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Joint resolution authorizing a contract for the resurfacing of Ela Road from just north of Lake-Cook Road to Cuba Road to Peter Baker & Son Co., Inc., Lake Bluff, Illinois, in the amount of $774,324.84 and designated as Section 09-00144-16-RS.
Staff Summary
· Ela Road Resurfacing: Contract Award
· This resurfacing improvement has been identified within the county's pavement management system and is included in the 2011 program.
· A total of 5 bids were received and the lowest responsible bidder is Peter Baker & Son Co., Inc., Lake Bluff, Illinois, in the amount of $774,324.84.
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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 resurfacing of Ela Road from just north of Lake-Cook Road to Cuba Road and designated as Section 09-00144-16-RS; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on June 28, 2011, at 10:00 AM at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Peter Baker & Son Co., Inc.
Lake Bluff, IL
$774,324.84
Curran Contracting Co.
Crystal Lake, IL
$843,966.10
Arrow Road Construction
Mt. Prospect, IL
$853,497.77
Geske & Sons, Inc.
Crystal Lake, IL
$983,332.54
J.A. Johnson Paving Company
Ringwood, IL
$1,096,417.40
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 Peter Baker & Son Co., Inc., Lake Bluff, Illinois, their bid being $774,324.84, based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board by prior resolution at its meeting of May 10, 2011 appropriated $1,460,000 of MatchingTax funds for the resurfacing of Ela Road from just north of Lake-Cook Road to Cuba Road.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board that a contract be awarded to said Peter Baker & Son Co., Inc., Lake Bluff, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $774,324.84 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 resurfacing of Ela Road from just North of Lake-Cook Road to Cuba Road and designated as Section 09-00144-16-RS.
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 this July 12, 2011.