Lake County, IL
File #: 13-0674    Version: 1 Name: Rollins Road Gateway Improvement: Contract Award
Type: resolution Status: Regular Agenda
File created: 6/3/2013 In control: Public Works and Transportation Committee
On agenda: Final action: 6/11/2013
Title: Joint resolution awarding a contract for the Rollins Road Gateway Improvement to the lowest responsible bidder, F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates LLC, Chicago, Illinois, in the amount of $30,795,374.03 and designated as Section 08-00080-56-BR.
Attachments: 1. 13-0674 Bid Tab, Rollins Road Grade Separation
Title
Joint resolution awarding a contract for the Rollins Road Gateway Improvement to the lowest responsible bidder, F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates LLC, Chicago, Illinois, in the amount of $30,795,374.03 and designated as Section 08-00080-56-BR.

Staff Summary
· Rollins Road Gateway Improvement: Contract Award.
· This improvement is included in the 2013 Program.
· This improvement includes the construction of a grade separation of Rollins Road under the Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WCL)/Canadian National Railroad (CNRR), the reconstruction of the intersection of Rollins Road and Illinois Route 83, and the reconstruction and relocation of Rollins Road and Hainesville Road to provide increased traffic capacities (Rollins Road Gateway Improvement).
· The County Board previously appropriated $43,530,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds and $295,000 of 2010A General Obligation (GO) bond funds for this improvement.
· A total of three bids were received, ranging from $30,795,374.03 to $34,970,189.58, and the lowest responsible bidder is F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates LLC, Chicago, Illinois, in the amount of $30,795,374.03.

Body
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 Rollins Road Gateway Improvement which includes the construction of a grade separation of Rollins Road under the WCL/CNRR, the reconstruction of the intersection of Rollins Road and Illinois Route 83, and the reconstruction and relocation of Rollins Road and Hainesville Road, and designated as Section 00-00080-56-BR; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on June 3, 2013, at 10:00 a.m., at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:

F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates LLC
Chicago, Illinois
$30,795,374....

Click here for full text