Public Higher Education Bulletin

First published Tuesday April 12, 2005

Sealed bids will be accepted at the address below until 10:00 AM, Wednesday April 20, 2005:

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
207 Henry Administration Building
506 South Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801-3684

The Board of Trustees of U of Illinois Facilities Planning and Programs hereby requests sealed bids for construction work on the Music Building - Renovate Instructional Labs project at the Urbana campus project.

Project Description
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign desires to undertake the creation of two new state-of-the-art music instructional laboratories in the Music Building, 1114 W. Nevada, Urbana, IL. The building was originally completed in 1972. This project includes the renovation and upgrading of an existing music instructional lab on the fifth level and the creation of a server room for this lab from an adjacent existing office. The second music lab will be created by combining two lower level classrooms into one larger laboratory facility. Both laboratories will require all new architectural finishes, including new ceilings, flooring and acoustic wall finishes, along with necessary HVAC, new lighting, new infrastructure for voice/data & audio/visual systems, and electrical system upgrades. As part of this project, another existing lower level room will be partitioned into two rooms to provide an Auxiliary Music Room and a Key Shop. A new telecom closet will also be created from an existing office on the fourth level with associated conduit routing, both from an existing telecom closet on the second level to this new closet and from the new closet to the renovated laboratory on the fifth level.

Access to the building for construction will begin on May 16, 2005. Substantial Completion is to be July 29, 2005 with limited access for final completion after that date to be coordinated with the owner.

This project includes a project labor agreement that will be executed between the lowest responsive/responsible bidder and the East Central Illinois Building & Construction Trades Council. A copy of the project labor agreement is included in the project bid documents, General Project Requirements.

Bid Document Sources
Bid documents have been prepared by Vasilko.Hausermen & Associates Inc., 330 North Wabash, Suite 2123, Chicago, IL 60611, the professional services consultant. The bid documents may be obtained from them by depositing a check in the amount of $100 for each set, payable to them.

Bid Document Review Sets
For the convenience of bidders, complete sets of bid documents will be on file at:

F.W. Dodge Corp.
421 S. Grand Ave. West, Suite 1B East
Springfield, IL 62704

F.W. Dodge Corp.
McGraw-Hill Building
6330 Knox Industrial Drive
St. Louis, MO 63139

Greater Peoria Contractors & Suppliers Association
1811 W. Altorfer Dr.
Peoria, IL 61615

Reed Construction Market Data
665 Craig Road, Suite 225
Creve Coeur, MO 63141

Dodge Plan Room Downers Grove
1411 Opus Place, Suite 100
Downers Grove, IL 60515

Team
1319 N. Mattis Ave.
Champaign, IL 61820
(217)352-3517

Prequalification
Each bidder shall prequalify with the owner in accordance with the General Instructions to Bidders (Document 00200).

All bidders shall be prequalified with the owner. New bidders that are not prequalified shall prequalify using the owner's web-based Contractor Annual Prequalification System (CAPS)- http://notes.ocp.uiuc.edu:8888/

The project will be administered using the owner's web-based project management system. PRZM was developed to maximize the potential of the Internet in allowing project team members to access and exchange project information. PRZM supports team collaboration in management and interaction, as well as team member empowerment on a multi-layer security system.

Minimum user requirements are as follows:

• Personal Computer: Microprocessor speed of 100mhz or higher, 32Mb RAM, and a monitor capable of at least 800 x 600 pixel resolution
• Internet Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 or higher is recommended
• E-mail: PRZM requires the user to have a valid e-mail account
• Software: At various stages of PRZM, users will be required to attach their documents to PRZM
• Computer-Aided Drawing (CAD) viewer

Bid Dates

Please note below that the Division I bid dates have been extended and the room for the bid opening has changed.

Bids for Divisions III through V work will be received up to the hour of 10:00 a.m.. prevailing time, on April 7, 2005. Bids for Division I work will be received up to the hour of 10:00 a.m. prevailing time, on April 20, 2005 in room 128. The owner shall assign the contracts for Contract Divisions III - V Work to the Contract Division I (General Contractor) in accordance with Article 6.2 of the General Conditions. (Refer to Articles 6.2 and 15 of the General Conditions for requirements concerning assignments of contracts.) Submit all proposals to the owner at:

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
c/o Facilities & Services
1501 S. Oak
Champaign, IL 61820
Attn: Edward J. Scopel (ejscopel@oandm.uiuc.edu)

Bid Opening
Immediately after the closing time for receiving bids, divisions III - V proposals will be publicly opened, read, and tabulated at Room 127b, Physical Plant Services Building (Facilities & Services), 1501 S. Oak, Champaign, IL 61820. For Division I, immediately after the closing time for receiving bids, the proposals will be publicly opened, read, and tabulated at Room 128, Physical Plant Services Building (Facilities & Services), 1501 S. Oak, Champaign, IL 61820. Noted errors, omissions and defects will be announced. Bids received after closing time will be returned unopened. The public opening and reading is for information only and is not construed as acceptance or rejection of any bid.

Bid Acceptance or Rejection
The owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids or any part thereof, to waive any informalities in the bidding, and to accept the bids deemed to be in the best interests of the owner after all bids have been examined and evaluated.

Statutory Requirements
The successful bidder will be required to comply with all laws, statutes, regulations, ordinances, rulings or enactments of any governmental authority that 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.

Bids will be received up to the hour of 10:00 AM local time, on Wednesday, April 20, 2005. Immediately after closing time for receiving bids, they will be opened publicly and read.

Pre-Bid Meeting
A pre-bid meeting will be held in room 1140, University of Illinois, Music Building, 1114 West Nevada Street, Urbana, IL, at 10:00 a.m. prevailing time on Thursday, March 31, 2005. Representatives of the owner and the professional services consultant will be present to answer questions regarding the project and bidding procedures. All prospective bidders are urged to attend.

(Submitted by Kathe Shinham, State Purchasing Officer.)