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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 12

Installation of sprinkler system—Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America, St. Louis, Missouri $16 010 Fireproof stairway construction and incidental general construction work — E. N. DeAtley, Champaign 19 800 I concur.

On motion of Mrs. Holt, these contracts were authorized and the appropriation was made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Fornof, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Grange, Mr. Stevenson.

CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF EAST DENTISTRYMEDICINE-PHARMACY BUILDING

(13) The original bids taken on the construction and fixed equipment of the East Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building for which the General Assembly appropriated $5,540,000 for the biennium of 1951-1953, were in excess of the appropriation and were rejected by the Board of Trustees on October 23, 1951. The building plans were revised, and new bids were taken on both a fixed price basis and a cost plus a fixed fee with a guaranteed maximum basis. The new bids, received on February 19, 1952, indicate that this building can be constructed in accordance with the modified plans within the available appropriation. The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend award of contracts to the lowest bidders, on a fixed price basis, as follows: General work — Sumner S. Sollitt Construction Co., Chicago $2 234 000 Moving stairways, elevators, lifts, etc. — Westinghouse Electric Corp., Chicago 300 368 Plumbing and drainage — Economy Plumbing and Heating Co., Chicago 389 910 Heating, process piping, and refrigeration — Gallaher and Speck, Inc., Chicago 434 815 Ventilation — H. G. Prizant & Company, Chicago 316 070 Pipe covering and insulation — The Asbestos and Magnesia Materials Co., Chicago 79 185 Electric wiring — Divane Brothers Electric Company, Chicago 572 460 Total Construction $4 326 808 Laboratory furniture — E. H. Sheldon and Company, Chicago $ 507 560 Dispensing counter units — Reliance Cabinet Company, Chicago 18 301 Total Equipment $ 525 861 Submitted herewith are copies of lists of the contractors recommended, lists of all bids received, the construction budget, and letters from the Physical Plant Department and the architects in support of these recommendations. Copies of these documents are being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. The bids received on a cost plus a fixed fee basis are in excess of the bids on a fixed price basis in every case. The lowest bidder has indicated that the project can be completed in 570 days which will run beyond the current biennium and will require a reappropriation by the Sixty-eighth General Assembly of the unexpended balance of funds earmarked for this project. I recommend that these contracts be awarded subject to the release of funds by the Governor and that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the contracts. Authority to proceed with construction, including allocation of critical materials, has already been received from the National Production Authority.

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, these contracts were authorized as recommended, with the exception of the contract for moving stairways, elevators, and lifts,1 on which action was deferred, by the following

1 A request was presented at the Board meeting from the Director of the Physical Plant that award of this contract be postponed pending further study.