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1986]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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(The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Lamm; no, none; absent, Mr. Becker.)

Contract, Chilled Water System, Residence Halls, Urbana

(27) The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends the award of a contract for $120,200 to A & R Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Urbana, the low bidder, on its base bid (plus acceptance of Alternates 1 through 4). 1 The project is to install an underground chilled-water system cross connection between Florida Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Halls, Urbana. Funds are available in the Auxiliary Facilities System Repair and Replacement Reserve Account. A schedule of the bids received has been filed with the secretary of the board for record.

On motion of Mr. Howard, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Mr. Forsyth, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Logan, Mr. Madden, Mrs. Shepherd, Miss Smith; no, none; absent. Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Lamm; no, none; absent, Mr. Becker.)

Contracts, Water Resources Building, Urbana

(28) The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of the following contracts for remodeling the Water Resources Building for the use of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the Urbana campus. The work will provide 20,000 square feet of space suitable for computers, offices, and laboratories. The space will accommodate visiting scientists, local users, and staff. The award in each case is to the low bidder on its base bid. Division I —• General McDowell Builders, Inc., Danville Division II — Plumbing Able Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Homer Division III — Heating, Piping, Refrigeration, and Temperature Control R. H. Bishop Company, Champaign Division IV — Ventilation and Air Distribution A & R Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Urbana Division V — Electrical Downtown Electric Incorporated Total Base Bid $269 633 23 750

255 962 98 700 222 271 $870 316

Funds for this project are available in the Fiscal Year 1986 institutional funds budget of the Operation and Maintenance Division at the Urbana campus. A schedule of the bids received has been filed with the secretary of the board for record. (A proposal was received from A & R Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Urbana, on its base bid of $146,500 for heating, piping, refrigeration, and temperature control work (Division I I I ) . The firm notified the University of an error in its

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A schedule of the alternates is filed with the secretary of the board for record.