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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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modeling in the Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute at the Medical Center campus for the Department of Psychiatry, the award for general and electrical work being on the low base bid plus acceptance of deductive alternates No. 3 and No. 6; and the award for plumbing, heating and process piping, and ventilation work, and for laboratory equipment being on the low base bids plus acceptance of deductive alternate No. 6: Deductive Deductive Base Bid Alternate No. 3 Alternate No. 6 Total General — Mutual Contracting Company, Chicago $38 626 00 $2 407 00 $ 78 00 $36 1 4 1 0 0 Plumbing— Peter H. Smith Company, Chicago 6 700 00 ... 1 3 4 0 00 5 360 00 Heating and Process Piping — Peter H. Smith Company, Chicago 3 740 00 ... 1 3 2 0 00 2 420 00 Ventilation—Narowetz Heating and Ventilating Company, Chicago 1 2 6 7 00 ... 773 00 494 00 Electrical — Sam Schaeffer Co. through its Division Schaeffer Electric Co., Chicago 26 902 00 9 567 00 395 00 16 940 00 Laboratory Equipment — Kewaunee Scientific Equipment Corporation, Evanston 6 686 50 ... 3 897 50 2 789 00 Total $64 144 00 It is further recommended that all contracts other than the contract for the general work be assigned to the contractor for the general work, making the total of its contract $64,144, and that an agreement be entered into with the Mutual Contracting Company for assignment of the other contracts. T h e amount bid by Mutual Contracting Company for the supervision of the other contracts assigned to it as general contractor is included in the bid for general work. Funds for this work are available in state capital appropriations to the University and have been released by the Governor. Submitted herewith is a report from the Physical Plant Planning and Construction Office, including a schedule of bids received, a copy of which is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record.

On motion of Mr. Swain, these contracts were awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Grimes, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Jones, Mr. Stone, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Governor Ogilvie, Mr. Page, Mr. Steger.

CONTRACT FOR ROOF REPAIRS T O MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY, URBANA (20) The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of a contract in the amount of $32,762 to Lloyd Hitchins, an Individual doing business as Hitchins Roofing Company, Urbana, the low base bidder for roof, gutter, and downspout repairs to a portion of the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory at the Urbana campus. Funds are available in the current operating budget of the Department of Plant and Services, Urbana.

On motion of Mr. Grimes, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Grimes, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Jones, Mr. Stone, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Governor Ogilvie, Mr. Page, Mr. Steger.