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Joint resolution authorizing a contract for bridge deck repairs and resurfacing at the Everett Road and Deerfield Road bridges, over the I-94 Tollway, to Herlihy Mid-Continent Company, Romeoville, Illinois, in the amount of $485,366 and designated as Section 11-00999-20-RS.
Staff Summary
• Everett Road and Deerfield Road at I-94 Tollway: Contract Award.
• Repairs to the Everett Road and Deerfield Road bridges, over the I-94 Tollway, are included in the County’s 2012 Highway Improvement Program.
• A total of 6 bids were received, and the lowest responsible bidder is Herlihy Mid-Continent Company, Romeoville, Illinois, in the amount of $485,366.
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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 deck repairs and resurfacing of the Everett Road and Deerfield Road bridges, over the I-94 Tollway, and designated as Section 11-00999-20-RS; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication, and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on January 31, 2012 at 10:00 AM at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Herlihy Mid-Continent Company
Romeoville, IL
$485,366
Lorig Construction Company
Des Plaines, IL
$531,786.63
Vixen Construction Company.
Bridgeview, IL
$675,785.45
Dunnet Bay Construction
Glendale Heights, IL
$678,623.90
Alliance Contractors, Inc.
Woodstock, IL
$735,941.78
Sjostrom & Sons, Inc.,
Rockford, IL
$787,562
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 Herlihy Mid-Continent Company, Romeoville, Illinois, their bid being $485,366 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of December 13, 2011, appropriated $760,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for the deck repairs and resurfacing of the Everett Road and Deerfield Road bridges, over the I-94 Tollway, and designated as Section 11-00999-20-RS.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Herlihy Mid-Continent Company, Romeoville, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $485,366 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 bridge deck repairs and resurfacing of the Everett Road and Deerfield Road bridges, over the I-94 Tollway, and designated as Section 11-00999-20-RS; and
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 February 14, 2012.