State of Illinois Online Auction

Description: SUB ICE ROVER AND RELATED EQUIPMENT 

• Purchased ( Custom made )  in 2005
• Located at Dorland Building 180 Stadium Drive West, Dekalb Il. 60115
• Inside outbuilding – no dock – Load from ground level
• Buyer must supply loading equipment to transport. No equipment available

There are two hydraulic power units, two winches, one sub ice rover ( approx. 26’ long ) and spool of cable.  

Each winch weighs 6,000 lbs.  One has 3km of data and fiber cable on it, the other has 3km of hydraulic line. Each winch has its own 1,200 lb hydraulic power unit.

The sub ice rover is a one off construction by DOER.  It is designed to fit down a 1 meter ice hole through 1km of glacier and then reconfigure into a swimming mode and swim up 2km of streams under the ice. 

Contact Person : 

Ron Blomberg

Property Control Manager

Distribution Services Supervisor

Dorland Building

rblomberg@niu.edu

Property Control -  815-753-1437

Distribution Services – 815-753-6280

Dimensions = See Pics

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All surplus property is sold “as is, where is”.

Surplus Property is not tested unless otherwise stated in description.

Information contained in this posting is as known to us. Additional information may not be available or be able to be provided. Other items that may be pictured are not part of this auction unless detailed in the listing. 

iBid COVID Guidelines

• NO admittance into State Surplus Warehouse for property viewing – iBid viewing is limited to “Virtual Only”. 
• NO facility access for anyone with COVID-19 or potential case of COVID-19.
• Personal protective equipment (PPE – Masks/Facial Coverings) must be worn at all times when inside the facility.
• Social distancing, minimum of 6 feet spacing if possible.
• Respiratory etiquette, including covering coughs and sneezes, should be practiced.
• Facility access restricted to iBid customer or designee.
• Only ONE (1) customer is allowed inside the main entrance and they will not be allowed to enter the warehouse.
• Pick-up must be completed by person/persons 18 years of age or older – NO children are allowed in the facility.
• All customers must BRING THEIR OWN PRINTED INVOICE or property pickup will be refused.
• All customers are required to bring a valid government issued ID / ID number will be recorded onto invoice at the time of pickup.
• Small items will be placed on table in foyer for customer contactless pickup / Large items will be placed outside in parking lot.
• Due to contactless pickup restrictions, customers must be able to load their own property into their vehicle.

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The State of Illinois does NOT provide shipping.  

It is the customers’ responsibility to bring a copy of the invoice to pick up this property.

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          A) Illinois Department of Central Management Services has sole discretion, reclamation of the awarded property and relisting of the same for public auction.

          B) The payment of such fees and charges including any storage, administrative or other expenses necessary to re-auction the unclaimed item.

          C) Handling charge of $25.00 per item, plus ten percent (10%) of the bid price for a restocking fee.

          D) Failure to pay and/or pick up will result in bidder banned from the iBid website.

 THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CENTRAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES WILL NOT PERMIT DELINQUENT PAYMENT OR PICKUP OF IBID MERCHANDISE. ALL UNPAID/UNCLAIMED ITEMS WILL BE RESOLD AND ABOVE PENALTIES SHALL BE IMPOSED ON DELINQUENT BIDDER. WHEN BIDDER MAKES PAYMENT BUT FAILS TO PICK-UP AWARDED PROPERTY, BIDDER SHALL ONLY BE ENTITLED TO A REFUND, LESS THE ABOVE PENALTIES ENUMERATED ABOVE.

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