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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Peter Baker & Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, in the amount of $388,731.40 for annual bituminous maintenance of various roads and bike paths on the County highway system, and designated as Section 17-00000-13-GM.
Staff Summary
• 2017 Bituminous Maintenance: Contract Award.
• Each year, the County undertakes maintenance of its bituminous highway pavements, shoulders, and bike path pavements to preserve the surface quality.
• A total of four bids were received, ranging from $388,731.40 to $642,636.45, and the lowest responsible bidder is Peter Baker & Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, in the amount of $388,731.40.
• This project is included in the highway improvement program.
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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 annual bituminous maintenance of various roads and bike paths on the County highway system on various County highways, and designated as Section 17-00000-13-GM; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on March 21, 2017, at 10:00 AM at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Peter Baker & Son Co.
Lake Bluff, Ilinois
$388,731.40
J.A. Johnson Paving Co.
Arlington Heights, Ilinois
$418,499.55
Schroeder Asphalt Services, Inc.
Huntley, Ilinois
$442,610.35
Lorig Construction Company
Des Plaines, Ilinois
$642,636.45
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 Peter Baker & Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, in the amount of $388,731.40, based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of January 17, 2017, appropriated $715,000 of Matching Tax funds for the improvement of the aforesaid section.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Peter Baker & Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, in the amount of $388,731.40, 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 annual bituminous maintenance of various roads and bike paths on the County highway system, and designated as Section 17-00000-13-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.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 11, 2017.