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Joint resolution authorizing a contract for the resurfacing of Gilmer Road from Hawley Street to Diamond Lake Road and designated as Section 11-00079-17-RS, to Peter Baker & Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, in the amount of $2,567,211.10.
Staff Summary
· Gilmer Road resurfacing from Hawley Street to Diamond Lake Road: Contract Award
· This improvement is included in the 2010-2015 Highway Improvement Program.
· A total of 4 bids were received and the lowest responsible bidder is Peter Baker & Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, in the amount of $2,567,211.10.
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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 resurfacing of Gilmer Road (County Highway 26) from Hawley Street to Diamond Lake Road and designated as Section 11-00079-16-RS; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on March 22, 2010, at 10:00 A.M., at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois, a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Peter Baker & Son Company
Lake Bluff, IL
$2,567,211.10
Curran Contracting Company
Crystal Lake, IL
$2,594,415.09
Payne & Dolan, Inc.
Antioch, IL
$3,051,694.74
J. A. Johnson Paving Company
Arlington Heights, IL
$3,130,614.14
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, their bid being $2,567,211.10, based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, by prior resolution at its meeting of February 8, 2011, appropriated $2,400,000 of Matching Tax funds, $1,150,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds and $1,000,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds to provide for the resurfacing of Gilmer Road from Hawley Street to Diamond Lake Road and designated as Section 11-00079-17-RS.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this County Board of Lake County that a contract be awarded to said Peter Baker & Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $2,567,211.10 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 resurfacing of Gilmer Road from Hawley Street to Diamond Lake Road and designated as Section 11-00079-17-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 appropriations.
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.
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County Engineer
On behalf of IDOT Pursuant to
Agreement of Understanding Dated January 22, 2003
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 12, 2011