Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1962 [PAGE 641]

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BOABD OF TRUSTEES

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Thermal Insulation on Steam Piping in Tunnel to Women's Residence Halls (Division "DD") — Brand Insulations, Inc., Chicago 16 2Vi Base Bid $11 950 Additive Alternate: for insulation on eight-inch medium pressure steam line 4 300 Thermal Insulation on Piping in Steam Tunnel to Assembly Hall (Division "HH") —A & K Midwest Insulation Company, Inc., Metropolis 41 000 Piping System for Extension of Steam Service to Student Services Building (Division "PP") — George S. Walker Plumbing and Heating, Inc., Decatur 34 000 Since none of the lowest bidders for the six contracts last mentioned abcv? have_ included any increase in their bids for those contracts if they are not awarded within ninety days from June 8, 1961, but are awarded within one hundred and eighty days from that date, it is recommended that the Executive Committte authorize awards of those contracts subject to the availability of funds within wie hundred and eighty days after June 8, 1961, or by December 6, 1961. _A supporting memorandum from the Physical Plant Department on these projects, including a schedule of the bids received, is submitted herewith, and a copy is being filed with the Secretary of the Board of Trustees for record. I concur in the foregoing recommendationB, subject to availability of funds. O n motion of M r s . Watkins, these contracts were authorized, as recommended, subject to the availability of funds, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Johnston, M r s . W a t k i n s , M r . Williamson; no, none; absent, none.

CONTRACTS FOR EXTENSIONS O F UTILITIES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

(6) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of contracts as follows, subject to availability of funds, for additions to underground facilities: water main extension to Student Services Building; and water mains, storm sewers, and sanitary sewers to serve the Women's Residence Halls under construction at Lincoln and Pennsylvania Avenues, Urbana: Construction of Storm Sewers and Water Mains to serve Women's Residence Halls (SW-2) and Student Services Building — Elton A. Wagner Company, Danville ?64 127 1 5 Construction of Storm Sewer to serve Women's Residence Halls (SW-2) $36 666 94 Additive Alternate: for extension of storm sewer beyond the present site improvements to serve future buildings to be constructed on Florida Avenue 6 449 03 $43 115 97 Construction of Water Mains to serve Student Services Building $ 4 988 20 Construction of Water Mains to serve Women's Residence Halls (SW-2) from the north source of supply 4 116 83 Additive Alternate: construction of Water Mains to serve Women's Residence Halls (SW-2) from the South to provide a second source of water supply and additional fire protection, and a source of supply and fire protection for future buildings to be constructed on Florida Avenue 11 906 15 $16 022 98 Construction of Sanitary Sewers to serve Women's Residence Halls (SW-2) — Nu-Way Plumbing Service, Inc., Chicago 14 197 IB The bids were opened on July 13, 1961, and are firm for one hundred aw twenty days. Contractors were instructed to include in their bids any adjustments in price they would require if the award of contracts was deferred beyond t W usual sixty-day period up to a total of one hundred and twenty days after the w ™ of bid opening. This provision is necessary because the funds for the contracts w > come from the state capital appropriations from the proceeds of the umversHK Bond Issue and it is not known how soon such funds will be available and rettasW. All the contractors bidding indicated there would be no change in their prices i awards of contracts are deferred an additional sixty days. The bidding docume"