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Joint resolution authorizing a contract for the replacement of the corrugated culvert pipe beneath Grass Lake Road for the Sun Lake Drain to Alliance Contractors, Inc., Woodstock, Illinois in the amount of $395,516.35 and providing a supplemental appropriation of $310,000 of County Bridge Tax funds and designated as Section 07-00075-13-DR.
Staff Summary
• Grass Lake Road at Sun Lake Drain, Culvert Replacement: Contract Award.
• The corrugated culvert pipe beneath Grass Lake Road for the Sun Lake Drain is at the end of its useful service life and will be replaced.
• A total of 3 bids were received and the lowest responsible bidder is Alliance Contractors, Inc., Woodstock, Illinois, with a contract amount of $395,516.35.
• This resolution provides a supplemental appropriation of $310,000 of County Bridge Tax funds.
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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, for the replacement of the corrugated culvert pipe beneath Grass Lake Road (County Highway 18) for the Sun Lake Drain and designated as Section 07-00075-13-DR; 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:
Alliance Contractors, Inc.,
Woodstock, IL
$395,516.35
Bolder Contractors, Inc.
Deerfield, IL
$566,615.70
Berger Excavating Contractors
Wauconda, IL
$590,694.60
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 Alliance Contractors, Inc., Woodstock, Illinois their bid being $395,516.35, 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 $160,000 of County Bridge 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 Alliance Contractors, Inc., Woodstock, Illinois in accordance with their bid of $395,516.35 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 replacement of the corrugated culvert pipe beneath Grass Lake Road for the Sun Lake Drain and designated as Section 07-00075-13-DR.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there is hereby provided a supplemental appropriation of $310,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for this improvement.
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 this 12th day of May A.D., 2009