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Safe Passage Shelter Facility

Project Description

A new wood framed structure with slab on grade and a portion of the building with a basement. The building will contain eighteen sleeping rooms, ten offices, a dining room, living room, computer room, library, commercial kitchen, an attached two vehicle garage, and additional support spaces such as restrooms, bathrooms, and laundry facilities. Major Systems: Wood framed structure with PTAC through-wall electric heating and cooling units in apartments, and common areas heated and cooled with forced air electric units, 100% sprinklered per NFPA 13. Concealed spaces to be sprinklered. Attic spaces to be sprinklered with dry-pipe system. Ancillary Facilities: Parking, roadway, sidewalks, trash enclosure, storage shed, perimeter screen fencing, landscaping and site lighting.

Project Details

Project Name: Safe Passage Shelter Facility

Posting Type: Construction Project

Closing Date: 08/19/2025 2:00 pm

Project Bid Received By & Opening Information: Sealed Bid for the Safe Passage New Shelter Facility, 217 Franklin Street, DeKalb, Illinois 60115. Sealed bids for the SAFE PASSAGE NEW SHELTER FACILITY will be received by Safe Passage, Inc., P.O. Box 621, DeKalb, IL 60115, up to the hour of 2:00 p.m. local time (CDT) on Tuesday August 19, 2025. Bids may be submitted electronically via email up to the stated bid time. Emailed bids are to be addressed to Ronald Billy [email protected]. A printed copy must be received by Safe Passage, Inc., either hand-delivered or mailed, no later than 5 p.m. Local Time (Central Daylight Time) on Thursday August 21, 2025. Immediately after the closing time for receiving bids, they will be privately opened, read and recorded.

Est. Completion Date: 10/01/2026

Pre-Bid Meeting Info: A voluntary pre-bid conference will be held on Friday, August 8th, 2025, at 10:00 AM local time (Central) at Safe Passage New Shelter Facility, 217 Franklin Street, DeKalb, Illinois 60115. All contractors are encouraged to attend at this time, since private tours will not be granted. Pre-registration for the walk-through is required. Please pre-register for the pre-bid conference with Ronald Billy at 1919 Architects, P.C. 815.229.8222 ([email protected]) on or before Friday, August 1st, 2025, at 5 p.m. local time (CDT).

Bid Award Type: Pending

Project Status: Active

Location Details

City: DeKalb

County: DeKalb

State/Province: Illinois

Site Directions: On the corner of South 2nd Street and Franklin Street.

Mapped Project Location

Owner Details

Owner Name: Safe Passage, Inc.

Address: PO Box 621, DeKalb, IL 60115

Phone: 815-762-4273

Contact: Christine Kalina

Email: [email protected]

Solicitor Details

Solicitor Name: 1919 Architects

Design Discipline: Architect

Address: 4000 Morsay Drive, Rockford, IL 61107

Phone: 8159149005

Contact: Ronald G. Billy, Jr.

Email: [email protected]

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Contact Information

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4000 Morsay Drive
Rockford, IL 61107

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