Illinois State University
Bid #JC200125

Invitation for Construction Bid: Watterson Towers Fire Separation Remediation

Change Order
Published Thursday January 22, 2026
Contractor: Gilbane Building Company
Change Order Amount: $27,414
CO-28-29 Increases $27,414 and changes the New Total Cost to $15,108,003.

The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.

Change Order
Published Tuesday December 2, 2025
Contractor: Gilbane Building Company
Change Order Amount: -$47,981.41
CO-20-27 Decreases $(-47,981) and changes the New Total Cost to $15,080,589.

The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.

Change Order
Published Friday September 5, 2025
Contractor: Gilbane Building Company
Change Order Amount: $67,355.57

CO-15-19 is an Increase of $67,355.57 and add 531 days. The New Total Cost = $15,128,570.15 and new Contract End Date is 12/31/2026.



The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.

Change Order
Published Wednesday June 4, 2025
Contractor: Gilbane Building Company
Change Order Amount: $138,761
CO-11-14 Increases $138,761 and changes the New Total Cost to $15,061,214.

The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.

Change Order
Published Thursday May 8, 2025
Contractor: Gilbane Building Company
Change Order Amount: $290,645
CO-08-10 Increases $290,645 and changes the New Total Cost to $14,922,453.

The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.

Change Order
Published Wednesday April 23, 2025
Contractor: Gilbane Building Company
Change Order Amount: $36,482
CO-07 Increases $36,482 and changes the New Total Cost to $14,631,808.

The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.

Change Order
Published Wednesday April 9, 2025
Contractor: Gilbane Building Company
Change Order Amount: $32,641
CO-05-06 Increases $32,641 and changes the New Total Cost to $14,595,326

The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.

Change Order
Published Monday February 10, 2025
Contractor: Gilbane Building Company
Change Order Amount: -$422,226
CO-01-02 Decreases $(-422,226) and changes the New Total Cost to $14,562,685

The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.

Award Info Published Thursday January 18, 2024

Gilbane Building CompanyChicago, IL

  • Amount: An estimated $14,984,911
  • Terms: An estimated start date of 1/26/2024 through 1/31/2026
  • Renewals: None
  • Fireco, Inc. (subcontractor)
    BEP [11.5% / $17,232,647.65]
  • Agile Supply Company (subcontractor)
    BEP [0.24% / $35,963.79]
  • Agile Supply Company (subcontractor)
    BEP [0.56% / $83,915.50]
  • Inpro Corp. (subcontractor)
  • WM. Masters, Inc. (subcontractor)
  • Fireworks, Inc. (subcontractor)

Unsuccessful respondents (0)

Summary

Respondents

1 total

1 successful respondent

0 unsuccessful respondents

0 BEP contractors
0 VBP contractors
0 Small businesses

Buyer for this procurement: Jackie Gunderson, (309) 438-1946

Chief procurement officer for this procurement: Bridget McHatton

State purchasing officer for this procurement: Constance Ratliff

The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.

This notice has been modified
Published Friday, December 1, 2023

Addendum #2 has been posted. Please see attached files:

JC200125_Add02.pdf

JC200125_Add02-AS0-2-AS8-1 plan-sheets.pdf

JC200125-SouthTowerShowerPhotos.pdf

This notice has been modified
Published Monday, November 20, 2023

The attendance log from the pre-bid meeting and site visit has been posted. Please see attached file:

JC200125_Pre-Bid-Attendance.pdf

This notice has been modified
Published Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Addendum #1 has been posted. Please see attached file:

JC200125_Add01.pdf

Zoom links for the pre-bid meeting and bid opening are included.

First published Monday, November 13, 2023
Project Description

Provide all labor, material, equipment, and services necessary to complete work for the Fire Separation Remediation project, and renovation work to the building in order meet or exceed the latest life safety codes at Watterson Towers, on the campus of Illinois State University. A portion of this project will be the renovation of all showers that are adjacent to the pipe riser shafts. The work will be performed in phases, first phase summer 2024, second phase fall/winter 2024 and third phase summer 2025. This will be bid as a single-prime contract with all scopes of work falling under the General Contractor.

Sealed bids will be accepted below until 2:00 PM, Wednesday, December 6, 2023:
At the following address
Purchasing Office
Illinois State University at Uptown Crossing
1220 Campus Box
100 South Fell Avenue, Suite D
Normal, IL 61790-0000
via E-bidding

Until further notice, ISU is enabling electronic submission of submittals (e-bidding). New electronic submittal regulations and instructions are noted below. We will also be opening this solicitation to accept physical paper submissions from vendors with pending IPG number, or no IPG number.

ISU will continue to maintain and follow all Illinois Procurement Code Regulations and Rules. Any submittals received after the identified due date and time will not be accepted or evaluated.

Either electronic submissions OR paper submissions will be accepted for this solicitation.

IMPORTANT- If electronic submission is preferred, please read the attached E-Bidding instructions for critical information. (E-BiddingVendorInstructions.pdf)

MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING:

Thursday, November 16th, 2023 at 10:00 AM local time.

The pre-bid meeting will be virtual using the Zoom app.

The Zoom meeting call in information will be included with an addendum posted with this solicitation.

