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Joint resolution awarding a contract for the construction of a bike path along Park Avenue West from the Highland Park Country Club to east of US Route 41 to the lowest responsible bidder Dunnet Bay Construction, Glendale Heights, Illinois in the amount of $624,882.30 and provides a supplemental appropriation of $125,000 of County Bridge tax designated as Section 14-00271-00-BT.
Staff Summary
• Park Avenue West (Highland Park Country Club to East of US Rte. 41) Bike Path, Construction: Contract Award and Supplemental Appropriation.
• A bike Path including a bridge over the Skokie River will be built along Park Avenue West with limits from Highland Park Country Club to east of US Route 41.
• The work also includes retaining walls, traffic signal modifications, landscaping and earthwork.
• A total of 5-bids were received and the lowest responsible bidder is Dunnet Bay Construction, Glendale Heights, Illinois in the amount of $624,882.30.
• A supplemental appropriation of $125,000 of County Bridge Tax funds is provided.
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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 construction of a bike path along Park Avenue West from the Highland Park Country Club to east of US Route 41 and designated as Section 04-00271-00-BT; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on July 20, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois, a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Dunnet Bay Construction
Glendale Heights, IL
$624,882.30
Lakes and Rivers Contracting, Inc.
Lemont, IL
$629,435.45
Herlihy Mid-Continent Company
Romeoville, IL
$689,586.11
Alliance Contractors, Inc.
Woodstock, IL
$783,311.89
Illinois Constructors Corporation
Elburn, IL
$901,007.64
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 Dunnet Bay Construction, Glendale Heights, Illinois their bid being $624,882.30 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, by prior resolution at its meeting of May 11, 2010, appropriated $665,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for the construction of a bike path along Park Avenue West from the Highland Park Country Club to east of US Route 41 and designated as Section 04-00271-00-BT.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that a contract be awarded to said, Dunnet Bay Construction, Glendale Heights, Illinois in accordance with their bid being $624,882.30 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 construction of a bike path along Park Avenue West from the Highland Park Country Club to east of US Route 41 and designated as Section 04-00271-00-BT; 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 provided the final cost chargeable under the funds appropriated does not exceed the appropriation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a supplemental appropriation of $125,000 of County Bridge tax funds is made for the construction of a bike path along Park Avenue West from the Highland Park Country Club to east of US Route 41 and designated as Section 04-00271-00-BT
Dated at Waukegan, Illinois, on this 10th day of August A.D., 2010