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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with H&H Electric Company, Franklin Park, Illinois, in the amount of $47,410.30, for the installation of emergency vehicle preemption (EVP) equipment at various traffic signal locations on the County highway system, and designated as Section 16-00999-23-TL.
Staff Summary
• 2016 Traffic Signal - Emergency Vehicle Preemption (EVP) Installation: Contract Award.
• The installation of EVP equipment, at six traffic signal locations, will complete the work on the County highway system.
• “End of Life” EVP equipment will also be replaced at nine locations on the County highway system.
• A total of three bids were received, ranging from $47,410.30 to $64,591.90, and the lowest responsible bidder is H&H Electric Company, Franklin Park, Illinois, in the amount of $47,410.30
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, pursuant to authority granted by this Lake County Board, the County Engineer heretofore called for sealed bids, by publication, for the 2016 Traffic Signal - EVP Installation, and designated as Section 16-00999-23-TL; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on June 21, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
H&H Electric Company
Franklin Park, Illinois
$47,410.30
Meade Electric Company, Inc.
McCook, Illinois
$49,958.18
Home Towne Electric, Inc.
Lake Villa, Illinois
$64,591.90
WHEREAS, the Public Works and Transportation Committee, the County Engineer and the Purchasing Agent have examined each bid, and it appears that the lowest responsible bidder is H&H Electric Company, Franklin Park, Illinois, their bid being $47,410.30 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of May 10, 2016, appropriated $120,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the 2016 Traffic Signal - EVP Installation
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said H&H Electric Company, Franklin Park, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $47,410.30, based on estimated quantities and unit prices, and that the Purchasing Agent, the County Clerk, and the County Engineer of Lake County be authorized and they are hereby directed to enter into a contract with said low bidder for the 2016 Traffic Signal - EVP Installation, and designated as Section 16-00999-23-TL.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in as much as such estimated quantities are the best approximation that can be determined at this time, these quantities may be added to, deducted from, or modified from in the final determination of the contract cost in accordance with Chapter 605 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes, Act 5, Section 5-205.2 without further Board action, providing the final cost chargeable to the funds appropriated does not exceed the appropriation.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on July 12, 2016.