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Joint resolution awarding a contract for the construction of an addition to Building C at the Division of Transportation highway garage in Libertyville to the lowest responsible bidder, Camosy Incorporated, Zion, Illinois, in the amount of $988,000, providing a supplemental appropriation of $230,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds and designated as Section 11-00214-19-MG.
Staff Summary
· Construction of Addition to Building C at the Division of Transportation: Contract Award and Supplemental Appropriation.
· The construction of an addition to Building C will replace three obsolete buildings used to house the emergency detour trailer, the portable changeable message signs, the carpentry shop, and the road maintenance materials.
· A total of four bids were received, ranging from $988,000 to $1,025,000, and the lowest responsible bidder is Camosy Incorporated, Zion, Illinois, in the amount of $988,000.
· This resolution authorizes execution of the contract and provides for a supplemental appropriation of $230,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds.
Body
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 construction of an addition to Building C, at the Division of Transportation highway garage in Libertyville, and designated as Section 11-00214-19-MG; 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:
Camosy Incorporated
Zion, IL
$988,000
Tri-state Enterprises, Inc.
Romeoville, IL
$1,021,786
Boller Construction
Waukegan, IL
$1,023,000
Joseph J. Henderson & Son, Inc.
Gurnee, IL
$1,025,000
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 Camosy Incorporated, Zion, Illinois, their bid being $988,000, based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of August 9, 2011, appropriated $910,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the construction of an addition to Building C, at the Division of Transportation highway garage in Libertyville, and designated as Section 11-00214-19-MG; and
WHEREAS, a supplemental appropriation of $230,000 is required.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board that a contract is awarded to Camosy Incorporated, Zion, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $988,000, 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 construction of an addition to Building C, at the Division of Transportation highway garage, as described above, and designated as Section 11-00214-19-MG; and
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 a supplemental appropriation of $230,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds is made for the construction of an addition to Building C, at the Division of Transportation highway garage in Libertyville, and designated as Section 11-00214-19-MG.
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 May 8, 2012.