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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with SKC Construction, Inc., West Dundee, Illinois, in the amount of $155,088 to provide for crack sealing of hot-mix asphalt and concrete pavement, where necessary, on various County highways and appropriating $186,000 of Matching Tax funds.
Staff Summary
• Lake County’s Crack Sealing Program is an annual preventative maintenance program consisting of applying crack sealing at various locations to prevent the intrusion of water and incompressible material into the cracks and to reinforce the adjacent pavement.
• There was a public call for bids, and a total of three bids were received, ranging from $155,088 to $204,568.92, and the lowest responsible bidder is SKC Construction, Inc., West Dundee, Illinois, in the amount of $155,088.
• This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program with construction in 2024, and designated as Section 24-00000-04-GM.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, pursuant to authority granted by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, the County Engineer heretofore called for sealed bids, by publication, to provide crack sealing of hot-mix asphalt and concrete pavement, where necessary, on various County highways, and designated as Section 24-00000-04-GM; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on March 12, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
SKC Construction, Inc.
West Dundee, Illinois
$155,088
Denler, Inc.
Joliet, Illinois
$155,896.14
Patriot Pavement Maintenance
Wheeling, Illinois
$204,568.92
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 SKC Construction, Inc., West Dundee, Illinois, in the amount of $155,088, based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, an appropriation of funds is required.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that a contract be awarded to said SKC Construction, Inc., West Dundee, Illinois, in the amount of $155,088, 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 crack sealing of hot-mix asphalt and concrete pavements, where necessary, on various County highways, and designated as Section 24-00000-04-GM; 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; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that there is hereby appropriated $186,000 of Matching Tax funds.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 9, 2024.