Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1962 [PAGE 320]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Hughes, M r , Johnston, Mr. Pogue, Mr, Swain, M r s . W a t k i n s , Mr. Wilkins, Mr. Williamson; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . K e r n e r .

CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION O F ENTOMOLOGY BUILDING

(18) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of contracts for the construction of the Entomology Laboratory Building as follows, the award in each case being to the lowest bidder: General — Johnson, Drake, and Piper, Inc., Terre Haute, Indiana $896 000 Plumbing — George S. Walker Plumbing and Heating, Inc., Chicago... 106 870 Heating and Refrigeration — Gallaher and Speck, Inc., Chicago 271 853 Base bid $356 853 Less deductive alternate for omission of air conditioning.. 85 000 Ventilating—R. H. Bishop Company, Champaign ..." 127 750 Base bid.. ;:•-."••• $129 4 5 0 Less deductive alternate for omission of air conditioning.. 1 700 Pipe Covering — Sprinkman Sons Corporation of Illinois, Peoria 46 988 Base bid $ 47 888 Less deductive alternate for omission of air conditioning.. 900 Electrical — J. C. Schaeffer Electric, Inc., Peoria 116 465 Base bid..._ . $117 700 Less deductive alternate for omission of air conditioning.. 1 235 Funds are available from the following sources: National Institutes of Health grant $ 693 01S Slate capital appropriation for 1959-61 for Health Research Facilities 932 500 Assignment of University funds from Indirect Costs (from research contracts) 170 000 Total 51 795 515 Submitted herewith is a report from the Physical Plant Department on this project including a list of all bids received, a copy of which is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. As indicated in this report, alternate bids were taken to secure a breakdown of the bidding so that contracts could be awarded in terms of available funds. Two Alternates (A and B), totaling $81,645, provide for a second group of fixed equipment and a final group of fixed equipment, respectively. A third (Alternate C) provides for omission of the air conditioning system, totaling $88,835, The contractors who are being recommended have agreed that the work covered by these alternates may be restored to the project at any time prior to July 31, 1961, since a decision on them is not essential until that date. It is therefore recommended that authority be given at this time to restore the omitted items to the project if au additional $170,000 is made available from federal funds or other sources prior to July 31, 1961, Negotiations are now under way for an additional federal grant to match the $170,000 University appropriation^ I concur in these recommendations.

On motion of Mr. Swain, these contracts were awarded, as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Harewood, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr, Wilkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Kerner.

CONTRACT FOR MASONRY REPAIRS ON CHICAGO PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES BUILDINGS

(19) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $10,500 to W. L. Kercher Company, Chicago, the lowest bidder, for tuckpointing and masonry repairs on Chicago Professional Colleges buildings. The work will consist of repairs to brick and stone copings and side walls, where weathering of mortar has caused deterioration, on the first and second units