Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Bid #2394
Invitation for Construction Bid: GC Multi-Year Contract for Various Projects
This notice has been modified
Published Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Addendum #1 addresses questions submitted. The question deadline has passed, and no further questions will be accepted or addressed. The bid date and time have not been extended.
First published Friday, May 23, 2025
Project Description
The Board of Trustees of the Southern Illinois University governing Southern Illinois University Edwardsville hereby requests sealed bids to furnish all labor, equipment, tools and materials for various general construction projects (on an as-needed basis) for work to be performed on the Edwardsville, Alton, and East St. Louis campuses of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. SIUE anticipates issuing approximately four contracts for an estimated maximum annual value of each contract at $650,000. SIUE intends to award the initial contract for the period November 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, with the option to renew for five consecutive one year periods through July 1, 2030. Contracts shall be subject to renewal upon demonstration of satisfactory service, continued need, favorable market conditions, funds appropriated, BEP participation, and responsiveness to requests.
The Board of Trustees of the Southern Illinois University governing Southern Illinois University Edwardsville hereby requests sealed bids to furnish all labor, equipment, tools and materials for various general construction projects (on an as-needed basis) for work to be performed on the Edwardsville, Alton, and East St. Louis campuses of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. SIUE anticipates issuing approximately four contracts for an estimated maximum annual value of each contract at $650,000. SIUE intends to award the initial contract for the period November 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, with the option to renew for five consecutive one year periods through July 1, 2030. Contracts shall be subject to renewal upon demonstration of satisfactory service, continued need, favorable market conditions, funds appropriated, BEP participation, and responsiveness to requests.
Sealed bids will be accepted below until 2:00 PM, Monday, June 23, 2025:
At the following addressPurchasing Department
Campus Box 1012
Edwardsville, IL 62026
Construction projects may include involving buildings, utility systems, and other structures, including one or more of the divisions of work as defined by the Construction Specifications Institute Master Format. The price for individual projects to be accomplished through these contracts will be under the State of Illinois small purchase limit for construction, currently $100,000.
The University or a University-authorized architect/engineer firm will develop a scope of work for each project, solicit multiple quotes from the contractors awarded this bid, and the University will issue a fixed-price order with a specific completion date for each project.
The University reserves the right to award multiple orders for all work to assure timely delivery of work and best price. Multiple contracts will be issued for the Facilities Management Department's use. SIUE also reserves the right to receive quotes for projects under the formal bid limit from contractors not awarded this project.
All resulting contracts issued against this bid will have required terms to provide full compliance with Illinois Public Act 96-0795, http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=096-0795 . These terms will apply to the awarded contractor and their subcontractors and include but are not limited to disclosure of financial interests, annual certifications and filing of subcontracts.
Bidders who have not completed and returned their prequalification statement which is valid for the period January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, will be required to prequalify in accordance with the bidding contract provision - Document PQ00250 Prequalification Documents. Firms may verify their prequalification status by contacting Teresa Shipton at (618) 650-3384. The prequalification document will be due at the SIUE Purchasing Office a minimum of five days prior to the bid opening. Bids will not be accepted from contractors who have not submitted and received approval of the SIUE Prequalification Statement. The 2025 SIUE Prequalification Documents may be downloaded on the Bulletin under RFI 2025SIUEPrequal. Prequalification statements will be required every year.
In addition to completing SIUE's prequalification statement, all bidders may qualify to submit bids to state universities of Illinois only if they are a legal entity authorized to do business in Illinois prior to submitting the bid. All first-tier subcontractors also meet this requirement. This applies to both in-state and out-of-state firms.
All questions must be e-mailed to Teresa Shipton, tshipto@siue.edu, by June 9, 2025, 12:00 p.m. CDT. Questions submitted after this date may not receive a response. Answers to all questions will be addressed in the form of an addendum and will be posted on the Illinois Higher Education Bulletin website, www.procure.stateuniv.state.il.us. Questions should not be addressed to any other SIUE representative. If contact of any kind occurs with any other representative, this will be grounds for disqualification.
The successful bidder will be required to comply with all laws, statutes, regulations, ordinances, rulings or enactments of any governmental authority which are applicable to the work or to the project. The successful bidder shall pay current prevailing wage rates as posted on the Illinois Department of Labor's website and shall utilize equal employment opportunity hiring practices in connection with this project. The University reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
For instructions on how to obtain a comprehensive purchase description, disclosure or contract forms, contact:
Teresa Shipton
99 Supporting Services Road
Rm 1020
Campus Box 1012
Edwardsville, IL 62026
99 Supporting Services Road
Rm 1020
Campus Box 1012
Edwardsville, IL 62026
Chief Procurement Officer - Bridget McHatton
State Purchasing Officer - Steve Todt
All responses must include:
- 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.
- There is a 3 percent Veteran-owned business goal for this procurement. See solicitation documentation for details.
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.