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Resolution authorizing execution of a contract with Manusos General Contracting, Inc. of Fox Lake, Illinois in the amount of $1,599,233 for the Administrative Tower North Entrance Improvements and a One-Way Exit Install.
Staff Summary
• As part of the Fiscal Year 2023 Facility Assessment Budget Process and Facilities Capital Improvement Plan, Administrative Tower North Entrance Improvements and a One-Way Exit Install was approved.
• This work is a high priority project for Lake County to address out of lifecycle commercial sliding doors, storefront glazing, exterior doors, failing exterior concrete flatwork, failing exterior masonry, improvements to temperature control, public queuing, and security measures at the North Entrance. Additionally, the project will include the creation of secure, one-way egress from the building onto the Lincoln Plaza.
• The County received six bids for the project in the amounts of $1,599,233 to $2,060,500.
• The award of this contract is recommended to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, Manusos General Contracting, Inc. of Fox Lake, Illinois, who best meets the needs of the County in the amount of $1,599,233.
• This resolution authorizes and directs the County Purchasing Agent to execute a contract with Manusos General Contracting, Inc. of Fox Lake, Illinois, in the amount of $1,599,233.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Lake County has designed infrastructure improvements to the North Entrance and to the Lincoln Plaza at the 18 N. County Street Complex; and
WHEREAS, these improvements will provide more efficient and secure access to and from the facility; and
WHEREAS, this project includes the construction of three new enclosed, temperature controlled, secure building vestibules; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, bids were called for by publication for the Administrative Tower North Entrance Improvements and a One-Way Exit Install; and
WHEREAS, Manusos General Contracting, Inc. is the lowest responsive, responsible bidder in the amount of $1,599,233.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent is hereby authorized and directed to execute a contract with Manusos General Contracting, Inc. of Fox Lake, Illinois in the amount of $1,599,233 for the Administrative Tower North Entrance Improvements and a One-Way Exit Install.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois on July 11, 2023.