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Joint resolution authorizing a contract for the resurfacing of Roberts Road from McHenry County Line to IL Route 59 and designated as Section 11-00086-09-RS to Peter Baker and Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, in the amount of $1,628,371.08.
Staff Summary
· Roberts Road resurfacing from McHenry County Line to IL Route 59: Contract Award
· This improvement is included in the 2010-2015 Highway Improvement Program.
· A total of 4 bids were received and the lowest responsible bidder is Peter Baker and Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, with a contract amount of $1,628,371.08.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, pursuant to authority granted by this Board of Lake County, the County Engineer heretofore called for sealed bids, by publication, for the resurfacing of Roberts Road (County Highway 35) from McHenry County Line to IL Route 59 and designated as Section 11-00086-09-RS; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on March 22, 2011, at 10:00 A.M., at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois, a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Peter Baker & Son Company
Lake Bluff, IL
$1,628,371.08
Curran Contracting, Company
Crystal Lake, IL
$1,870,135.28
Payne & Dolan, Inc.
Antioch, IL
$1,961,891.00
J. A. Johnson Paving Company
Arlington Heights, IL
$2,046,200.91
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 Peter Baker & Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, their bid being $1,628,371.08 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
\WHEREAS, this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, by prior resolution at its meeting of February 8, 2011, appropriated $2,500,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds and $265,000 of Matching Tax funds for the improvement of the aforesaid section.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this County Board of Lake County that a contract be awarded to said Peter Baker & Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois in accordance with their bid of $1,628,371.08 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 resurfacing of Roberts Road from McHenry County Line to IL Route 59 and designated as Section 11-00086-09-RS.
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.
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County Engineer
On behalf of IDOT Pursuant to
Agreement of Understanding Dated January 22, 2003
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 12, 2011