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Joint resolution authorizing a contract for the reconstruction of Petite Lake Road, from Illinois Route 59 to Fairfield Road, to Berger Excavating Contractors, Wauconda, Illinois, in the amount of $1,151,010.28, and designated as Section 10-00181-05-RS.
Staff Summary
· Petite Lake Road Reconstruction: Contract Award.
· Petite Lake Road is in need of reconstruction.
· A total of five bids were received, ranging from $1,151,010.28 to $1,780,096.38, and the lowest responsible bidder is Berger Excavating Contractors, Wauconda, Illinois, with a contract amount of $1,151,010.28.
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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 reconstruction of Petite Lake Road, from Illinois Route 59 to Fairfield Road, and designated as Section 10-00181-05-RS; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on February 17, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Berger Excavating Contractors
Wauconda, Illinois
$1,151,010.28
Campanella & Sons, Inc.
Wadsworth, Illinois
$1,228,164.69
Lake County Grading Company
Libertyville, Illinois
$1,350,000
Maneval Construction Company, Inc.
Ingleside, Illinois
$1,525,766.79
A Lamp Concrete Contractors, Inc.
Schaumburg, Illinois
$1,780,096.38
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 Berger Excavating Contractors, Wauconda, Illinois, their bid being $1,151,010.28 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of November 11, 2014, appropriated $610,000 of County Bridge Tax funds and $1,235,000 of Matching Tax Funds for the reconstruction of Petite Lake Road, from Illinois Route 59 to Fairfield Road.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Berger Excavating Contractors, Wauconda, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $1,151,010.28, 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 reconstruction of Petite Lake Road, from Illinois Route 59 to Fairfield Road, and designated as Section 10-00181-05-RS.
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, providing the final cost chargeable to the funds appropriated does not exceed the appropriation.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on March 10, 2015.