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Joint resolution authorizing a contract for the installation of new steel pile retaining walls at three locations along Fairfield Road, from approximately 1750 feet north of Illinois Route 60 (the south project limits) to approximately 900 feet south of Townline Road (the north project limits), to Illinois Constructors Corporation, Elburn, Illinois, in the amount of $1,107,126.80, and designated as Section 13-00000-07-GM.
Staff Summary
· 2014 Retaining Wall Maintenance: Contract Award.
· The replacement of these retaining walls is included in the FY2014 program.
· A total of five bids were received ranging from $1,107,126.80 to $1,676,335 and the lowest responsible bidder is Illinois Constructors Corporation, Elburn, Illinois, with a contract amount of $1,107,126.80.
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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 installation of new steel pile retaining walls at three locations along Fairfield Road, from approximately 1750 feet north of Illinois Route 60 (the south project limits) to approximately 900 feet south of Townline Road (the north project limits), and designated as Section 13-00000-07-GM; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened September 24, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois, a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Illinois Constructors, Corporation
Elburn, IL
$1,107,126.80
Alliance Contractors, Inc.,
Woodstock, IL
$1,122,687.26
Lorig Construction Company
DesPlaines, IL
$1,212,969.35
Copenhaver Construction
Gilberts, IL
$1,314,417.46
Kovolic Construction Company
Franklin Park, IL
$1,676,335
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 Illinois Constructors Corporation, Elburn, Illinois, their bid being $1,107,126.80 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of August 13, 2013, appropriated $1,710,000 of Matching Tax funds for the improvement of the aforesaid section.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Illinois Constructors Corporation, Elburn, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $1,107,126.80 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 installation of new steel pile retaining walls at three locations along Fairfield Road, from approximately 1750 feet north of Illinois Route 60 (the south project limits) to approximately 900 feet south of Townline Road (the north project limits), and designated as Section 13-00000-07-GM.
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 October 8, 2013.