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Joint resolution awarding a contract for the re-installation of two aluminum bridge railings and one aluminum bicycle railing on the Squaw Creek Bridge located on Rollins Road to the lowest responsible bidder Alliance Contractors, Inc., Woodstock, Illinois, in the amount of $153,592, and designated as Section 10-00080-57-BR.
Staff Summary
· Rollins Road at Squaw Creek Bridge Rail Repair: Contract Award.
· This improvement is included in the 2012 program.
· A total of one bid was received and the lowest responsible bidder is Alliance Contractors, Inc., Woodstock, Illinois, in the amount of $153,592.
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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 re-installation of two aluminum bridge railings and one aluminum bicycle railing on the Squaw Creek Bridge located on Rollins Road, and designated as Section 10-00080-57-BR; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on May 22, 2012, 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, Illinois
$153,592
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 $153,592 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of April 10, 2012, appropriated $290,000 of County Bridge Tax funds to re-install two aluminum bridge railings and one aluminum bicycle railing on the Squaw Creek Bridge located on Rollins Road, and designated as Section 10-00080-57-BR.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said, Alliance Contractors, Inc., Woodstock, Illinois, in accordance with their bid being $153,592 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 re-installation of two aluminum bridge railings and one aluminum bicycle railing on the Squaw Creek Bridge located on Rollins Road, and designated as Section 10-00080-57-BR.
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.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on June 12, 2012.