert construction.

Bids will be received until 2:30 p.m. prevailing time on November 5, 2001. Immediately after closing time for receiving bids, they will be opened publicly in the Purchasing Conference Room at the Supporting Services Building.

Bid documents may be obtained upon application at the Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Purchasing Office, Campus Box 1012, Edwardsville, IL 62026 or by contacting Shelly Albert at 618-650-3265, Supporting Service Building. Bid documents will be available on or after October 18, 2001.

Firms that require transmittal of plans and specifications via Federal Express must provide their Federal Express identification number so that delivery charges can be billed direct to their firm.

For the convenience of bidders, complete sets of documents will be on file at the Office of Southern Illinois Builders Association, 7623 West Main, Belleville, Illinois; F.W. Dodge Scan, Division of McGraw Hill, 1750 S. Brentwood, St. Louis, MO; and Construction Market Data, 655 Craig Road, Ste. 255, Creve Coeur, MO.

Bidders who have not completed and returned their prequalification statement which is valid for the period January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001, will be required to prequalify in accordance with the bidding contract provision - Document PQ00250 Prequalification Document. Firms may verify their prequalification status by contacting Shelly at (618) 650-3265. The prequalification document will be due at the SIUE Purchasing Office prior to the bid opening.

Statutory Requirements: The successful bidder will be required to comply with all laws, statutes, regulations, ordinances, rulings or enactments of any governmental authority which are applicable to the work or to the project. The successful bidder shall pay prevailing wages and shall utilize equal employment opportunity hiring practices in connection with this project.

Sealed envelopes containing the bids will be marked construct two interconnected detention ponds . Bids will be received up to the hour of 2:30 PM local time, on Monday, November 5, 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 pre-bid conference for all those interested in bidding the project will be held on OCtober 24, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. in the Supporting Services Building. Representatives of the University and Hurst-Rosche will be present to answer questions regarding the project and bidding procedures. All prospective bidders are urged to attend.

(Submitted by Kenn Neher, State Purchasing Officer.)

For additional information, contact:

Shelly Albert
Purchasing Campus Box 1012
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL 62026-1012
Phone: (618) 650-3265
FAX: (618) 650-3251
E-Mail: malbert@siue.edu