RE-BID - District 3 Ladd and Sycamore Maintenance Yard Generator and Installation

The Illinois Department of Transportation is soliciting re-bid responses for supply and installation of standby backup generators at its District 3 Ladd and Sycamore maintenance yards in Ottawa, Bureau County, Illinois, with responses due November 5, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. The Invitation for Bid is an open market procurement available to all vendors registered in BidBuy, with no small business set-aside and no Business Enterprise Program or Vendor Participation Program participation goals.

The scope is a 96kW/120kVA, 240-120V 3-wire standby engine generator at Ladd and a 60kW/75kVA, 240-120V 4-wire standby engine generator at Sycamore, each with miscellaneous installation parts, plus 320 labor hours for installation at Ladd. The solicitation contains six line items. Vendors must submit unit costs for the generators, parts at each location, and labor hours, as no pricing is pre-established. Electronic quotes are permitted.

Required bid attachments are a signed contract, the Vendor Disclosure or IPG Active Registered Vendor Disclosure form (failure to submit results in disqualification), and an Offer to the State of Illinois bearing authorized signature. The solicitation was made available October 15, 2026.

The non-mandatory pre-bid walk-through at both facilities was scheduled for October 28, 2026 and has passed. Questions must be submitted in writing to timothy.g.neisler@illinois.gov, as no questions are answered during site visits. Timothy Neisler of the Finance & Administration Department manages the procurement, and Christian Nickel serves as ship-to and bill-to contact.