Lake County, IL
File #: 09-1613    Version: 1 Name: Winchester Road at IL Rte. 21; Intersection Improvement: Contract Award
Type: resolution Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 5/26/2009 In control: Public Works and Transportation Committee
On agenda: Final action: 6/16/2009
Title: Joint resolution authorizing a contract for the installation of a southbound to westbound right-turn lane on IL Rte. 21 at Winchester Road and extending the eastbound left-turn lane on Winchester Road and designated as Section 07-00151-19-CH to Alliance Contractors, Inc., Woodstock, Illinois in the amount of $415,879.75.

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Joint resolution authorizing a contract for the installation of a southbound to westbound right-turn lane on IL Rte. 21 at Winchester Road and extending the eastbound left-turn lane on Winchester Road and designated as Section 07-00151-19-CH to Alliance Contractors, Inc., Woodstock, Illinois in the amount of $415,879.75.

 

Staff Summary

                     Winchester Road at IL Rte. 21; Intersection Improvement: Contract Award

                     This improvement is included in the 2009 Program.

                     A total of 4-bids were received and the lowest responsible bidder is Alliance Contractors, Inc., Woodstock, Illinois in the amount of $415,879.75.

 

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R E S O L U T I O N

 

                     WHEREAS, pursuant to authority granted by this Board of Lake County, the County Engineer heretofore called for sealed bids by publication for the installation of a southbound to westbound right-turn lane on IL Rte. 21 at Winchester Road and extending the eastbound left-turn lane on Winchester Road and designated as Section 07-00151-19-CH; and

 

                     WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on May 19, 2009, at 10:00 a.m., at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois, a tabulation of said bids being as follows:

 

Alliance Contractors, Inc.,

Woodstock, IL

$415,879.75

 

Curran Contracting

Crystal Lake, IL

$435,442.47

 

Fiordirosa Construction Co., Inc.

Woodstock, IL

$466,449.85

 

A Lamp Concrete, Inc.

Schaumburg, IL

$529,287.40

 

 

                     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 Alliance Contractors, Inc., Woodstock, Illinois their bid being $415,879.75 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and

 

                     WHEREAS, this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, by prior resolution at it s meeting of April 14, 2009, appropriated $679,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the improvement of the aforesaid section.

 

                     NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that a contract be awarded to said, Alliance Contractors, Inc., Woodstock, Illinois in accordance with their bid being $415,879.75 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 installation of a southbound to westbound right-turn lane on IL Rte. 21 at Winchester Road and extending the eastbound left-turn lane on Winchester Road and designated as Section 07-00151-19-CH.

 

                     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 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 22, 2003.

 

 

County Engineer On behalf of IDOT pursuant to Agreement of Understanding dated January 22, 2003

 

 

Dated at Waukegan, Illinois, on this 16th day of June A.D., 2009