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Joint resolution authorizing a contract for the reconstruction and re-alignment of Petite Lake Road, from Fairfield Road to Illinois Route 83, to Berger Excavating Contractors, Inc., Wauconda, Illinois, in the amount of $3,378,290.83 and designated as Section 00-00181-03-RS.
Staff Summary
• Petite Lake Road, Fairfield Road to Illinois Route 83: Contract Award.
• Petite Lake Road is to be reconstructed and placed on a new alignment between Fairfield Road and Illinois Route 83.
• A total of 6 bids were received and the lowest responsible bidder is Berger
Excavating Contractors, Inc., Wauconda, Illinois, in the amount of $3,378,290.83.
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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 reconstruction and realignment of Petite Lake Road, from Fairfield Road to Illinois Route 83, and designated as Section 00-00181-03-RS; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication, and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on January 31, 2012, at 10:00 AM at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Berger Excavating Contractors
Wauconda, IL
$3,378,290.83
Lake County Grading Company
Libertyville, IL
$3,405,607.80
Campanella & Sons, Inc.
Wadsworth, IL
$3,630,134.26
Curran Contracting Co.
Crystal Lake, IL
$3,763,222.46
Glenbrook Exc. & Concrete, Inc.
Wauconda, IL
$3,845,151.35
Maneval Construction Co., Inc.
Grayslake, IL
$4,245,903.66
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 Berger Excavating Contractors, Inc., Wauconda, Illinois, their bid being $3,378,290.83 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of January 17, 2012, appropriated $365,800 of County Bridge Tax funds, $3,801,700 of Motor Fuel Tax funds, $2,636,500 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds for the reconstruction and realignment of Petite Lake Road, from Fairfield Road to Illinois Route 83, and designated as Section 00-00181-03-RS.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Berger Excavating Contractors, Inc., Wauconda, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $3,378,290.83 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 reconstruction and realignment of Petite Lake Road, from Fairfield Road to Illinois Route 83, and designated as Section 00-00181-03-RS; and
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 appropriation 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.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on February 14, 2012.