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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Peter Baker and Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, in the amount of $32,409.69 for the Hot-Mix Asphalt (HMA) surface removal, patching and construction of HMA Leveling Binder and Surface Course Lifts on 11th Street in the Benton Township Road District, which will be improved under the Illinois Highway Code for a total of .11 miles, and designated as Section 17-03114-00-GM.
Staff Summary
• 2017 Benton Township Road District: Contract Award.
• A total of four bids were received, ranging from $32,409.69 to $44,338.69, and the lowest responsible bidder is Peter Baker and Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, in the amount of $32,409.69.
• This project is included in the highway improvement program.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, pursuant to authority granted by this Lake County Board and the Benton Township Road District Highway Commissioner, the Acting County Engineer heretofore called for sealed bids, by publication, for the HMA surface removal, patching and construction of HMA Leveling Binder and Surface Course Lifts on 11th Street in the Benton Township Road District, which will be improved under the Illinois Highway Code for a total of .11 miles, and designated as Section 17-03114-00-GM; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on July 18, 2017, 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 and Son Company
Lake Bluff, Illinois
$32,409.69
Payne and Dolan, Inc.
Antioch, Illinois
$32,781.84
Chicagoland Paving Contractors, Inc.
Lake Zurich, Illinois
$37,900
Schroeder Asphalt Services, Inc.
Huntley, Illinois
$44,338.69
WHEREAS, the Public Works and Transportation Committee, the Acting County Engineer and the Purchasing Agent have examined each bid, and it appears that the lowest responsible bidder is Peter Baker and Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, their bid being $32,409.69, based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Peter Baker and Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $32,409.69, based on estimated quantities and unit prices, and that the Purchasing Agent, the County Clerk, and the Acting County Engineer of Lake County be authorized and they are hereby directed to enter into a contract with said low bidder for the HMA surface removal, patching and construction of HMA Leveling Binder and Surface Course Lifts on 11th Street in the Benton Township Road District, and designated as Section 17-03114-00-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 and Section 6-701.1 without further Board action.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this award be processed by the Acting 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 18, 2013, and subject to the approval of the Benton Township Road District Highway Commissioner.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on August 8, 2017.