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Joint resolution authorizing a contract for the resurfacing of Gages Lake Road and also O’Plaine Road to Peter Baker & Son Co., Lake Bluff, Illinois, in the amount of $1,487,378.51 and designated as Section 08-00999-04-RS.
Staff Summary
• Gages Lake Road and also O’Plaine Road, Resurfacing: Contract Award
• This resurfacing project is in the 2009 program.
• The total of 3 bids were received and the lowest responsible bidder is Peter Baker & Son Co., Lake Bluff, Illinois, with a contract amount of $1,487,378.51.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to authority granted by this Board of Lake County, the County Engineer heretofore called for sealed bids, by publication, for the resurfacing of Gages Lake Road from US Rt. 45 to Hunt Club Road and also O’Plaine Road from Blackstone Avenue to Old Grand Avenue and designated as Section 08-00999-04-RS; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on October 27, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Peter Baker & Son Co., Lake Bluff, Illinois - $1,487,378.51
Curran Contracting Co., Crystal Lake, Illinois - $1,621,103.36
Payne & Dolan, Inc., Antioch, Illinois - $1,757,773.84
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., Lake Bluff, Illinois, their bid being $1,487,378.51 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, by prior resolution at its meeting of October 13, 2009, appropriated $2,371,000 of Matching Tax funds and $1,259,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the improvement of the aforesaid section.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this County Board of Lake County that a contract be awarded to said Peter Baker & Son Co., Lake Bluff, Illinois in accordance with their bid of $1,487,378.51 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 Gages Lake Road from US Rt. 45 to Hunt Club Road and also O’Plaine Road from Blackstone Avenue to Old Grand Avenue and designated as Section 08-00999-04-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.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this award be processed by the County Engineer for final approval of the Illinois Department of Transportation in accordance with the “Agreement of Understanding” between the Illinois Department of Transportation and Lake County, dated January 22, 2003.
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County Engineer
On behalf of IDOT pursuant to
Agreement of Understanding
Dated January 22, 2003
Dated at Waukegan, Illinois, on this 10th day of November A.D., 2009