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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[November 9

CONTRACTS FOR REMODELING ILLINOIS SURGICAL INSTITUTE (9) T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of contracts for remodeling and construction of an addition to the fourth floor of the Illinois Surgical Institute, a unit of the Research and Educational Hospitals, the award in each case being to the lowest bidder: General — Oman and Giden, Inc., Northfield $ 63 660 Base bid $61 300 Additive alternates Service charge for supervision of other contracts assigned to this contractor 2 000 Air conditioning 360 Laboratory Equipment — Browne-Morse Company, Chicago 16 574 Plumbing — Ewing Plumbing, Inc., River Forest 7 500 Heating — Louis Cutler Plumbing and Heating Company, Chicago 20 1-40 Base bid $11 400 Additive alternate for air conditioning 8 740 Ventilating — Byness, Inc., Chicago 14 653 Electrical — Divane Brothers Electric Company, Chicago 16 670 Base bid _. ..... $15 940 Additive alternate for air conditioning 730 Total $139 197 The contracts are for remodeling of the present fourth floor and construction of an addition on the roof of the Illinois Surgical Institute for research laboratories for the Department of Orthopaedics. It is further recommended that all contracts other than the contract for general work be assigned to the contractor for that work, making the total of his contract price $139,197; and that an agreement be entered into with Oman and Giden, Inc., for the assignment of these other contracts for $2,000 which amount is included in the contract price, being the amount bid by that company for service charge for supervision of other contracts assigned to the general contractor. Funds are available in the state capital appropriations to the University for 1961-63 from the Universities Building Fund and have been released and from a matching National Institutes of Health Grant (RC-1069). A schedule of all bids received is submitted herewith and is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. I concur.

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

CONTRACTS FOR REMODELING AND AIR CONDITIONING IN FIRST UNIT OF DENTISTRY-MEDICINE-PHARMACY BUILDING (10) T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of contracts for remodeling and air conditioning conference and lecture rooms in the first unit of the Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building, the award in each case being to the lowest bidder: Heating — Utility Air Conditioning and Heating Company, Oak P a r k . . $ 54 411 Base bid $52 811 Additive alternate for service charge for supervision of other contracts assigned to this contractor 1 600 Ventilating — Narowetz Heating and Ventilating Company, C h i c a g o . . . . 20 370 Plumbing —- Ewing Plumbing, Inc., River Forest 705 Electrical — Midwest Interstate Electrical Construction Company, Chicago 13 872 General — Simpson Construction Company, Chicago 18 841 Total $108 199 It is further recommended that all contracts other than the contract for heating be assigned to the contractor for that work, making the total of his contract price $108,199; and that an agreement be entered into with Utility Air Conditioning and Heating Company for the assignment of these other contracts