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Joint resolution awarding a contract for the improvement of Miller Road, from Glen Circle Drive to Biltmore Drive, to the lowest responsible bidder Curran Contracting Company, Crystal Lake, Illinois, in the amount of $2,382,627.56 and designated as Section 08-00118-09-BR.
Staff Summary
• Miller Road Bridge: Contract Award.
• This improvement is included in the 2013 Program.
• Miller Road, from Glen Circle Drive to Biltmore Drive, will be elevated by the placement of a three span bridge to alleviate road flooding.
• A total of five bids were received, ranging from $2,382,627.56 to $2,945,463.40, and the lowest responsible bidder is Curran Contracting Company, Crystal Lake, Illinois, in the amount of $2,382,627.56.
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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 construction improvement of Miller Road, from Glen Circle Drive to Biltmore Drive, and designated as Section 08-00118-09-BR; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on April 16, 2013, at 10:00 a.m., at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Curran Contracting Company
Crystal Lake, IL
$2,382,627.56
Lorig Construction Company
DesPlaines, IL
$2,411,950.50
Dunnet Bay Construction
Glendale Heights, IL
$2,584,559.38
Sjostrom & Sons, Inc.
Rockford, IL
$2,715,389
Copenhaver Construction
Gilberts, IL
$2,945,463.40
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 Curran Contracting Company, Crystal Lake, Illinois, their bid being $2,382,627.56 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of March 12, 2013, appropriated $3,375,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for the construction improvement of Miller Road, from Glen Circle Drive to Biltmore Drive, and designated as Section 08-00118-09-BR.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said, Curran Contracting Company, Crystal Lake, Illinois, in accordance with their bid being $2,382,627.56, 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 improvement of Miller Road, from Glen Circle Drive to Biltmore Drive, as described above, and designated as Section 08-00118-09-BR.
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 provided the final cost chargeable under the funds appropriated does not exceed the appropriation.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on May 14, 12013.