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Joint resolution authorizing a contract to provide crack sealing of bituminous and concrete pavements, where necessary, on various county highways to Behm Pavement Maintenance, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois in the amount of $60,879.86 and designated as Section 09-00000-11-GM.
Staff Summary
• Crack Sealing 2009: Contract Award.
• Each year the Division of Transportation contracts for crack sealing on various county highways throughout the county highway system.
• A total of 3 bids were received and the lowest responsible bidder is Behm Pavement Maintenance, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois, with a contract amount of $60,879.86.
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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, to provide crack sealing of bituminous and concrete pavements, where necessary, on various county highways and designated as Section 09-00000-11-GM; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on April 28, 2009, at 10:00 AM at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Behm Pavement Maintenance, Inc.
Crystal Lake, IL
$60,879.86
Freehill Asphalt, Inc.
Watseka, IL
$61,524.60
SKC Construction, Inc.
West Dundee, IL
$68,494.56
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 Behm Pavement Maintenance, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois their bid being $60,879.86, based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, by prior resolution at its meeting of March 17, 2009, appropriated $125,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds 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 said Behm Pavement Maintenance, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois in accordance with their bid of $60,879.86, 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 to provide crack sealing of bituminous and concrete pavements, where necessary, on various county highways and designated as Section 09-00000-11-GM.
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 22, 2003.
Dated at Waukegan, Illinois, on this 12th day of May A.D., 2009