Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1986 [PAGE 618]

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1986]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

607

Base Bid 479 466

Division V — Electrical Remco Electrical Corporation, Champaign Division VI — Fire Protection The David E. McDaniel Company, Inc., Champaign Total

$

172 357 $3 797 492

It is also recommended that the firm of Robert P. Simon & Associates, Champaign, be employed for professional services required during the construction phase at a fixed fee of $121,000. Funds are available from the proceeds of the Series 1985 Auxiliary Facilities Revenue Bond issue and the Auxiliary Facilities System Repair and Replacement Reserve Fund ($96,200). The project consists of the addition of two new stair towers and the construction of a new entrance on the north side of the building. The interior work will include demolition, new walls and ceilings, floor and wall coverings, mechanical systems, window treatment, elevator upgrade, casework, and counters. The work will be accomplished in phases and the clinic will remain in operation during construction. A schedule of the bids received has been filed with the secretary of the board for record. A proposal was received from Nogle & Black Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Champaign, on its base bid of $773,700 for heating, piping, refrigeration, and temperature control work (Division I I I ) . The firm has notified the University of an error in its bid and requested permission to withdraw it since, due to the error, it could not fulfill its contractural obligation without suffering economic hardship. The University has determined that there is demonstrable evidence that the bidder made a bona fide error in the preparation of the bid, that the error will result in a substantial loss to the bidder, and has recommended that the bidder be allowed to withdraw its bid. The university counsel has advised that, under these circumstances, the University's regulations allow the University to permit the withdrawal.

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

Contracts, Site Development, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Champaign

(32) On July 18, 1985, the Board of Trustees authorized contracts for the construction of a 26,540 square foot addition to the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory. The project was financed from the University of Illinois Revenue Bonds Series 1985B bond issue. The project did not include site improvements. Funds are now available to the Corps of Engineers which will permit the University to award contracts for the construction of curbs, drives, parking lots, sidewalks, finish grading, and landscape materials and plantings in connection with the project. Accordingly, the president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of the following contracts for site development work for the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory addition. The award in each case is to the low base bidder.