Public Higher Education Bulletin

First published Thursday October 11, 2007

Project Description
The project consists of the installation of the 6-inch and 2-inch polyethylene natural gas main to serve a Hotel Conference Center at First St. and St. Mary's Road and a retail development at First St. and Windsor Road on the UIUC Campus. The project consists of approximately 3,500 feet of 6 inch main, 1,200 feet of 2 inch main, and the Hotel Conference Meter Set. The Hotel/Conference Center main and meter set will be completed by December 25, 2007.

Division #30-Utility Site Work

Sealed bids will be accepted at the address below until 2:00 PM, Tuesday October 30, 2007:

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
c/o Facilities & Services, Physical Plant Services Building
1501 S. Oak Street
Attn: Clif Carey (clifc@fs.uiuc.edu)
Champaign, IL 61820

Bid Document Sources
Bid documents have been prepared by Utility Safety & Design Inc., 1927 Miller Drive Olney, IL 62025, (618) 277-1520, the professional services consultant. The bid documents may be obtained from them by depositing a check in the amount of $25 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).

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 Garage & Car Pool, Room B3 1701 S. Oak Street, Champaign IL 1:30 p.m. prevailing time on Monday, October 22, 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 University of Illinois Garage & Car Pool, Room B3, 1701 S. Oak St., Champaign, IL. 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.