At the pre-bid meeting for UC2B's three construction projects, there weren’t enough chairs for all the contractors in attendance.  But when the bids came in, only three bidders submitted bids.  Two of those contractors, Western Utility and John Burns Construction, bid on all three portions.  Western Utility was the lowest bidder on the U of I’s and the City of Champaign’s portion, and John Burns Construction was the lowest bidder for the City of Urbana’s portion. Read more »

With an email around 10:20am this morning, Mike Smeltzer broke the news to the electronic world that the first of three "Advertisements for bids" for UC2B backbone construction has been released. The Advertisement, signed by Urbana Public Works director Bill Gray, indicates that bids are due on June 21st, by 2pm, at the UIUC Facilities and Services building, 1501 S Oak St, Champaign, IL.

The announcement also appeared in Monday's News-Gazette Classifieds (section 599), but has not yet appeared on the Urbana website urbanaillinois.us.

One thing this announcement makes clear is that, UIUC Prequalification procedures will apply.  This differs from information that has been on the UC2B.net site for months, which states under Vendors: "Bidders on University construction projects are required to prequalify with the Illinois Capital Construction Board."  Another source of confusion is that the bid documents, which should be available for viewing at 706 S Glover Ave in Urbana, will apparently only be received at that location some time Wednesday.

Official announcement below.  Stay tuned for more UC2B news!
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The Marketing Subcommittee met on Wednesday May 12^th, 2011 at the Douglass Branch Library Meeting Room. The discussion surrounded the “UC2B Marketing and Outreach Update” document sent out by John Kersh. You will find this document attached at the bottom of this post, along with the other materials that were provided at the meeting. Read more »

(Note: Two documents mentioned below will be attached as soon as they are made available: The IRU Subcommittee's recommendation and the full text of the Community Benefit Agreement)

The UC2B Technical Committee and Policy Committee both met during the first week of May.  A summary of the two meetings can be found below.  There is only one UC2B meeting this week (May 9^th - 13^th).  

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Due to a scheduling error, the Community Technology in C-U Meeting/Workshop Scheduled for this Saturday, May 7, 2011, at the Champaign Public Library WILL NOW TAKE PLACE at :

Salem Baptist Church, 500 East Park Street Champaign IL.

If you have shared this announcement with others please update them on this location change.
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