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PUBLIC NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION RELATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Original Offer Date: 08/29/2008

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois hereby requests qualifications from professional services consultants to provide professional services in connection with the following project:
Project Name: Biomass (Miscanthus) CHP and Storage Silo
Description of Project: THE PROJECT WILL INSTALL A 2.3 MMBTU/HR BIOMASS GASIFICATION-BOILER TO PRODUCE 2,200 LBM/HR 150 PSIG-SATURATED STEAM IN THE EXISTING VETERINARY MEDICINE CHILLER PLANT (VMCP). ADDITIONALLY, THE STEAM PRODUCED WILL FEED AN 18KW TURBINE THAT WILL REDUCE THE PRESSURE OF THE STEAM, GENERATING ELECTRICITY AND FEEDING THAT POWER TO THE BUILDING. TO STORE 3-4 DAYS WORTH OF BIOMASS, AN ACTIVE BOTTOM SILO TO BE ERECTED ADJACENT TO THE VMCP; IT WILL HOLD 2,750 CUBIC FEET AND THEREFORE BE NO MORE THAN 30 FEET TALL. IT WILL BE FILLED PNEUMATICALLY FROM GROUND LEVEL THROUGH AN 8-INCH CHUTE INTO THE TOP OF THE BIOMASS STORAGE SILO VIA A FORAGE BLOWER. CHOPPED MISCANTHUS WILL BE CONVEYED PNEUMATICALLY TO THE SURGE HOPPER ASSOCIATED WITH THE BIOMASS BOILER. THIS PROJECT IS A DESIGN, BID, BUILD.
Project Area: GSF:0NASF:0
Project Budget: $1,197,373.00Construction Budget: $995,573.00

Note: The project will be administered using the Owner's web-based project management system. PRZM was developed to maximaize the potential of the Internet in allowing project team members to access and exchange project information. PRZM supports team colllaboration in management and interaction, as well as a team member empowerment on a multi-layer security system.

Minimum user requirements are as follows:

  • Internet Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 or higher is recommended.
  • E-mail: PRZM requires the user to have a valid e-mail account.
  • Computer-Aided Drawing (CAD) viewer.

Only those firms which meet the following qualifications will be considered for selection:

  • Licensed to practice as an (Architect, Engineer, or Landscape Architect) in the State of Illinois.
  • Prequalified with the State of Illinois Capital Development Board.
  • Registered and authorized to do business in the State of Illinois.
  • Utilization of AutoCAD compatible System.

The following project-related criteria will be used to evaluate the firms requesting consideration for selection:
  • Current commitments of firm, proposed staff and consultants
  • Prior experience of the proposed project staff in the design and construction of similar projects.
  • Overall design quality of the relevant projects submitted
  • MAFBE participation of Professional Service Consultant and sub-consultants
  • Prior experience of the assembled team with designing, sizing and selecting equipment, bidding, and administering assembly of Biomass CHP systems

Firms should submit one electronic copy of their complete submittal response (in pdf format) by 09/18/2008 using the submit button below:

Download an electronic copy of the 255.

Division of Facilities and Services
1501 S. Oak St.
Champaign, IL 61820
Kelly Pfeifer, Capital Planning Specialist, kpeifer@illinois.edu
The Professional Services Consultant selection will be consistent with the Architectual, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act (30 ILCS 535/1).

Interested firms should not forward brochures or other data until notified by Division of Facilities and Services.