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Joint resolution authorizing a contract for the resurfacing of Pulaski Drive, IL Rte. 43 to IL Rte. 131, to Peter Baker and Son Co., Lake Bluff, Illinois, in the amount of $793,000 and designated as Section 10-00196-07-RS.
Staff Summary
• Pulaski Drive (IL Rte. 43 to IL Rte. 131); Resurfacing: Contract Award
• A total of 3 bids were received and the lowest responsible bidder is Peter Baker and Son Co., Lake Bluff, Illinois, with a contract amount of $793,000.
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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 Pulaski Drive(County Highway 78) beginning at IL Rte. 43 and ending at IL Rte. 131 and designated as Section 10-00196-07-RS; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on October 26, 2010 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 Co., Lake Bluff, Illinois $793,000.00
• Curran Contracting Co., Crystal Lake, Illinois $810,422.32
• J. A. Johnson Paving Company, Arlington Heights, Illinois $1,076,692.60
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 Co., Lake Bluff, Illinois, their bid being $793,000.00 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, by prior resolution at its meeting of September 14, 2010, appropriated $905,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety 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 Co., Lake Bluff, Illinois in accordance with their bid of $793,000.00 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 Pulaski Drive(County Highway 78) beginning at IL Rte. 43 and ending at IL Rte. 131 and designated as Section 10-00196-07-RS.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that inasmuch 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 November 16, 2010.