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Joint resolution authorizing a contract for the ultra-thin concrete white-topping of portions of Deerfield Parkway and Buffalo Grove Road to Triggi Construction, Inc., West Chicago, Illinois, in the amount of $750,447.77 and designated as Section 10-00999-11-RS.
Staff Summary
• Deerfield Parkway and Buffalo Grove Road Resurfacing: Contract Award.
• This resurfacing improvement is identified within the County’s pavement management system and is included in the 2012 program.
• The method of resurfacing is ultra-thin concrete white-topping.
• A total of four bids were received, ranging from $750,447.77 to $1,121,767.50, and the lowest responsible bidder is Triggi Construction, Inc., West Chicago, Illinois, in the amount of $750,447.77.
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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 ultra-thin concrete white-topping of portions of Deerfield Parkway and Buffalo Grove Road and designated as Section 10-00999-11-RS; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on April 17, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois, a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Triggi Construction, Inc.
West Chicago, IL
$750,447.77
Plote Construction, Inc.
Hoffman Estates, IL
$875,831.40
Alliance Contractors, Inc.
Woodstock, IL
$884,823.20
A Lamp Concrete Contractors, Inc.
Schaumburg, IL
$1,121,767.50
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 Triggi Construction, Inc., West Chicago, Illinois, their bid being $750,447.77 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of March 13, 2012, appropriated $875,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the ultra-thin concrete white topping of portions of Deerfield Parkway and Buffalo Grove Road.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Triggi Construction, Inc., West Chicago, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $750,447.77 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 ultra-thin concrete white-topping of portions of Deerfield Parkway and Buffalo Grove Road and designated as Section 10-00999-11-RS.
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 May 8, 2012.