Lowden State Park Lorado Taft Eternal Indian Statue Concrete Restoration Project

This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract to Quality Restorations, Inc. for the restoration of the Lorado Taft Eternal Indian Statue located at Lowden State Park in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is procuring restoration services for this historic statue. The key objective is to restore the statue, with required qualifications including expertise in concrete restoration. A public hearing has been scheduled for December 5, 2018 at 2:00 pm to receive comments on the appropriateness of the sole source award, and the hearing will be cancelled if no interested parties submit written comments or requests for the hearing by November 30, 2018. The Chief Procurement Officer will make the final determination on the sole source award after considering any testimony provided at the hearing, with written comments given the same weight as oral testimony.

The notice does not indicate any set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond. It also does not provide information on any incumbent vendors, existing infrastructure or technology requirements, or the potential award value or budget range for this project. The sole source contract is being awarded to Quality Restorations, Inc., but the details of this contract, including pricing terms, are not disclosed in the available documents.