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Joint resolution awarding a contract for the 2014 Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) PASSAGE Network improvements, along various routes in Lake County, to John Burns Construction Company, Orland Park, Illinois, in the amount of $77,350.77, and designated as Section 14-00999-03-TL.
Staff Summary
· 2014 ITS PASSAGE Network: Contract Award.
· The 2014 ITS Passage Network includes splicing existing fiber optic cable between campus facilities in Libertyville and Waukegan to create a duplicate link, and installing fiber along Rollins Road, west of Illinois Route 83 to Cedar Lake Road, to increase capacity to the expanding PASSAGE network on Cedar Lake Road and Washington Street.
· A total of three bids were received, ranging from $77,350.77 to $107,650.65, and the lowest responsible bidder is John Burns Construction Company, Orland Park, Illinois, in the amount of $77,350.77.
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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 2014 ITS PASSAGE improvements; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on September 30, 2014, at 10:00 AM at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
John Burns Construction Company
Orland Park, Illinois
$77,350.77
Home Towne Electric, Inc.
Lake Villa, Illinois
$101,459.50
Meade Electric Co., Inc.
McCook, Illinois
$107,650.65
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 John Burns Construction Company, Orland Park, Illinois, with their bid being $77,350.77, based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of July 8, 2014, appropriated $120,000 of Matching Tax funds for the 2014 ITS PASSAGE Network improvements.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board that a contract be awarded to said John Burns Construction Company, Orland Park, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $77,350.77 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 2014 ITS PASSAGE Network improvements, as described above, and designated as Section 14-00999-03-TL.
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 14, 2014.