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Contract for Roofing Work, Urbana

(36) The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate University officers, recommends the award of the following unit-price contract for removal, replacement, or repair of roofing systems at the Urbana campus for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997. Competitive bidding in accordance with the Illinois Purchasing Act was followed; and the award in each case is to the lowest responsible bidder on the basis of its base bid. The contractor's bid is based on the summation of products obtained by multiplying an estimated quantity of work for 174 different items by the contractor's unit price for each item. Contractor Advanced Sheet Metal & Roofing, Inc., Urbana Base Bid $2 589 971

The University has the option to extend this contract from July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998; and from July 1, 1998, to June 30, 1999, inclusive, under the same terms and conditions, subject to approval by the comptroller. When a project is assigned to the contractor, the project cost will be based on the summation of the specific items relating to the particular project multiplied by the unit price for the specific items required. The annual contract cost is estimated to be $200,000. Funding will be identified on a project-by-project basis and may include State appropriated, institutional, or restricted funds available in the campus operating budget. A schedule of the bids received has been filed with the secretary of the board for record.

On motion of Dr. Gindorf, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Dr. Bacon, Mrs. Calder, Mr. Engelbrecht, Dr. Gindorf, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Lamont, Ms. Lopez, Mrs. O'Malley, Ms. Reese; no, none; absent, Governor Edgar. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Malone, Mr. Mathew, Mr. Rose; no, none.)

Coordination of Project Management for the Agriculture Library, Urbana (Contract with the Capital Development Board)

(37) The present Agriculture and Home Economics Library, located for more than 65 years on the second floor of Mumford Hall, suffers from structural and spatial problems. Currently, the 7,800 square foot library facility can house little more than one-third of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences' collection of 200,000 books and other materials. In addition to storage of library holdings, the library facility affords seating for only 50 people, despite the fact that the students and faculty in the college total more than 3,200. There are no available areas for meetings and conferences or for new computer facilities essential to a modern information center. A new proposed $15.75 million library for the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences has been included in the University's annual capital budget request since Fiscal Year 1995 and has been approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. The project is to be funded on a 5 0 / 5 0 basis from State appropriations and private gifts. The new library will provide flexibility for expansion and will enable the college to unify its agriculture and home economics collections and its information and computer services into a centralized location. Included in the approximately 42,842 nasf project is room for all the current holdings of the college plus growth space for library material in the stack areas. The new Agriculture