Renovation of an educational facility in Urbana, Illinois. Completed plans call for the renovation of a 35,000-square-foot educational facility.

The Medical Sciences Building Carle Illinois College of Medicine project includes interior renovation work of the lower level mechanical and electrical room area, portions of the first floor, the entire second floor, and portions of the third floor. The project includes new student team rooms, classrooms, lecture hall, offices, an anatomy lab, virtual reality lab, toilet rooms, and public spaces. The work includes new AHUs, electrical switchgear, elevator modernizations, masonry, aluminum windows, plaster, gypsum board, glazing, tiling, acoustical tile ceilings, environmental graphics, casework, carpet, paint, audio-visual systems, equipment, and furniture. This project includes a Project Labor Agreement that will be executed between the lowest responsible/responsive bidder and the East Central Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council. A copy of the Project Labor Agreement is included at the end of Section 00 90 00. The Owner shall assign the contracts for Contract Divisions 02 - Plumbing Work, 03 - Heating A/C Temp Control Work, 04 - Ventilation Work, 05 - Electrical Work to the 01 - General Work Contractor in accordance with Article 6.3 of the General Conditions. (Refer to Articles 6 and 15 of the General Conditions for requirements concerning assignments of contracts.) The project manual, drawings, and all addenda are available after a one-time electronic registration for electronic viewing at no cost at electronically. For the convenience of bidders, complete sets of documents will be on file at Cross Rhodes Print & Technologies, 30 Eisenhower Lane North, Lombard, Illinois 60148, phone 630.963.4700 Each bidder shall prequalify with the Owner in accordance with the General Instructions to Bidders (Document 00 20 00). All bidders shall be prequalified with the Owner. New bidders that are not prequalified shall prequalify using the Owner's web-based Contractor Annual Prequalification System (CAPS) - electronically. The project will be administered using the Owner's web-based project management system. Minimum user requirements are as follows: Internet Browser Valid e-mail account Computer-Aided Drawing (CAD) viewer Immediately after the closing time for receiving bids, all proposals will be publicly opened, read, and tabulated in Room 128, Facilities & Services, Physical Plant Service Building, 1501 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820 for division 01 - General Work. Bids received after closing time will be returned unopened. The public opening and reading is for information only and is not construed as acceptance or rejection of any bid. Documents required with bid: 1. Section 00 40 00 - Bid form, including attachments A and B, completed and signed. 2. Good Faith Efforts documentation to date if diversity goals are not achieved. 3. Bid Deposit. 4. A completed copy of the following forms found at electronically. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids or any part thereof, to waive any informalities in the bidding, and to accept the bids deemed to be in the best interests of the Owner after all bids have been examined and evaluated. Alternates, if considered, will be accepted in any order as determined by the Owner. The University of Illinois has established diversity goals for participation by minority and women owned businesses as prime contractors, subcontractors, or suppliers in accordance with the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disability Act. Please refer to Bid Form Document 00 40 00 for additional information and instruction. Illinois Department of Central Management Services. Business Enterprise Program certification is the basis for determination of diversity status. Only those vendors who are certified by the Illinois Department of Central Management Services as of the final day of the bid opening Cure Period will be considered in determining whether the vendor meets the participation goal. Minority and women business enterprise goals are for each division of work and may vary by project. Specific diversity goals for each project are identified within the Bid Documents. The diversity baseline goals established for each campus follow: 01 - General Work MBE/WBE % 20 If the Bidder fails to meet the diversity goal at the time of bid submittal and provide both a completed utilization plan (Attachment B - Minority/Women Business Enterprise Program Utilization Plan of bid form 00 40 00) and good faith efforts documentation to date, they are granted a cure period of ten (10) calendar days, after Owner notifies Bidder of the deficiency, to meet the goal. By the end of the cure period, Bidder shall submit an updated utilization plan and updated documentation of their good faith efforts to achieve the MBE/WBE goals, if the goals are not met. Failure to submit such documentation or to use good faith efforts, shall result in rejection of the bid. Good faith effort documentation is not required when diversity goals have been met. Compliance with 30 ILCS 500/15/25(a) The Owner encourages bidders to hire qualified individuals in accordance with 30 ILCS 500/15- 25(a), including but not limited to veterans (as defined by 30 ILCS 500/45-67), minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. The successful bidder will be required to comply with all laws, statutes, regulations, ordinances, rulings or enactments of any governmental authority that are applicable to the work or to the project. The successful bidder shall pay no less than the prevailing wages and shall utilize equal employment opportunity hiring practices in connection with this project. PROTEST REVIEW OFFICE: Vendors may submit a written protest to the Protest Review Office following the requirements of the Higher Education Standard Procurement Rules 44 ILL. ADMIN. CODE 4.5550. For protests related to specifications, the Protest Review Office must physically receive the protest no later than 14 days after the solicitation or related addendum was posted to the Bulletin. For protests related to rejection of individual proposals or awards, the protest must be received by close of business no later than 14 days after the protesting party knows or should have known of the facts giving rise to the protest. The Protest Review Office's information is as follows: Chief Procurement Office Attn: Protest Review Office Suite 513 Stratton Office Building 401 South Spring Street Springfield, IL 62706 Phone: (217) 558-1393 Facsimile: (217) 558-2164 Illinois Relay: (800) 526-0844 If the protest is submitted via email, it must be sent to the following email address: EEE.LegalStaff@illinois.gov