U22086 National Petascale Computing Facility - Infrastructure Upgrades
Pre-Bid Information
01/11/2024 10:00 AM CT
A mandatory virtual pre-bid conference for all parties interested in
bidding the project will be held at 10:00 am on 1/11/2024 on a Zoom call-in telephone
number 312-626-6799, Meeting ID: 860 3356 1939, Password: 1867. Site walk-through
on 1/11/24 at 2:30 pm. Representatives of the Owner and the Professional Services
Consultant will be present to answer questions regarding the project and bidding
procedures. All prospective bidders are REQUIRED to attend.
Bid Information
01/25/2024 02:00 PM CT
Electronic Bids will be received up to the hour of 2:00 pm, prevailing
time, on 1/23/2024, for Contract Division
03 - Heating Work
Electronic Bids will be received up to the hour of 2:00 pm, prevailing
time, on 1/25/2024, for Contract Division
05 - Electrical Work
Division(s) 03 - Heating Work, electronic bids will be
electronically opened and publicly read on 1/23/2024 / 2:30 pm on a Zoom call-in
telephone number 312-626-6799, Meeting ID: 863 4058 4462, Password: 1867.
and tabulated. Additionally, Division 05 - Electrical Work electronic bids will be
electronically opened and publicly read on 1/25/2024 / 2:30 pm on a Zoom call-in
telephone number 312-626-6799, Meeting ID: 847 4679 7058, Password: 1867.
and tabulated. A recording of the bid opening is available upon request.
Site Visit Information
The Bidder, before submitting a bid for this Work, shall visit and carefully
examine the site of the Work in order to have full knowledge of, and to fully understand and
appreciate, the facilities, difficulties, and restrictions attending the performance of the
contract for which a bid is submitted. The Bidder shall take all required measurements and
carefully inspect all existing conditions, constructions, irregularities, and interferences
which may affect the Work under this contract.
Description
This project shall provide cooling loop inside the datacenter’s raised floor and will add three
chilled water distribution header lines (three each for chilled water supply and chilled water
return) connecting to the current loop so future equipment can tap into the system and add
eight additional taps with valves for future header lines to the north end of the loop. A new
electrical power distribution system will need the addition of two new MV transformers that
will provide the highest power voltage (415v) for new efficient datacenter design to be fed
from the existing MV switchgear to the data center white space. Ten new A/B overhead
busbar power distribution systems will be needed in the datacenter for future five rows of
servers.
Refer to Division 01 of the technical specifications for a complete, detailed breakdown of
the base bids and alternates for this project.
This project includes a Project Labor Agreement that will be executed between the lowest
responsible/responsive bidder and the East Central Illinois Building and Construction
Trades Council. A copy of the Project Labor Agreement is included at the end of Section
00 90 00.
