Renovation of a library in Lake Forest, Illinois. Completed plans call for the renovation of a library.

The Lake Forest (Illinois) Library invites bids from qualified and experienced firms and organizations to substantially upgrade/modernize its existing hydraulic elevator located at 360 E. Deerpath Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045. This elevator was manufactured by Automatic Elevator Company in April 1977 and serves the following four levels of the library building: 1. Basement level that includes the Children's Library and the Maintenance areas. 2. Mezzanine level that includes the Teen Library and the Sorting Room of the Friends of the Lake Forest Library. 3. Main Level that includes Circulation, Reference, Media Lab, Reading Room, Business and Fine Arts annexes and staff offices. 4. Upper Level that includes the non-fiction Adult collections. The Library would like to move quickly in the selection of a firm or organization to complete the substantial upgrade/modernization of its elevator. The selected firm should be prepared to begin work immediately after a contract is signed with the goal of completing work no later than January 31, 2025. The Library is under no obligation to select under this RFP, and it reserves the rights to select the lowest responsible bidder. The Library reserves the right to reject any and all submissions at its sole discretion, accept a proposal based on considerations other than cost, and waive or modify any provision of this RFP. The Library also reserves the right to adjust the timeline of the project as it deems necessary. Question Deadline 07/15/2024 at 5:00 PM CT All questions pertaining to the RFP must be in writing and received no later. Please send questions via email, using the subject line Elevator Upgrade/Modernization RFP, to Ishwar Laxminarayan at ishwar@lakeforestlibrary.org. All written questions will be answered via addendum and posted to the Library's website at online No questions will be accepted or answered verbally, nor will any question be accepted or answered after 5:00 pm CST on Friday, July 19, 2024 Late submissions will not be accepted. Proposals will not be opened in public, and proposal information will be kept confidential until an award is made. An acknowledgement will be sent for each proposal received