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NEW! As of May 2023, Urbana now has an eProcurement Portal with OpenGov:  https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/urbanaillinois

The City of Urbana is transitioning to a new eProcurement system called OpenGov for publishing solicitations, and receiving vendor responses. Register your account early to begin receiving email notifications of bid/RFP postings.  Registration is 100% free for vendors!

1) Follow this link to begin the registration process: https://procurement.opengov.com/signup 

2) To access the Bid Documents and to subscribe to Urbana’s postings, visit this page: https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/urbanaillinois

3) You will need to sign in to OpenGov to access the bid materials.

 After you register, you can then subscribe to organizations from across the Country – not just Urbana!

 

The City of Urbana promotes Equal Opportunity in the procurement of services. Businesses owned by women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to submit bids and/or proposals. More information about the City’s Equal Opportunity program, may be found on this page: http://www.urbanaillinois.us/government/mayors-office/human-relations/public-vendorscontractors

The City of Urbana will require vendors doing business with the City to complete the Vendor Representations and Additional Duties Form, which may be found here: http://www.urbanaillinois.us/Purchasing-Forms

All vendors doing business with the City are required to submit a completed W-9 once they are awarded a purchase or contract with the City. A W-9 document may be found here: http://www.urbanaillinois.us/Purchasing-Forms

Prevailing Wage Act

The Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/1 et seq.) requires contractors or subcontractors to pay prevailing wages to all laborers, workers, and mechanics who perform work on a public works project. Further information, including the current prevailing wage rates, is available on the Illinois Department of Labor’s website at the following link: https://www2.illinois.gov/idol/Laws-Rules/CONMED/Pages/prevailing-wage-a...

 

Procurements before May 2023 are posted below. Procurements appear in the order they were posted, with the most recent appearing first. Closed procurements will also appear on this page with their title updated to indicate their closed status.

CLOSED - Request for Proposals (1920-37): Fire Division Chief Promotional Testing

Date: 
June 2, 2020 - 3:00pm

 

 

CLOSED

EXTENDED SUBMISSION DUE DATE

Requesting Department: Fire Department
Contact Person: Chief Charles Lauss
Address: 400 S. Vine Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801
Telephone No.: (217) 384-2421
E-Mail Address: celauss@urbanaillinois.us

The City is seeking to select a qualified professional vendor to develop, validate, administer, and score assessment centers and/or written exam for the promotional testing of Division Chief in the Fire Department. 

The original Proposal MUST be submitted to the Requesting Department at or before the date and time specified below to receive full consideration:

EXTENDED SUBMISSION DUE DATE: 6/2/2020 TIME: 3:00 P.M. CENTRAL TIME

CLOSED - Invitation to Bid: Vine and Washington Resurfacing Project (1920-36)

CLOSED

Sealed BIDS for the construction of the Vine and Washington Resurfacing Project (City Section 18-00615-00-RS) including: removal and replacement of concrete roadway surface, removal and replacement of concrete curb, removal and replacement of bituminous roadway surface at select locations, reconstruction of sidewalk ramps and other incidental work will be received by the City of Urbana at the office of the Director of Public Works, 706 South Glover Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61802 until 12:55 p.m. prevailing time on Friday, May 22, 2020 and publicly opened and read aloud at 1:00 p.m. at said office. Due to current Covid-19 precautions, the bids will be read by Public Works staff and broadcast over Urbana Public Television.

The Bid Documents may be examined and copies obtained by completing the Contact Form below.

Vine and Washington Resurfacing Project Contact Form

CLOSED - Invitation to Bid: Leachate Force Main Cleaning and Televising (1920-35)

CLOSED

The City of Urbana is seeking bids from qualified vendors to provide cleaning and televising for 2,404 feet of 2-inch diameter force main.

Sealed bids will be accepted at the Public Works Department, 706 South Glover Street, Urbana, Illinois, 61802, Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Bids will be accepted up to and no later than 1:30 p.m. CST, Thursday, May 21, 2020.

Please register below to receive the bid documents and any subsequent addenda.

Leachate Force Main Cleaning and Televising Contact Form

CLOSED - Invitation to Bids: Nevada Street Series Street Light Replacement Project (1920-34)

Date: 
April 30, 2020 - 8:00am to May 14, 2020 - 1:55pm

CLOSED

Sealed BIDS for the construction of the Nevada Street Series Street Light Replacement Project (City Section 19-00625-00-LT) including: installation of 24 new street lights and approximately 4,000 linear feet of underground electrical conduit and other incidental work and appurtenances will be received by the City of Urbana at the office of the Director of Public Works, 706 South Glover Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61802 until 1:55 p.m. prevailing time on Thursday, May 14, 2020 and publicly opened and read aloud at 2:00 p.m. at said office.

Bid Documents may be examined online and copies obtained by completing the Contact Form below.