Announcement of an Exempt Purchase

Award Info Published Tuesday August 19, 2025

F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates LLCChicago, IL

Amount: $4,994,000

Terms: One-time transaction

Dumex Construction Company (subcontractor)
BEP [4% / $0]
Midway Contracting Group, LLC (subcontractor)
BEP [3% / $0]
Brandenburger Plumbing, Inc. (subcontractor)
BEP [2.6% / $0]
Craft Mechanical, LLC (subcontractor)
BEP [13.42% / $0]
Built Rite Const. DBA CS Architectural Woodworking (subcontractor)
BEP [3% / $0]
Pure Electric Inc. (subcontractor)
BEP [4% / $0]
Nu Veterans Construction Services, Inc. (subcontractor)
VBP [3% / $0]

Summary

Vendors

1 total

0 BEP vendors

0 VBP vendors

0 Small businesses

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

First published Tuesday, August 19, 2025

The University awarded a contract for Construction at CRNA SIM Lab & Research Space-CON.

The use of F.H. Paschen S.N. Nielsen & Associates, LLC was specified by the donor, M. Christine Schwartz.

This purchase is exempt from the usual selection processes of the Procurement Code because the procurement expenditure is for events or activities for which the use of specific potential contractors is mandated or identified by the sponsor of the event or activity, provided that the sponsor is providing a majority of the funding for the event or activity. (30 ILCS 500 / 1-13(b)(3)) Contractor Services will be 100% donor financed.

For instructions on how to obtain a comprehensive purchase description, disclosure or contract forms, contact:

Karen Brown
Phone: (217) 330-2901

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