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Joint resolution authorizing a contract for the microsurfacing of Wadsworth Road and Kilbourne Road to Microsurfacing Contractors, LLC, in the amount of $343,225.08, and designated as Section 13-00999-43-RS.
Staff Summary
· 2012 and 2013 Microsurfacing of Wadsworth Road and Kilbourne Road: Contract Award.
· Microsurfacing is a new pavement preservation initiative.
· These resurfacing improvements have been identified within the County's pavement management system and are included in the 2013 program.
· Wadsworth Road, from the eastern approach of the I-94 Bridge to the western approach of the Des Plaines River Bridge, and Kilbourne Road, from Wadsworth Road to Illinois Route 173,have been selected for this new pavement preservation initiative.
· A total of three bids were received, ranging from $343,225.08 to $497,097.04, and the lowest responsible bidder is Microsurfacing Contractors, LLC, St. Louis, Missouri, in the amount of $343,225.08.
· This resolution authorizes execution of the contract.
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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 microsurfacing of Wadsworth Road and Kilbourne Road, and designated as Section 13-00999-43-RS; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on March 19, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Microsurfacing Contractors, LLC
St. Louis, MO
$343,225.08
AC Pavement Striping Company
Elgin, IL
$356,097.72
Missouri Petroleum Products Company
St. Louis, MO
$497,097.04
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 Microsurfacing Contractors, LLC, St. Louis, Missouri, their bid being $343,225.08 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of February 12, 2013, appropriated $455,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the microsurfacing of Wadsworth Road and Kilbourne Road.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Microsurfacing Contractors, LLC, St. Louis, Missouri, in accordance with their bid of $343,225.08, 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 microsurfacing of Wadsworth Road and Kilbourne Road, and designated as Section 13-00999-43-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 appropriation.
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 18, 2013.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 9, 2013.