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Joint resolution authorizing execution of a contract with Great Lakes Water Resources Group, Inc. of Joliet, Illinois, in the amount of $130,200 for the North Libertyville Estates Levee Relief Well Replacement Project in Unincorporated Libertyville, Illinois.
Staff Summary
• The Lake County Department of Public Works is the local sponsor and is responsible for maintaining, operating, and repairing the North Libertyville Estates Levee in unincorporated Libertyville Township.
• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers performs inspections of the Levee and recommended the replacement of Relief Well #1 as a result of the levee inspection in 2021. Subsequent testing revealed the screening on the well has failed.
• The replacement of the relief well is required for the integrity of the levee.
• The County received a bid from one contractor for this work in the amount of $130,200.
• Award of this contract is recommended to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, Great Lakes Water Resources Group, Inc. of Joliet, Illinois.
• This resolution authorizes and directs the County Purchasing Agent to execute a contract with Great Lakes Water Resources Group, Inc. of Joliet, Illinois in the amount of $130,200.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the County of Lake (County), is the local sponsor, and maintains, operates, and repairs the North Libertyville Estates (NLE) Levee; and
WHEREAS, in response to observed sand boils on the neighborhood side of the levee, three relief wells were installed in 2011 to relieve pressure during flood events; and
WHEREAS, Relief Well #1 showed signs of failure during the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers inspection in 2021 and subsequent testing showed failure of the screen; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, bids were called for by publication for the NLE Levee Relief Well Replacement Project; and
WHEREAS, Great Lakes Water Resources Group, Inc. is the lowest and only responsive, and responsible bidder in the amount of $130,200.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent is hereby authorized and directed to execute a contract with Great Lakes Resources Group, Inc., of Joliet, Illinois in the amount of $130,200 for the North Libertyville Estates Levee Relief Well Replacement Project.
DATED, at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 15, 2022.