Change Order Notice I-25-2005 RM Tollway (I-88), Bridge Recon at CNR, Phase II Engineering Services

The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is posting a change order notice for Contract I-25-2005, a Phase II design engineering services contract for reconstruction of the Canadian National Railway bridge at milepost 121.9 on the Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88), with a 14-day posting period ending November 20, 2026. This is a change order to an existing contract, not a new solicitation.

The change order supplements the original contract to address structural design, maintenance of traffic staging, and coordination and preparation of documents for Canadian National Railway review and approval—work necessitated by emergency repairs following a bridge strike. An emergency construction contract (RR-26-2068) was separately initiated for traffic control, shoring, and repairs.

The original contract amount was $7,270,899.60. This change order increases the contract amount by $500,000, bringing the revised total to $7,770,899.60. The contractor is GFT Infrastructure, Inc. The original contract was solicited via BidBuy Bid Number 25-557THA-ENGCO-B-46484 and approved by the Tollway Board on October 21, 2025, under Board Resolution 23098. The change order qualifies for the 14-day posting requirement under Section 33E-9 of the Criminal Code because it increases the contract cost by more than $25,000. The supplemental work is deemed germane to the original project and falls within established project limits, meeting the criteria that the circumstances necessitating the change were not reasonably foreseeable at the time of original contract execution.