ILLINOIS - The University of Illinois Board of Trustees

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Generd Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure, the bids were
rejected, and the president reports their rejection.
?ne design now is being restudied. It is contemplated that at a later date
the fence will either be rcbid to provide for installation or be installed by Univcr-
sity forces.
By consensus the board agreed that one roll call vote would be taken
and considered the mil call vote on each of the next four items.
The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Sobotka, Miss Wyncott;
no, none; absent, Mr. Grady.
On motion of Mr. Howard, these items were approved by the fol-
lowing vote: Aye, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard,
Mr. Lenz, Mr. Ned, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Stone, Mr. Velasquez; no, none;
absent, Governor Thompson.
Contracts for Construction of Chilled Water Facility, Medical Center
[and Report of Rejection of Bids)
(26) The president of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate ad-
ministrative officers, recommends award of the following contracts for construction
of a central chilled water facility at the Medical Center campus, the award in each
case being to the low bidder on its base bid:
Piping-Refrigeration d Plumbing'
Advance Heating & Air Conditioning Corporation, Elk Grove Village.. $337 300
General
J. A. Boulton & Co., Chicago.. .................................. $114 700
Electrical
G & M Electrical Contractors Co., Chicago. ...................... $105 848
Total ................................................... $557 848
Bids were received and publicly opened on July 5, 1979. The bids exceeded
the funds available and therefore, pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, Section
4(k) (2), of the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Pro-
cedure, the bids were rejected, and the president herewith reports their rejection.
The scope of the work was reduced, the project rebid, and bids received on
September 6, 1979. These bids were within the funds available. A schedule has
been filed with the secretary of the board for record.
The project will provide additional air conditioning for the campus services
complex, a group of existing and proposed buildings located in the block bounded
by Polk and Taylor Streets and Wolcott and Damen Avenues. On October 20,
1978, the Board of Trustees authorized the employment of an engineering firm
to design the facility. The project has been approved by the Illinois Board of
Higher Education as a noninstructional facility.
Funds are available from proceeds of the sale of University of Illinois
Auxiliary Facilities System Revenue Bonds, Series N.
(A bid for electrical work was also received from Metro Electric Company,
Inc., Chicago, which failed to provide the bid security required by the bid docu-
ments. Therefore, the university counsel has advised that the proposal of this
firm be considered nonresponsive and be rejected since it failed to comply with
the bidding requirements. )
1 The bids, of Advance Heatin & Air Con+tioning Co tion for piping-refrigeration work
and for plumbing wbrk were the fw bids.rubmtted far e of r these separate divisions of work.
The bid documents provide that each bidder for thme &wor can combine its bids into L
single bid. The combined bid of that firm was $1 100 lur than its separate bid for each division of
work, and the award is at the combined amount'of there two divisions in the sum of $337,300.