Public Higher Education Bulletin

First published Friday April 13, 2007

Project Description
The project consists of the construction of 105 lineal feet of 8-inch sanitary sewer and 1,100 lineal feet of 12-inch sanitary sewer, plus the associated manholes, backfill, site work, pavement replacements, traffic control, erosion control measures, and appurtenant construction.

This project includes a Project Labor Agreement that will be executed between the lowest responsive/responsible bidder and the East Central Building & Trades Council. A copy of the Project Labor Agreement is included in the Project Manual, under General Project Requirements.

Div 34-Utilities Site Work

Sealed bids will be accepted at the address below until 2:00 PM, Thursday May 10, 2007:

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
c/o Facilities & Services
1501 South Oak Street
Attn: Richard Drew (rgdrew@uiuc.edu)
Champaign, IL 61820

Bid Document Sources
Bid documents have been prepared by Donohue & Associates, Inc., 115 North Neil Street, Suite 213, Champaign, IL 61820, 217-352-9990, the professional services consultant. The bid documents may be obtained from them by depositing a check in the amount of $35 OR non-cash plan deposit programs which are guaranteed by contractor associations are acceptable.

Bid Document Review Sets
Please see attached for a complete list.

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:/

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 room 143 at 2:00 p.m. prevailing time on May 1, 2007. 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 143 of Facilities & Services Section, Physical Plant Services Building, 1501 South Oak Street, 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 University of Illinois 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.