Awarded to:Contractor: Grunloh Construction, Inc., Effingham, IL
Amount: $4,050,000
Terms: One-time transaction
Number of unsuccessful, responsive bidders: 4
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
First published Thursday, December 17, 2009
Project Description
Base Bid work on the exterior building envelope includes: demolition of the existing exterior wood window(s) and associated materials and replacement with new aluminum clad wood window(s), demolition of the existing exterior entry doors and replacement with new painted hollow metal doors, frames and associated hardware and devices, demolition of existing slate and low slope roof systems and replacement with new slate and EPDM roofing systems, demolition of the existing lightning protection system and replacement with a new lightning protection system, selective masonry tuckpointing, masonry cleaning and masonry restoration of the existing building exterior, and new metal flashings, sealants, caulking and paint finishes as related to other new work.
Base Bid work on the building interior includes: plaster repair/replacement and finish painting as related to other new work.
Alternate Bid #1 work on the exterior building envelope includes: demolition of the existing exterior wood window(s) and associated materials and replacement with new aluminum clad wood window(s) at Roof Court Area A.
Alternate Bid #2 work on the exterior building envelope includes: demolition of the existing exterior wood window(s) and associated materials and replacement with new aluminum clad wood window(s) at Roof Court Area B.
Alternate Bid #3 work on the building interior includes: Replacement of existing plaster and new paint finish at select interior wall and ceiling surfaces of Room 316 - Museum as indicated on the drawings and specified herein.
Alternate Bid #4 work provides new, aluminum-clad wood replacement windows provided to the Owner for future (Not-In-Contract) use/installation.
Project Labor Agreement
This project includes a Project Labor Agreement that will be executed between the lowest responsible/responsive bidder and the East Central Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council. A copy of the Project Labor Agreement is included in the Project Bid Documents, General Project Requirements.
Division 1 - General
Sealed bids will be accepted at the address below until 2:30 PM, Tuesday, January 19, 2010:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
c/o Facilities & Services, Physical Plant Services Building
1501 South Oak
Attention: Robert Hannah (rfhannah@illinois.edu)
Champaign, IL
61820
Bid Document Sources
Bid documents have been prepared by White & Borgognoni Architect, P.C., 212 North Illinois Avenue, Carbondale, IL 62901, (618) 529-3691, hereinafter referred to as the Professional Services Consultant. The bid documents may be obtained from Dean’s Superior Blueprint, 404 E. University Avenue, Champaign, IL 61820, (217) 359-3261, by depositing a check in the amount of $150 for each set, payable to White & Borgognoni Architects OR non-cash plan deposit programs which are guaranteed by contractor associations are acceptable. Up to two (2) sets of bid documents per prequalified bidder of the division of work being bid may be obtained.
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 00 20 00).
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 Physical Plant Service Building, 1501 S. Oak Street, Room 128, Champaign, IL at 10:00 AM prevailing time on Friday, January 8, 2010. 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 Physical Plant Service Building, 1501 S. Oak Street, Room 128, 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.
Any firm or individual who wishes to submit a bid in response to this solicitation must make the State Board of Elections Certification required by Public Act 95-971. The certification is included in Bid Document 00 40 00. If you do not make the certification and if required, attach a copy of the Certificate of Registration from the State Board of Elections to your bid, then your bid cannot, by law, be accepted by the University.
Note:
If you do $50,000 worth of business annually with the State of Illinois, including the state universities, you are required to register with the State Board of Elections and obtain from them a certificate confirming your registration. Responses to Invitations to Bid, Requests for Proposals, Requests for Information, and all other types of procurement solicitations are included in the calculation of this $50,000 annual amount, whether you receive a resulting award or not. If you do less than $50,000 worth of business annually, you may be exempt from the registration requirement.
Please refer to Public Act 95-971, which is available at http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=095-0971&GA=095,
and the State Board of Elections website (www.elections.il.gov) for more specific information on whether you are required to register or not. Information on how to submit copies of the registration certificate to the Chief Procurement Officer for Higher Education is available at the Illinois Public Higher Education Procurement Bulletin website (http://www.procure.stateuniv.state.il.us ).
