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Joint resolution awarding a contract for the surfacing and patching of various segments of Lake County Division of Transportation bike paths to the lowest responsible bidder Chicagoland Paving Contractors, Lake Zurich, Illinois, in the amount of $57,700 and designated as Section 11-00000-11-RS.
Staff Summary
· 2011 Bike Path Repaving: Contract Award.
· Surfacing or patching is being done on portions of the North Shore Bike Path and Robert McClory Bike Path.
· The added alternative bidding process was used for this letting.
· A total of six bids were received and the lowest responsible bidder is Chicagoland Paving Contractors, Lake Zurich, Illinois in the amount of $57,700.
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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 surfacing and patching on sections of the North Shore Bike Path between the Lamb's Farm facility entrance, east of I-94, and Carmel Parkway, the entrance to Carmel High School and on sections of the Robert McClory Bike Path between 5th Street and Orgin Drive, YMCA, and designated as Section 11-00000-11-RS; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the base bid work described above, the added alternative bidding process was used for bidders to provide costs for including Alternative A work, Alternative B work and Alternative C work, with a total contract award limit of $60,000; and
WHEREAS, added Alternative A work includes three locations on the McClory Bike Path, beginning south of 9th Street and ending south of 5th Street; and
WHEREAS, added Alternative B work has two locations on the North Shore Bike Path, at 150 feet east of Jamaican Gardens and at the intersection with Dymond Road; and
WHEREAS, added Alternative C work is on the Robert McClory Bike Path approximately 250 feet south of Golf Road; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on May 24, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, a tabulation of said bids compared to the total contract award limit of $60,000 resulted in the work to be done consisting of the base bid work, Alternative B work and Alternative C work, the combined bid tabulations being as follows:
Chicagoland Paving, Inc.
Lake Zurich, IL
$57,700
Greg Greenhill Construction Co., Inc.
Ringwood, IL
$62,046
J.A. Johnson Paving Company
Arlington Heights, IL
$70,258
Peter Baker & Son Company
Lake Bluff, IL
$72,171
Schroeder Asphalt Services, Inc
Huntley, IL
$75,030
Maneval Construction Co., Inc.
Grayslake, IL
$96,078.18
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 Chicagoland Paving Contractors, Lake Zurich, Illinois, their bid being $57,700 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of February 8, 2011, appropriated $70,000 of Matching Tax funds to provide for patching, where necessary, and surfacing for the bike paths on sections of North Shore Bike Path and Robert McClory Bike Path and designated as Section 11-00000-11-RS.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said, Chicagoland Paving Contractors, Lake Zurich, Illinois, in accordance with their bid being $57,700 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 base bid work of surfacing and patching on sections of the North Shore Bike Path and the Robert McClory Bike Path and Alternative B work and Alternative C work, as described above, and designated as Section 11-00000-11-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 provided the final cost chargeable under the funds appropriated does not exceed the appropriation.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on June 14, 2011.