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Joint resolution awarding a contract for the construction of a sidewalk along Greenleaf Avenue to the lowest responsible bidder A Lamp Concrete Contractors, Inc., Schaumburg, Illinois, in the amount of $522,649.50, and designated as Section 11-00184-03-SW.
Staff Summary
· Non-Motorized Travel 2011 - Greenleaf Avenue Sidewalk Improvement: Contract Award.
· This improvement was identified in the 2009 Non-Motorized Travel Study as a construction priority.
· A total of six bids were received, ranging from $522,649.50 to $607,056.25, and the lowest responsible bidder is A Lamp Concrete Contractors, Inc., Schaumburg, Illinois, in the amount of $522,649.50.
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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 construction of a sidewalk along Greenleaf Avenue, and designated as Section 11-00184-03-SW; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on December 18, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
A Lamp Concrete Contractors, Inc.
Schaumburg, IL
$522,649.50
Berger Excavating Contractors
Wauconda, IL
$560,592.75
Alliance Contractors, Inc.
Woodstock, IL
$568,774.74
Schroeder & Schroeder, Inc.
Skokie, IL
$590,649
Copenhaver Construction
Gilberts, IL
$597,822.80
Landmark Contractors, Inc.
Huntley, IL
$607,056.25
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 A Lamp Concrete Contractors, Inc., Schaumburg, Illinois, their bid being $522,649.50 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of June 12, 2012, appropriated $630,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds for the Greenleaf Avenue Sidewalk improvements, and designated as Section 11-00184-03-SW.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said, A Lamp Concrete Contractors, Inc., Schaumburg, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $522,649.50, 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 are hereby directed to enter into a contract with said low bidder for the Greenleaf Avenue Sidewalk Improvements , as described above, and designated as Section 11-00184-03-SW.
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, provided the final cost chargeable under the funds appropriated does not exceed the appropriation.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on January 15, 2013.