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Joint resolution authorizing a contract for the Winchester Road improvement, to Berger Excavating, Wauconda, Illinois, in the amount of $1,123,456.05, and designated as Section 10-00151-22-CH.
Staff Summary
· Winchester Road Left Turn Lane & Railroad Crossing: Contract Award.
· Winchester Road will be improved at the County campus west access road.
· This improvement will include adding left turn lanes east bound into the west County access road and west bound at the Butler Lake Park entrance, as well as the addition of a barrier median at the Metra Rail track crossing.
· A total of five bids were received, ranging from $1,123,456.05 to $1,273,593.95, and the lowest responsible bidder is Berger Excavating, Wauconda, Illinois, in the amount of $1,123,456.05.
· This resolution authorizes execution of the contract.
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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 Winchester Road improvement, and designated as Section 10-00151-22-CH; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on February 18, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Berger Excavating
Wauconda, IL
$1,123,456.05
Campanella & Sons
Wadsworth, IL
$1,135,394.47
Alliance Contractors
Woodstock, IL
$1,254,892.23
A Lamp Concrete Contractors
Schaumburg, IL
$1,260,839.75
Landmark Contractors Inc.
Huntley, IL
$1,273,593.95
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 Berger Excavating, Wauconda, Illinois, their bid being $1,123,456.05 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of October 8, 2013, appropriated $2,365,000 of Motor Fuel Tax Funds for the Winchester Road improvement.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Berger Excavating, Wauconda, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $1,123,456.05, 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 Winchester Road improvement, and designated as Section 10-00151-22-CH.
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 award 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 March 11, 2014 .