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

The Board of Trustees of the Southern Illinois University governing Southern Illinois University Edwardsville hereby requests sealed bids to furnish all labor, equipment, tools and materials to replace the Prairie Hall chiller Mandatory pre-bid conference: All contractors are required to sign in and sign out after site visit. If contractor is late or leaves before the completion of the meeting or site visit, the contractor will not be considered attending the pre-bid conference. This will be the only site visit. Subcontractors and suppliers that need to view the site are encouraged to attend. All questions must be e-mailed to Teresa Shipton, tshipto@siue.edu by October 19,2022, 12:00 p.m. prevailing time. Questions submitted after this date may not receive a response. Answers to all questions will be addressed in the form of an addendum and will be posted Questions should not be addressed to any other SIUE or RTM Engineering representative. If contact of any kind occurs with any other representative, this will be grounds for disqualification. All resulting contracts issued against this bid will have required terms to provide full compliance with Illinois Public Act 96-0795. These terms will apply to the awarded contractor and their subcontractors and include but are not limited to disclosure of financial interests, annual certifications and filing of subcontracts. Bidders who have not completed and returned their SIUE prequalification statement which is valid for the period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022, will be required to prequalify in accordance with the bidding contract provision - Document PQ00250 Prequalification Documents. Firms may verify their prequalification status by contacting Teresa Shipton at tshipto@siue.edu. The prequalification document will be due at the SIUE Purchasing Office a minimum of three business days prior to the bid opening. Bids will not be accepted from contractors who have not submitted and received approval of the SIUE Prequalification Statement. The 2022 SIUE Prequalification Documents may be downloaded on the Bulletin under RFI 2022SIUEPrequal. In addition to completing SIUE's prequalification statement, all bidders may qualify to submit bids to state universities of Illinois only if they are a legal entity authorized to do business in Illinois prior to submitting the bid. All first-tier subcontractors also meet this requirement. This applies to both in-state and out-of-state firms. Failure to provide the Certificate of Good Standing (or other qualifications as noted in the form included with this document) with your bid will result in your bid being considered as non-responsive. The successful bidder will be required to comply with all laws, statutes, regulations, ordinances, rulings or enactments of any governmental authority which are applicable to the work or to the project. The successful bidder shall pay current prevailing wage rates as posted on the Illinois Department of Labor's website and shall utilize equal employment opportunity hiring practices in connection with this project. The University reserves the right to reject any and all bids. For instructions on how to obtain a comprehensive purchase description, disclosure or contract forms, contact: Teresa Shipton 99 Supporting Services Road Rm 1020 Campus Box 1012 Edwardsville, IL 62026 There is a 30 percent BEP goal for this procurement. There is a 3 percent Veteran-owned business goal for this procurement