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Lake County, IL
File #: 14-1019    Version: 1 Name: 2014 ITS Passage Network: Contract Award
Type: resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/30/2014 In control: Public Works and Transportation Committee
On agenda: Final action: 10/14/2014
Title: Joint resolution awarding a contract for the 2014 Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) PASSAGE Network improvements, along various routes in Lake County, to John Burns Construction Company, Orland Park, Illinois, in the amount of $77,350.77, and designated as Section 14-00999-03-TL.
Attachments: 1. 14-1019 Bid Tab, Fiber Optic Cable Installation 2014, 2. 14-1019 Justification of Bid, 2014 ITS Passage Network
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Joint resolution awarding a contract for the 2014 Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) PASSAGE Network improvements, along various routes in Lake County, to John Burns Construction Company, Orland Park, Illinois, in the amount of $77,350.77, and designated as Section 14-00999-03-TL.

Staff Summary
* 2014 ITS PASSAGE Network: Contract Award.
* The 2014 ITS Passage Network includes splicing existing fiber optic cable between campus facilities in Libertyville and Waukegan to create a duplicate link, and installing fiber along Rollins Road, west of Illinois Route 83 to Cedar Lake Road, to increase capacity to the expanding PASSAGE network on Cedar Lake Road and Washington Street.
* A total of three bids were received, ranging from $77,350.77 to $107,650.65, and the lowest responsible bidder is John Burns Construction Company, Orland Park, Illinois, in the amount of $77,350.77.

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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 2014 ITS PASSAGE improvements; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on September 30, 2014, at 10:00 AM at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:

John Burns Construction Company
Orland Park, Illinois
$77,350.77

Home Towne Electric, Inc.
Lake Villa, Illinois
$101,459.50

Meade Electric Co., Inc.
McCook, Illinois
$107,650.65

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 John Burns Construction Company, Orland Park, Illinois, with their bid being $77,350.77, based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and

WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of July 8, 2014, appropriated $120,000...

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