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1958] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS I207
APPLICATION FOR HEALTH RESEARCH FACILITIES FUNDS
FOR COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
(26) The College of Veterinary Medicine has submitted an application to the
National Institute of Health for $140,000 to provide one-half of the funds for
the construction of a building and equipment to be used as an isolation unit and a
facility for research on zoonoses (infectious diseases common to man and animals).
Funds will be available from outside sources for the research.
The application has been approved by the University Committee on Health
Research Facilities Grants, the Vice-President and Provost, and the Vice-President
and Comptroller, and has already been filed to meet an April I, 1958, deadline,
subject to approval by the Board of Trustees and to the availability of matching
funds. Arrangements are being made to secure matching funds from private
sources, but a portion may have to come from University funds if the grant is
approved and accepted.
I recommend approval of filing the application with the understanding that
acceptance of the grant will be subject to availability of matching funds.
On motion of Mr. Johnston, this application was authorized.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS REGULATIONS GOVERNING
PROCUREMENT AND BIDDING
(27) The Illinois Purchasing Act, approved July 11, 1957, requires each state
agency to promulgate and publish rules and regulations governing its procurement
practices and procedures which rules and regulations, and all additions and
amendments thereto, must be approved by the State Department of Finance and
filed with the Secretary of State.
The Business Office and the Legal Counsel's Office have drafted regulations
governing procurement procedures and bidding at the University of Illinois
which have been submitted to the State Department of Finance for preliminary
review. These regulations formalize what the University is presently doing. With
minor modifications resulting from specific provisions in the Illinois Purchasing
Act, the practices and policies reflected in these regulations are the same as those
the University has been following for many years. The regulations are now submitted
to the Board of Trustees. The Vice-President and Comptroller recommends
adoption of these regulations effective June 1, 1958.
I concur and recommend that the Secretary of the Board be authorized to
submit them to the State Department of Finance for official approval, and after
approval that he be authorized to file them with the Secretary of State in accordance
with the provisions of "An Act Concerning Administrative Rules."
On motion of Mr. Swain, these regulations were approved by the
following vote: Aye, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr.
Livingston, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none;
absent, Mr. Bissell, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Stratton.
The regulations appear as an appendix to these minutes on pages
1221 to 1233.
PURCHASES
Purchases Authorized
(28) The following purchases were authorized by the Executive Committee on
the recommendation of the Director of Purchases, the Vice-President and Comptroller,
and the President of the University. In each case the purchase was recom­
mended on the basis of the lowest bid.
Item
One furnace, kiln type, high temperature
(2800 F.), 18 ft. wide x 21 in.
deep x 23 y2 in. high inside, 30 kva,
2 3o volts, 60 cycle, complete with
Program controller
°ne centrifuge, laboratory, large volume,
refrigerated, with continuous
now attachment, with two high-speed
rotors, 115/230 volt, 60 cycle
u ne lot laboratory glassware and assorted
laboratory supplies
Department
Art
Chemistry and
Chemical
Engineering
General Chemical
Stores
Vendor
Harrop Ceramic
Service Co.,
Columbus, Ohio
Lourdes Instrument
Corp,,
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Arthur S. LaPine & Co.,
Chicago
Cost
$3 151 70
f.o.b.
freight
allowed to
Urbana
1 920 00
f.o.b.
destination
2 851 09
f.o.b.
delivered