Mandatory Site Visit- Following the pre-bid meeting, a site visit will be offered on Thursday, November 16th at 2:00pm. More information about the site visit will be shared during the pre-bid meeting.

Interested Prime bidders must attend this meeting and your company's name must appear on the official attendance log. This log will be used in the bid opening process, and if your company's name does not appear on the log, your bid will not be opened. Both the pre-bid meeting and the site visit are mandatory.

PARTICIPATION IN A U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR APPROVED AND REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP & TRAINING PROGRAM IS REQUIRED ON PUBLIC WORKS BY PROCUREMENT CODE (30 ILCS 500/30-22). Illinois State University requests that you submit a Certificate of Registration in an approved Apprenticeship and Training Program issued by the Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, with your bid.

This bulletin is the only official source of documents for this bid. Clarifications or modifications to drawings or specifications will be posted via addendum. To give questions appropriate consideration and to give bidders time to respond to the resulting clarifications, the University requires that all questions be submitted no later than 4:30pm November 29th, 2023 to Jackie Gunderson at jnmaste@ilstu.edu.

*BEP Utilization Information*

A list of University-supplied NIGP commodity codes has been included in Part III of this solicitation's BEP Utilization Plan. Per the Utilization Plan's instructions, vendors who request a waiver from the goal on the basis of good faith efforts must exhaustively contact each vendor certified with the University-supplied commodity codes and document that contact in the Utilization Plan's Good Faith Efforts Contact Log. Waiver requests cannot be granted without exhausting outreach efforts in accordance with the Utilization Plan. For current and official BEP resources go to: https://cms.diversitycompliance.com.

If the list of University-supplied NIGP commodity codes excludes a code that a prospective respondent or BEP-certified vendor believes should be included with the solicitation, additional codes may be requested and must be submitted by the question deadline for this solicitation. These requests should be made through a commodity code addition form supplied by the University buyer assigned to this solicitation. Email the buyer to obtain this form. If requested, additional University-supplied commodity codes may be added to the Utilization Plan by addendum at the University's discretion.

Subcontractors must meet the same requirements as prime contractors to do business with Illinois State University.


For instructions on how to obtain a comprehensive purchase description, disclosure or contract forms, contact:
Jackie Gunderson
Purchasing Office
Illinois State University at Uptown Crossing
1220 Campus Box
100 South Fell Avenue, Suite D
Normal, IL 61790-1220
Phone: (309) 438-1946
FAX: (309) 438-5555
Chief Procurement Officer - Bridget McHatton
State Purchasing Officer - Constance Ratliff
All responses must include:
  • Submit 1 copies of the response as defined in the specifications.
  • Sealed envelopes containing the bids have the bid number and project title on the envelope.
  • Bid security (see complete bid for details).
  • A letter from a surety company in substantially the form set forth in the Instructions to Bidders assuring the issuance of the performance and payment bonds.
  • There is a 30 percent BEP goal for this procurement. See solicitation documentation for details.
  • The contract(s) for this solicitation could exceed $50,000 annually.

This transaction is subject to the State Board of Elections registration and certification requirements of Public Act 095-0971.

The State of Illinois has a policy to encourage prospective vendors to hire qualified veterans, minorities, females, persons with disabilities and ex-offenders.

Documents

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Specification Documents

  • FormB.pdf (195 KB)
  • JC200125-SouthTowerShowerPhotos.pdf (15 MB)
  • JC200125_Add01.pdf (148 KB)
  • JC200125_Add02-AS0-2-AS8-1plan-sheets.pdf (565 KB)
  • JC200125_Add02.pdf (177 KB)
  • JC200125_Bid_Docs.pdf (1 MB)
  • JC200125_Drawings-VOL1.pdf (21 MB)
  • JC200125_Drawings-VOL2.pdf (27 MB)
  • JC200125_Drawings-VOL3.pdf (27 MB)
  • JC200125_Drawings-VOL4.pdf (7 MB)
  • JC200125_Specifications.pdf (6 MB)

Other Public Documents

  • E-BiddingVendorInstructions.pdf (500 KB)
  • ENCLOSURESFORBIDS.pdf (109 KB)
  • JC200125_COJ-01_GilbaneBuildingCo.pdf (68 KB)
  • JC200125_COJ-02_Gilbane.pdf (81 KB)
  • JC200125_COJ-03_GilbaneBuildingCo.pdf (83 KB)
  • JC200125_COJ-04_GilbaneBuildingCo.pdf (81 KB)
  • JC200125_COJ-05_GilbaneBuildingCo.pdf (81 KB)
  • JC200125_COJ-06_GilbaneBuildingCo.pdf (488 KB)
  • JC200125_COJ-07_GilbaneBuildingCo.pdf (52 KB)
  • JC200125_COJ-08_GilbaneBuildingCo.pdf (55 KB)
  • JC200125_Pre-Bid-Attendance.pdf (259 KB)
  • StateReminders.pdf (227 KB)

Public Opening Documents

  • JC200125_BidTab.pdf (222 KB)

Waiver Document

  • JC200125_Gilbane-bep-waiver-signed.pdf (351 KB)
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