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Joint resolution authorizing a contract for the installation of 1,000 lineal feet of storm sewer and drainage structures to replace the failing drain tile in the Four Corners Drainage Basin, and designated as Section 10-00070-08-DR.
Staff Summary
· Wilson Road Drainage Improvement: Contract Award
· Wilson Road has 1,000 lineal feet of failing drain tile in the Four Corners Drainage Basin which must be replaced.
· The drainage work is contiguous of the emergency work that was installed northeast of this improvement during the fall of 2011, and is part of the overall solution to the Four Corners Drainage Basin issues.
· A total of ten bids were received, ranging from $88,888 to $176,628, and the lowest responsible bidder is Acura Inc., Bensenville, Illinois, in the amount of $88,888.
· 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 Wilson Road Drainage Improvement, and designated as Section 10-00070-08-DR; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on January 29, 2013, at 10:00 AM at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Acura Inc.
Bensenville, IL
$88,888
Glenbrook Exc. & Concrete, Inc.
Wauconda, IL
$95,792.50
Campanella & Sons, Inc.
Wadsworth, IL
$108,836.02
Lenny Hoffman Excavating, Inc.
Wilmette, IL
$126,445.50
Copenhaver Construction
Gilberts, IL
$127,138
Berger Excavating Contractors
Wauconda, IL
$142,354.60
Lake County Grading Company
Libertyville, IL
$150,726.01
Bolder Contractors Inc.
Deerfield, IL
$151,247
Maneval Construction Co. Inc.
Grayslake, IL
$156,143.29
D.K. Contractors, Inc.
Pleasant Prairie, WI
$176,628
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 Acura Inc., Bensenville, Illinois, their bid being $88,888 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of November 20, 2012, appropriated $300,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for the Wilson Road Drainage Improvement, and designated as Section 10-00070-08-DR; and.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Acura Inc., Bensenville, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $88,888, 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 Wilson Road Drainage Improvement, and designated as Section 10-00070-08-DR; 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, provided the final cost chargeable to the funds appropriated does not exceed the appropriation.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on February 12, 2013.