University of Illinois at Chicago
Invitation for Construction Bid: Student Residence-Fire Alarm & Sprinkler Upgrades
Contractor: McWilliams Electric Company
Change Order amount: $88,738.35
This change order is to provide modifications to fire protection routing.
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
Contractor: Joseph Construction Company
Change Order amount: $105,262.22
This change order is to add metal soffits to cover fire protection piping.
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
Contractor: Joseph Construction Company
Change Order amount: $69,840.75
This change order is to allow for removal, disposal and replacement of ACT on 1st floor.
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
Awarded to:Contractor: Joseph Construction Company, Lynwood, IL
Amount: $565,127
Division of Work: 1 - General (unsuccessful, responsive bidders: 3)
Terms: One-time transaction
Contractor: McWilliams Electric Company, Schaumburg, IL
Amount: $1,327,273
Division of Work: 5 - Electrical (unsuccessful, responsive bidders: 4)
Terms: One-time transaction
Contractor: Ryan Fire Protection, Inc., Noblesville, IN
Amount: $1,228,295
Division of Work: 6 - Fire Sprinkler (unsuccessful, responsive bidders: 4)
Terms: One-time transaction
Number of unsuccessful, responsive bidders: 11
Comments:
The low bidder on Division 6 withdrew their proposal due to a clerical error.
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
First published Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Project Description
The project involves replacement of the existing fire alarm system for the entire 4 building residence hall complex, and installation of new fire sprinklers in 3 of the buildings. The project will be administered in 2 phases, each phase occurring during the summer break of 2009 and 2010. The work indicated for each phase must be completed prior to re-occupancy of the facilities each summer.
Divisions 1, 5, 6
Sealed bids will be accepted at the address below until 2:00 PM, Tuesday, December 16, 2008:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
c/o Office for Capital Programs
1140 South Paulina
Attention: Bradley W. Appier (brada@uillinois.edu)
Chicago, IL
60612-7215
Bidding is for Division 1 - General Work, Division 5 - Electrical Work and Division 6 - Fire Sprinkler Work.
Bid Document Sources
Bid documents have been prepared by BSA Life Structures, 440 N. Wells Street, Suite 410, Chicago, IL. 60610, Phone 312-324-5600, the professional services consultant. The bid documents may be obtained from Cushing, 420 West Huron Street, 312-266-8228 by depositing a check in the amount of $100 for each set, payable to them OR non-cash plan deposit programs which are guaranteed by contractor associations are acceptable.
Bid Document Review Sets
For a complete list, please see the attached file.
Prequalification
Each bidder shall prequalify with the owner in accordance with the General Instructions to Bidders (Document 00200). If applicable, the project-specific prequalification (Document 00250) deadline is 4:00 p.m. prevailing time on Monday December 8, 2008.
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://przm.apps.uillinois.edu/
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 PRZM 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
Pre-Bid Meeting
A pre-bid meeting will be held in The Rathskellar Room (B-14), 700 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL. at 2:00 p.m. prevailing time on Tuesday December 2, 2008. 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.
Bid Opening
Immediately after the closing time for receiving bids, all proposals will be publicly opened, read, and tabulated at Conference Room 244, The Office for Capital Programs, 1140, S. Paulina Street, Chicago, IL. 60612. 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.
This transaction is subject to the State Board of Elections registration and certification requirements of Public Act 095-0971.
