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Joint resolution authorizing execution of a contract with Bolder Contractors, Inc., of Cary, Illinois, in the amount of $7,020,250 for the Vernon Hills West Pump Station Force Main Replacement Project and an emergency appropriation of $7,020,250 of Public Works reserve funds.
Staff Summary
• The Lake County Department of Public Works owns and operates the Vernon Hills West Pump Station, which provides sanitary sewer service to portions of the Village of Vernon Hills and surrounding areas.
• The pump station conveys wastewater to the New Century Town Water Reclamation Facility via two 16-inch diameter force main pipes that have reached the end of their service life, and to meet current and future sanitary sewer capacity needs, these force main pipes require replacement with new 16-inch and 20-inch diameter pipes.
• An invitation to bid was issued and sealed bids were received from three contractors for this work ranging from $7,020,250 to $10,280,450 for the Vernon Hills West Pump Station Force Main Replacement Project.
• The award of this contract is recommended to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, Bolder Contractors, Inc. of Cary, Illinois, in the amount of $7,020,250.
• This resolution authorizes and directs the County Purchasing Agent to execute a contract with Bolder Contractors, Inc. in the amount of $7,020,250.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Department of Public Works owns and operates the Vernon Hills West Pump Station, which provides sanitary sewer service to portions of the Village of Vernon Hills and surrounding areas; and
WHEREAS, the pump station conveys wastewater to the New Century Town Water Reclamation Facility via two 16-inch diameter force main pipes that have reached the end of their service life and need to be replaced; and
WHEREAS, these force main pipes are proposed to be replaced with new 16-inch and 20-inch force main pipes to meet current and future sanitary sewer capacity needs; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, bids were called for by publication for the Vernon Hills West Pump Station Force Main Replacement Project; and
WHEREAS, Bolder Contractors, Inc. is the lowest responsive, responsible bidder in the amount of $7,020,250.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that $7,020,250 of Public Works Enterprise reserve funds is hereby appropriated and the Purchasing Agent is hereby authorized and directed to execute a contract with Bolder Contractors, Inc., of Cary, Illinois, in the amount of $7,020,250 for the Vernon Hills West Pump Station Force Main Replacement Project; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an emergency appropriation from the Public Works Reserve Fund to the Public Works Water/Wastewater Facility Construction capital account for the Vernon Hills West Pump Station Force Main Replacement Project as detailed on the attached financial spreadsheet is approved.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on August 12, 2025.