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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Dan Barreiro, Chief Community Services Officer
Jim Birchall, Superintendent of Central Services
DATE: March 16, 2016
SUBJECT:
Award of contract to the F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates LLC (Paschen Group) for interior work for the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Memorial Museum in the amount not to exceed $140,000. This work is being facilitated through Central Services.
PURPOSE:
This contract is necessary for the operational use of the Angel Room in the GAR. The interior of the GAR is not finished. The work to be performed in the contract includes flooring, trim work, paint and stain, electrical and other work needed for a limited certificate of occupancy. This work will also count towards the city's match for a state grant. The Paschen Group will also serve as project manager coordinating the work to be completed.
BACKGROUND:
The City Council approved resolution R15-159 for RFP 15-39 awarding a contract to Bluestone Design Build for design/build services for the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Museum in the Amount of $246,000 on June 23, 2015. In order to install the display cases in the Angel Room of the GAR the floors need to be repaired and finished, base board and wainscot needs to be installed, electrical needs to be energized, a temporary light needs to be installed and stain needs to be completed. Other work to be undertaken is either code requirements or to protect the integrity of the building.
DISCUSSION:
This work is part of the Angel Room phase. The exhibit portion of this phase is offset with two grants: A State of Illinois grant from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) in the amount of $200,000 for exhibit design and fabrication and a Kane County Riverboat Grant in the amount of $46,000 for display cases. These two grants provide $246,000 toward this phase of the GAR. In 2014, the city was awarded a $750,000 grant by the Illinois ...
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