Renovation of a theater / auditorium in Bloomington, Illinois. Completed plans call for the renovation of a theater / auditorium.

The City adopted an Ordinance amending Chapter 16 of the City Code regarding public works contracts and project labor agreements. For all public works projects estimated in excess of $50,000 where public funds will be expended, the City of Bloomington shall require a project labor agreement unless it has been determined that a project labor agreement would not advance the City's interest of cost, efficiency, quality, safety, timeliness, skilled labor force, and labor stability and the City's policy to advance minority-owned or female-owned business, or businesses utilizing minority and female workers. The terms of any project labor agreement shall not exceed the economic standards established by the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, as form time to time amended, nor contain any requirement of union membership of any contractor's employees or fair share payment by contractor's employees. Project Labor agreement shall not be required for contracts for private development between the City and developers involving private business development activities (e.g., incentive agreement with developers on private development projects). Contact Information Carla Murillo Procurement Manager 109 E Olive Street Bloomington, IL 61701 Email: cmurillo@cityblm.org Phone: (309) 434-2277 Anticipated Award Date: February 24, 2025 Question Deadline 01/28/2025 at 12:00 PM CT Response from City: January 30, 2025, 3:00pm All questions related to this Invitation to bid (ITB) shall be submitted in writing through the online Question/Answer Tab via the online on or before, Tuesday, January 28, 2025 by 12:00 pm. Please include the section title for each question, if applicable, in order to ensure that questions asked are responded to correctly. All questions submitted and answers provided shall be electronically distributed to bidders/consultants following this solicitation on the online. Bids in excess of $10,000 must be accompanied by a Bid guaranty which shall not be less than ten percent (10%) of the amount of the Bid. At the option of the Bidder, the guaranty may be a cashier's check, mon-ey order, certified bank check or a surety bond. All guaranties, except surety bonds, will be deposited and reimbursement checks and surety bonds will be issued to unsuccessful bidders following the bid award. The Bid bond shall be secured by a guaranty or a surety company listed in the latest issue of U.S. Treasury Circular 570. The amount of such Bid bond shall be within the maximum amount specified for such Company in said Circular 570. No Bid will be considered complete unless it is accompanied by the required guaranty of a cashier's check, money order, certified bank check made payable to the City of Bloomington; or a surety bond. The Bid guaranty shall insure the execution of the Agreement and the fur-nishings of the surety bond or bonds by the successful Bidder, all as required by the Contract Documents. The contract shall be deemed to have been awarded when the NOTICE OF AWARD shall have been given to the bidder by some officer or agent of the City. The successful bidder will be required to provide Performance and Payment Bonds in the amount equal to 100% of the contract price within ten (10) busi-ness days after the bid award. The Performance Bond and Payment Bond shall be duly authorized by a company licensed to do business in the State of Illinois. The City of Bloomington reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive technicalities and to accept that bid which is to be considered to be in the best interest of the City. Any such decision shall be considered final. Questions Due Thursday, January 30, 2025, by noon