Construction of New Fire Station & Associated Site WorkEngine 63 Fire Station67th & Blackstone

Sealed bids, subject to conditions contained herein and in the Contract Documents, will be received by the Public Building Commission of Chicago until 10:00 a.m., November 27, 2001 at Room 200, Richard J. Daley Center, 66 West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602, and then and there publicly opened for Construction of New Fire Station and Associated Site Work for Engine 63 Fire Station to be located at 67th and Blackstone

Copies of the forms of Contract Documents including the Instructions to Bidders, General Conditions, Special Conditions, and Specifications are on file at Mesirow Stein Development Services, Inc., 350 North Clark Street, and may be obtained there on request. (A maximum of two copies of complete Bid Documents may be obained by depositing zero($0.00) for each set with Mesirow Stein Development Services, Inc. Additional sets of complete Bid Documents may be obtained through Mesirow Stein Development Services at the contractor’s own expense, which amount will not be refundable. Certified or cashier’s checks or money orders are required and must be made payable to “The Public Building Commission of Chicago”.)

Attention is called to special conditions specifying that a percentage of the work be performed by Minority-owned and Women-owned Business Enterprises and the award criteria provision for utilizing minorities and women in the project work force and residency requirements. Community hiring is required on this project.

The agencies at this link are available to assist in identifying sub-contractors:

A certified, cashier’s check or bid bond for $50,000.00 payable to the Public Building Commission of Chicago shall be submitted with each bid, as a bid guarantee.

A pre-bid meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 14, 2001 at 11:00 a.m. in the Public Building Commission Board Room, on the Second Floor, in the Richard J. Daley Center. Attendance at the pre-bid meeting is strongly encouraged for all proposers.

The Public Building Commission of Chicago reserves the right to reject any or all bids, and to waive any informalities in the bidding.

General Contractors that Attended the Pre-Bid Meeting or Picked Up Bid Documents:
Pacific Construction Services
The Lombard Company
F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen, Inc.
Castle Construction Corporation
II in One Contractors, Inc.
Scale Construction Company
Ragner Benson, Inc.
Walter S. Joslyn Construction Company
R.T. Milord Company
UBM, Inc.
Fredrickson/KRJ
Fred Berglund & Sons, Inc.
William Randolph Construction