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Joint resolution authorizing a contract for the roadway improvement on Sunset Avenue, 450 feet east and west of the Union Pacific Railroad overpass, to Mat Construction Company, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, in the amount of $204,122.87, and designated as Section 11-00169-07-LS.
Staff Summary
· Sunset Avenue Roadway Improvement: Contract Award.
· Sunset Avenue will be improved by constructing steel backed wood guardrails in the median and outside the pavement, removing the existing hot-mix asphalt median surface, constructing landscape medians with trees, shrubs, perennials and retaining walls, furnishing and placing sealed decorative aggregate around the planted areas, and other related work.
· This improvement is included in the 2013 program.
· A total of two bids were received, ranging from $204,122.87 to $345,605, and the lowest responsible bidder is Mat Construction Company, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, in the amount of $204,122.87.
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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 roadway improvement of Sunset Avenue, 450 feet east and west of the Union Pacific Railroad overpass, and designated as Section 11-00169-07-LS; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on August 20, 2013, at 10:00 a.m., at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois, a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Mat Construction Company, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$204,122.87
Copenhaver Construction
Gilberts, IL
$345,605
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, Mat Construction Company, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, their bid being $204,122.87 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of July 9, 2013, appropriated $265,000 of Matching Tax funds for the improvement of the aforesaid section.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said, Mat Construction Company, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, in accordance with their bid being $204,122.87 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 roadway improvement of Sunset Avenue, and designated as Section 11-00169-07-LS; 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 under the funds appropriated does not exceed the appropriations.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on September 10, 2013.