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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Maintenance Coatings, South Elgin, Illinois, in the amount of $207,024 for the removal and replacement of reflective pavement markers with recessed pavement markers at various locations on the County highway system, and designated as Section 17-00000-12-GM.
Staff Summary
• 2017 Pavement Marker Replacement Program: Contract Award.
• The County has raised and recessed reflective pavement markers delineating medians and lane lines throughout the County highway system.
• The Lake County Division of Transportation undertakes the removal and replacement, where necessary, of these reflective pavement markers.
• This project will replace raised reflective pavement markers with recessed pavement markers at various locations on the County highway system.
• This project is included in the highway improvement program.
• A total of five bids were received, ranging from $207,024 to $442,442.42 and the lowest responsible bidder is Maintenance Coatings, South Elgin, Illinois, in the amount of $207,024.
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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 removal and replacement of reflective pavement markers with recessed pavement markers at various locations on the County highway system and designated as Section 17-00000-12-GM; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on May 16, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Maintenance Coatings
South Elgin, Illinois
$207,024
Superior Road Striping, Inc.
Melrose Park, Illinois
$220,951
Marking Specialists Corporation
Cary, Illinois
$344,345
Precision Pavement Markings, Inc.
Elgin, Illinois
$354,266.80
RoadSafe Traffic Systems, Inc.
Romeoville, Illinois
$442,442.42
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 Maintenance Coatings, South Elgin, Illinois, their bid being $207,024 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of April 11, 2017, appropriated $600,000 of Matching Tax funds for the removal and replacement of reflective pavement markers with recessed pavement markers at various locations on the County highway system.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Maintenance Coatings, South Elgin, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $207,024, 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 removal and replacement of reflective pavement markers with recessed pavement markers at various locations on the County highway system, and designated as Section 17-00000-12-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 June 13, 2017.