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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Copenhaver Construction, Gilberts, Illinois, in the amount of $297,159.36 for the Rollins Road at Wilson Boulevard drainage improvement, and designated as Section 15-00080-60-DR.
Staff Summary
• Rollins Road Drainage Improvement: Contract Award.
• Rollins Road at Wilson Boulevard will be improved with increased drainage capacity, including storm sewer, grading, patching, utility relocations and site restoration.
• A total of five bids were received, ranging from $297,159.36 to $399,703.70, and the lowest responsible bidder is Copenhaver Construction, Gilberts, Illinois, in the amount of $297,159.36.
• 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, the Acting County Engineer heretofore called for sealed bids, by publication, for the Rollins Road at Wilson Boulevard drainage improvement, and designated as Section 15-00080-60-DR.
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, 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:
Copenhaver Construction
Gilberts, Illinois
$297,159.36
Maneval Construction
Ingleside, Illinois
$321,780.70
Campanella & Sons, Inc.
Wadsworth, Illinois
$334,600.40
Berger Excavating Contractors
Wauconda, Illinois
$336,659.70
A Lamp Concrete Contractors, Inc.
Schaumburg, Illinois
$399,703.70
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 Copenhaver Construction, Gilberts, Illinois, their bid being $297,159.36 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of May 9, 2017, appropriated $440,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for the Rollins Road at Wilson Boulevard drainage improvement, and designated as Section 15-00080-60-DR.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Copenhaver Construction, Gilberts, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $297,159.36, 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 Rollins Road at Wilson Boulevard drainage improvement, and designated as Section 15-00080-60-DR.
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.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on August 8, 2017.