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Joint resolution authorizing a contract for the reconstruction and widening of Wadsworth Road, from the Des Plaines River eastward to east of the entrance of St. Patrick's Church, to Curran Contracting Company, Crystal Lake, Illinois, in the amount of $2,352,557.90, and designated as Section 01-00033-10-ES.
Staff Summary
· Wadsworth Road, in Downtown Wadsworth, Widening and Resurfacing: Contract Award.
· This reconstruction and widening improvement is included in the 2012 program.
· A total of six bids were received and ranged from $2,352,557.90 to $2,726,811.42.
· The lowest responsive and responsible bidder is Curran Contracting Company, Crystal Lake, Illinois, with a contract amount of $2,352,557.90.
· One submittal was nonresponsive.
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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 reconstruction and widening of Wadsworth Road, from the Des Plaines River eastward to east of the entrance of St. Patrick's Church, and designated as Section 01-00033-10-ES; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on February 21, 2012, at 10:00 AM at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Curran Contracting Company
Crystal Lake, Illinois
$2,352,557.90
Campanella & Sons, Inc.
Wadsworth, IL
$2,359,559.51
Glenbrook Excavating & Concrete, Inc.
Wauconda, IL
$2,391,272.12
Landmark Contractors, Inc.
Huntley, IL
$2,639,175.41
Lake County Grading Company
Libertyville, IL
$2,726,811.42
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 Curran Contracting Company, Crystal Lake, Illinois, in the amount of $2,352,557.90, based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of January 17, 2012, appropriated $2,225,500 of Matching Tax funds and $1,159,500 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the improvement of the aforesaid section.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Curran Contracting Company, Crystal Lake, Illinois, in the amount of $2,352,557.90, 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 to provide for the reconstruction and widening of Wadsworth Road, from the Des Plaines River eastward to east of the entrance of St. Patrick's Church, and designated as Section 01-00033-10-ES.
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 appropriation 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 March 13, 2012.