Watterson Towers Elevator Modernization - General, HVAC, and Electrical

**As of March 13, 2023, this project has been awarded to the following contractors: GENERAL Felmley-Dickerson, Co., in the amount of $10,300,000 ELECTRICAL WM Masters, Inc., in the amount of $333,600 HVAC Pipeworks, Inc., in the amount of $296,000 Project Description ISU is seeking bidders to provide all labor, material, equipment, and services necessary to complete the modernization of 8 high-rise traction passenger elevators at Watterson Towers, on the campus of Illinois State University. Work will include upgrades to supporting general construction, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire alarm, and fire protection systems work and other Work indicated in the Contract Documents. This project will be bid with three primes: General, HVAC, and Electrical and work will be completed in 4 phases, as detailed in the project specifications. General Sealed bids will be accepted below until 2:00 PM, Tuesday, January 17, 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 Electronic Bidding General contractor will provide all labor, material, equipment and services necessary to complete the General scope of work. Specific requirements for work of each contract are indicated in individual Specification Sections and on Drawings. The General Construction Contract shall perform the role of the overall Project Coordinator. Electrical Sealed bids will be accepted below until 2:00 PM, Tuesday, January 17, 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 Electronic Bidding Electrical contractor will provide all labor, material, equipment and services necessary to complete the Electrical scope of work. Specific requirements for work of each contract are indicated in individual Specification Sections and on Drawings. HVAC Sealed bids will be accepted below until 2:00 PM, Tuesday, January 17, 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 Electronic Bidding HVAC contractor will provide all labor, material, equipment and services necessary to complete the HVAC scope of work. Specific requirements for work of each contract are indicated in individual Specification Sections and on Drawings. 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, January 5th 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 Tuesday, January 5th 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 January 11th, 2023 to Jackie Gunderson at jnmaste@ilstu.edu. *Updated 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) 438-1945 FAX: (309) 438-5555 Purchasing Website Chief Procurement Officer - John Donato 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. Bulletin Navigation

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