Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 5/21/2025 - 6:00 PM
Category: Action Items
Type: Action
Subject: Approval of Bid for the 2025 Middle School Capital Projects - Issuance 2A
Vision 2026:
Operational Excellence Strategies 1
Address facilities projects identified in the Facilities Master Plan.
Policy:
Background Administration, along with our partners at Perkins+Will and Nicholas & Associates, prioritized Middle School Capital project work at Monroe and Franklin Middle Schools in the summer of 2025. A competitive bid for this work was structured to include one bid package, encompassing site and structural work in preparation for the additions that will start in the fall of 2025.
File Attachment:
CUSD 200 - Middle School Referendum Work - Project Issuance 2a - LOR dated 5.15.25.pdf
CUSD 200 - Middle School Referendum Work - Project Issuance 2a - Bid Tab dated 5.15.25.pdf
Summary: The bid opening for Issuance 2A was held on May 15, 2025. Six (6) total contractors obtained bid packages, and five (5) contractors responded by submitting bids. The bid package was designed for site and structural work at Monroe and Franklin Middle Schools in preparation for the additions that will start in the fall of 2025.

Nicholas & Associates, Inc. has affirmed a low bidder for Issuance 2A. Tor Construction Co., Inc., with a bid of $7,796,900, is being recommended to be awarded the contract for Issuance 2A.

A copy of the letter of recommendation from Nicholas & Associates and the bid tabulation sheet is attached for your reference. The bid recommendation, similar to Project Issuance 1, falls below the Nicholas & Associates estimate for this package.
Funding: CUSD 200 General Obligation School Bonds - Series 2025
Board Policy 4:60 Purchases and Contracts
Recommendation: It is recommended that the Board of Education award the bid submission for Project Issuance 2A to Tor Construction Co., Inc. of South Elgin, Illinois in the total amount of $7,796,900.00.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Brian O'Keeffe - Asst Superintendent Business Services
Signed By:
Jeff Schuler - Superintendent