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Joint resolution authorizing a contract for the 2009 traffic signal equipment upgrade at various intersections for LED signal installations and battery backups to Mead Electric Company, Inc., McCook, Illinois in the amount of $92,619 and designated as Section 09-00000-13-GM.
Staff Summary
• Traffic Signal Upgrade 2009: Contract Award.
• The county owns over 141 traffic signals and various pieces of related equipment that requires periodic maintenance, upgrades and/or replacement.
• The 2009 work concentrates on LED heads for energy savings with some locations also having battery backups installed for standby power.
• A total of 4 bids were received and the lowest responsible bidder is Mead Electric Company, Inc., McCook, Illinois with a contract amount of $92,619.
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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 2009 traffic signal equipment upgrades at various intersections for LED signal installations and battery backups, and designated as Section 09-00000-13-GM; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on April 28, 2009, at 10:00 AM at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Mead Electric Company, Inc.
McCook, IL
$92,619
H & H Electric Co.
Franklin Park, IL
$100,858.80
Home Towne Electric, Inc.
Lake Villa, IL
$102,563
Bodine Electric of Decatur
Decatur, IL
$144,586.64
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 Mead Electric Company, Inc., McCook, Illinois their bid being $92,619, based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, by prior resolution at its meeting of March 17, 2009, appropriated $120,000 of Motor Fuel 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 Mead Electric Company, Inc., McCook, Illinois in accordance with their bid of $92,619 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 2009 traffic signal equipment upgrade at various intersections for LED signal installations and battery backups, and designated as Section 09-00000-13-GM.
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.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this award be processed by the County Engineer for final approval of the Illinois Department of Transportation in accordance with the “Agreement of Understanding” between the Illinois Department of Transportation and Lake County, dated January 22, 2003.
Dated at Waukegan, Illinois, on this 12th day of May A.D., 2009