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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Lorig Construction Company, Des Plaines, Illinois, in the amount of $676,585.11, for the Ela Road improvement, and designated as Sections 14-00144-19-SW and 15-00144-21-RS.
Staff Summary
• Ela Road Resurfacing: Contract Award.
• This resolution authorizes execution of a contract for the Ela Road resurfacing improvement and the construction of a sidewalk.
• This resurfacing improvement has been identified within the County’s pavement management system.
• The Ela Road resurfacing improvement was combined with the previously approved sidewalk construction for a single construction letting.
• This Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of September 8, 2015, appropriated $780,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the resurfacing of Ela Road, from Illinois Route 22 to Cuba Road.
• This Lake County Board, at its meeting of April 14, 2015, approved $225,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the acquisition of the necessary right-of-way and sidewalk construction, along the west side of Ela Road, south of U.S. Route 12, and on the east side of Ela Road, from north of U.S. Route 12 to Illinois Route 22.
• A total of three bids were received, ranging from $676,585.11 to $715,730.95, and the lowest responsible bidder is Lorig Construction Company, Des Plaines, Illinois, in the amount of $676,585.11.
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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 Ela Road improvement, and designated as Section 15-00144-21-RS; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on March 15, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Lorig Construction Company
Des Plaines, Illinois
$676,585.11
Peter Baker & Son Company
Lake Bluff, Illinois
$692,732.91
J.A. Johnson Paving Company
Arlington Heights, Illinois
$715,730.95
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 Lorig Construction Company, Des Plaines, Illinois, their bid being $676,585.11 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of September 8, 2015, appropriated $780,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the resurfacing of Ela Road, from Illinois Route 22 to Cuba Road.
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, at its meeting of April 14, 2015, approved $225,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the necessary right-of-way and sidewalk construction, on the west side of Ela Road, south of U.S. Route 12 to Illinois Route 22, and designated as Section 14-00144-19-SW.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Lorig Construction Company, Des Plaines, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $676,585.11, 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 Ela Road improvement, and designated as Section 15-00144-21-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 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 18, 2013.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 12, 2016.