Renovation of an educational facility in Normal, Illinois. Completed plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

Provide all labor, material, equipment, and services necessary to replace existing wood structures with metal structures and install new grounding mat in the University owned switch yard at the Heat Plant on the campus of Illinois State University. Work to include coordination of electrical systems, equipment, and materials installation with other contractors and ISU. ISU will continue to maintain and follow all Illinois Procurement Code Regulations and Rules. Any submittals received after the identified due date and time will not be accepted or evaluated. Either electronic submissions OR paper submissions will be accepted for this solicitation. Participation in a u.S. Department of labor approved and registered apprenticeship & training program is required on public works by procurement code (30 ilcs 500/30-22). Illinois State University requests that you submit a Certificate of Registration in an approved Apprenticeship and Training Program issued by the Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, with your bid. This bulletin is the only official source of documents for this bid. Clarifications or modifications to drawings or specifications will be posted via addendum. To give questions appropriate consideration and to give bidders time to respond to the resulting clarifications, the University requires that all questions be submitted no later than 4:30pm October 20th, 2022 to Jackie Gunderson at jnmaste@ilstu.edu. If the list of University-supplied NIGP commodity codes excludes a code that a prospective respondent or BEP-certified vendor believes should be included with the solicitation, additional codes may be requested and must be submitted by the question deadline for this solicitation. These requests should be made through a commodity code addition form supplied by the University buyer assigned to this solicitation. Email the buyer to obtain this form. If requested, additional University-supplied commodity codes may be added to the Utilization Plan by addendum at the Universitys discretion. Subcontractors must meet the same requirements as prime contractors to do business with Illinois State University. For instructions on how to obtain a comprehensive purchase description, disclosure or contract forms, contact: Jackie Gunderson Purchasing Office Illinois State University at Uptown Crossing 1220 Campus Box 100 South Fell Avenue, Suite D Normal, IL 61790-1220 Phone: (309) 438-1945 FAX: (309) 438-5555 All responses must include: Submit 1 copies of the response as defined in the specifications. Sealed envelopes containing the bids have the bid number and project title on the envelope. Bid security (see complete bid for details). A letter from a surety company in substantially the form set forth in the Instructions to Bidders assuring the issuance of the performance and payment bonds. There is a 30 percent BEP goal for this procurement. The contract(s) for this solicitation could exceed $50,000 annually.