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Joint Resolution awarding a contract for the construction of a bike path along Hainesville Road (County Highway 24) from North Patriot Drive to 175 feet south of Heritage Trail (Stage IIa) and designated as Section 06-00072-10-BT to the lowest responsible bidder, Lenny Hoffman Excavating, Inc., Wilmette, Illinois, in the amount of $73,047. This resolution provides a supplemental appropriation of $10,000 of Matching Tax funds for this improvement.
Staff Summary
• Hainesville Road Bike Path (from North Patriot Drive to 175 feet south of Heritage Trail), Construction: Contract Award
• A bike path will be built along Hainesville Road from North Patriot Drive to 175 feet south of Heritage Trail. (Stage IIa)
• A total of six bids were opened on August 19, 2008.
• The lowest responsible bidder is Lenny Hoffman Excavating, Inc., Wilmette, Illinois, with a contract amount of $73,047.00.
• A supplemental appropriation of $10,000.00 of Matching Tax funds is provided.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, pursuant to authority granted by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, the County Engineer heretofore called for sealed bids by publication for the construction of a bituminous bike path along Hainesville Road (County Highway 24) from the North Patriot Drive to 175 feet south of Heritage Trail and designated as Section 06-00072-10-BT; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 10:00 A.M., at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
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Lenny Hoffman Excavating, Inc. |
Wilmette, IL |
$73,047.00 |
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Maneval Construction |
Grayslake, IL |
$77,006.24 |
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Meridian Construction Co. Inc. |
Lake Bluff, IL |
$78,835.03 |
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Alliance Contractors, Inc. |
Woodstock, IL |
$90,438.54 |
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Greg Greenhill Construction Co. Inc. |
Ringwood, IL |
$90,475.80 |
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Kovolic Construction Co. |
Franklin Park, IL |
$103,472.50 |
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 Lenny Hoffman Excavating, Inc., Wilmette, Illinois, their bid being $73,047.00 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, by prior resolution at its meeting of July 8, 2008, appropriated $80,000 of Matching 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 Lenny Hoffman Excavating, Inc., Wilmette, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $73,047.00 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 contract with said low bidder for the construction of a bituminous bike path along Hainesville Road from the North Patriot Drive to 175 feet south of Heritage Trail and designated as Section 06-00072-10-BT.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there is hereby provided a supplemental appropriation of $10,000.00 of Matching Tax funds for this improvement and designated as Section 06-00072-10-BT.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that inasmuch 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 in the funds appropriated does not exceed the appropriation. .
Dated at Waukegan, Illinois
this 9th day of September 2008