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Joint resolution authorizing a contract for an advance construction improvement for the upcoming relocation of Peterson Road at IL Rte. 60 to Copenhaver Construction, Inc. of Gilberts, IL in the amount of $289,163 and designated as Section 10-00098-11-MS
Staff Summary
• Peterson Rd at IL 60 Relocation; Advance Construction: Contract Award
• The relocation of Peterson Rd at Il Rte 60 is included in the county’s 2009-2014 Highway Improvement Program.
• Kinder Morgan has 3 natural gas lines in the area of the improvement, for which “utility protection slabs” must be placed.
• A total of 10 bids were received and the lowest responsible bidder is Copenhaver Construction, Inc. of Gilberts, IL, with a contract amount of $289,163.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, pursuant to authority granted by this Board of Lake County, the County Engineer heretofore called for sealed bids, by publication, for an advance construction improvement for the upcoming relocation of Peterson Road at IL Rte. 60 and designated as Section 10-00098-11-MS; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on March 23, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Copenhaver Construction, Inc. Gilberts, IL $289,163.00
Alliance Contractors, Inc. Woodstock, IL $385,301.10
Berger Excavating Contractors Wauconda, IL $394,063.50
Landmark Contractors, Inc. Huntley, IL $398,588.50
Chadwick Contracting Company Lake in the Hills, IL $413,447.96
Vixen Construction, Inc. Bridgeview, IL $449,478.75
Pease Construction, Inc. McHenry, IL $449,695.50
Acura, Inc. Bensenville, IL $464,495.00
Utility & Industrial Construction Co Hickory Hills, IL $512,000.00
Bolder Contractors, Inc. Deerfield, IL $556,103.00
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 Copenhaver Construction, Inc., Gilberts, IL, their bid being $289,163.00 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, by prior resolution at its meeting of February 9, 2010, appropriated $575,000 of the 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds for the advance construction for the improvement of the aforesaid section.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this County Board of Lake County that a contract be awarded to Copenhaver Construction, Inc. of Gilberts, IL in accordance with their bid of $289,163.00 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 an advance construction improvement for the upcoming relocation of Peterson Road at IL Rte. 60 and designated as Section 10-00098-11-MS.
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 this 13th day of April A.D., 2010