Central Utility Building Addition and Renovation Construction, UIP Subproject 1-CUB

Updated Oct 31, 2026

Solicitation from the Department of Energy, for work in Batavia, Illinois. Due Dec 17, 2026, 4:00 PM (UTC-6), 47 days left.

Bid documents (26)

• Request for Proposals Instructions to Offerors 310 KB
• Exhibit A - Scope of Work UIP CUB 252 KB
• Exhibit B- Construction Drawing Set 105.5 MB
• Exhibit C- Specification Set- New CHW Plant and CUB Upgrades 28.7 MB
• Exhibit D- Geotechnical Engineering Report 36.9 MB
• Exhibit E- Electrical Calculations 347 KB
• Exhibit F- Army Corp NPR-Letter 158 KB
• Exhibit G- FFDG General Terms and Conditions for Construction (08.2025) 320 KB
• Exhibit H - Construction Insurance Requirements 245 KB
• Exhibit I - Statement of Acknowledgment 699 KB
• Exhibit J - Fermilab Subcontractor Safety Information Questionnaire 1.4 MB
• Exhibit K- Price Proposal Form 734 KB
• Exhibit L- Subcontractor Annual RepsCerts-SARC. Rev 8 476 KB
• Exhibit M- Proposal Cerftifications Form r5 476 KB
• Exhibit N- Bond Bid 749 KB
• Exhibit O- (Rev 1.25) - Payment Bond 1.6 MB
• Exhibit P- Performance Bond 743 KB
• Exhibit Q- Davis Bacon Wage Rate 482 KB
• Exhibit S- Sample Firm-Fixed-Price Subcontract 747 KB
• Amendment 1: to Request for Proposals 159 KB
• Amendment 2: to Request for Proposals 124 KB
• Amendment 3: CUB Electrical Upgrade As-Builts 16.9 MB
• Amendment 3: CUB Original As-Built Drawings 20.0 MB
• Amendment 3: Submittal for 630 KB
• Amendment 3: Transformer Pics 2.6 MB
• Amendment 3: to Request for Proposals 180 KB

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Federal prevailing wage rates for this place: Illinois Davis-Bacon and SCA wage determinations.

Description

On Ocotber 30, 2026, Amendment No. 3 was issued to provide responses to questioins received from prospective offerors, provide as-built drawing and photos for reference only, extend thequestions due date to December 1, 2026, and to extend the proposal due date to December 17, 2026. On October 7, 2026, Amendment No. 2 was issued to correct badge access link provided in Amendment No. 1.

On October 6, 2026, Amendment No. 1 was issued to provide dates for site visits. This scope of work is to build an addition and renovate the Central Utility Building (CUB). The CUB supplies chilled water, hot water, low conductivity water, and makeup water to various lab buildings and systems.

These systems serve both comfort cooling and heating needs, as well as process cooling and utility requirements. It is vital to Fermilab’s mission that CUB be revitalized and expanded, ensuring the ability to serve existing and future loads. The General contractor shall furnish all required supervision, labor, materials, tools, plant and appurtenances necessary to perform diligently and fully all work as described in the drawings and technical specifications.

All work includes transportation, overhead, bonding costs, safety oversight, quality control oversight, and supervision as required to construct the project described in the drawings, technical specification and the detailed description contained herein. The critical schedule constraint for construction of this project is Fermilab’s accelerator shutdown, with an anticipated scheduled start on January 1, 2028, and anticipated end date of January 1, 2030- these dates may change depending on the needs of the Lab.

The General Contractor must start their on-site efforts, and complete the construction scope under this contract, within the shutdown window. This project includes the following milestones: Milestone 1 – Issuance of Notice to Proceed (NTP) to 30th December 2027. This milestone is intended for completion of necessary submittals and RFIs, approval of shop drawings for fabrication and procurement.

Milestone 2 – 3rd January 2028; This milestone marks the point where construction work may begin. Milestone 3 – 31st January 2029; AUP 1 CUB Extension complete. Milestone 4 – 29th June 2029; AUP 2 Existing CUB Upgrade complete.

Milestone 5 – 28th September 2029; Completion of CUB- including all remedial work following removal of site trailers.

Contracting contact

• Chris Daley · [email protected] · (630) 840-4256

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Is your business small enough?

For NAICS 236210, a business counts as small if it has no more than $45.0 million in average annual receipts (SBA size standard). This notice is set aside, so only businesses under that size, or in the named program, can bid. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.

Notice history

• Oct 7, 2026: Solicitation Due Nov 17, 2026, 4:00 PM (UTC-6)
• Oct 6, 2026: Solicitation Due Nov 17, 2026, 4:00 PM (UTC-6)
• Sep 17, 2026: Solicitation Due Nov 17, 2026, 4:00 PM (UTC-6)

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