This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Edwardsville, Illinois. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

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 for various general construction projects (on an as-needed basis) for work to be performed on the Edwardsville, Alton, and East St. Louis campuses of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. SIUE intends to award the initial contract for the period January 1, 2026, through June 30, 2026, with the option to renew for four consecutive one-year periods through July 1, 2030. Contracts shall be subject to renewal upon demonstration of satisfactory service, continued need, favorable market conditions, funds appropriated, BEP participation, and responsiveness to requests. Construction projects may involve buildings, utility systems, and other structures, including one or more of the divisions of work as defined by the Construction Specifications Institute Master Format. The price for individual projects to be accomplished through these contracts will be under the State of Illinois small purchase limit for construction, currently $100,000. The University or a University-authorized architect/engineer firm will develop a scope of work for each project, solicit multiple quotes from the contractors awarded this bid, and the University will issue a fixed-price order with a specific completion date for each project. The University reserves the right to award multiple orders for all work to ensure timely delivery of work and best price. Multiple contracts will be issued for the Facilities Management Department's use. SIUE also reserves the right to receive quotes for projects under the formal bid limit from contractors not awarded this project. Bidders who have not completed and returned their prequalification statement which is valid for the period January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, 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 (618) 650-3384. The prequalification document will be due at the SIUE Purchasing Office by 2:00pm, October 06, 2025. Bids will not be accepted from contractors who have not submitted and received approval of the SIUE Prequalification Statement. The 2025 SIUE Prequalification Documents may be downloaded on the Bulletin under RFI 2025SIUEPrequal. Prequalification statements will be required every year. All questions must be e-mailed to Teresa Shipton, tshipto@siue.edu, by September 24, 2025, 12:00 p.m. CDT. 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 on the Illinois Higher Education Bulletin website. Questions should not be addressed to any other SIUE representative. If contact of any kind occurs with any other representative, this will be grounds for disqualification. 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.