Title
Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Peter Baker & Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, in the amount of $1,314,077.18, for the resurfacing of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, from Illinois Route 43 to Illinois Route 131, and designated as Section 15-00999-17-RS.
Staff Summary
• Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Resurfacing: Contract Award.
• Martin Luther King Jr. Drive is in need of resurfacing, from Illinois Route 43 to Illinois Route 131.
• This resurfacing improvement has been identified within the County’s pavement management system and is included in the 2015 highway improvement program.
• A total of two bids were received, ranging from $1,314,077.18 to $1,651,500, and the lowest responsible bidder is Peter Baker & Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, in the amount of $1,314,077.18.
• This resolution authorizes execution of the contract.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, pursuant to authority granted by this Lake County Board, the County Engineer heretofore called for sealed bids, by publication, for the resurfacing of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, from Illinois Route 43 to Illinois Route 131, and designated as Section 15-00999-17-RS; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on November 17, 2015, at 10 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Peter Baker and Son Company
Lake Bluff, IL
$1,314,077.18
J.A. Johnson Paving Company
Arlington Heights, IL
$1,651,500.00
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 Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, their bid being $1,314,077.18 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of October 13, 2015, appropriated $1,765,000 of Matching Tax funds for the resurfacing of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, from Illinois Route 43 to Illinois Route 131.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Peter Baker & Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $1,314,077.18, 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 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, from Illinois Route 43 to Illinois Route 131, and designated as Section 15-00999-17-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 December 8, 2015.