Lake County, IL
File #: 15-0300    Version: 1 Name: 2015 Traffic Signal Equipment Upgrade: Contract Award
Type: resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/17/2015 In control: Public Works and Transportation Committee
On agenda: Final action: 4/14/2015
Title: Joint resolution authorizing a contract with H & H Electric Co., Franklin Park, Illinois, in the amount of $73,190.10, to upgrade existing traffic signal heads to Light Emitting Diodes (LED) and install Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) at four intersections, and designated as15-00000-11-GM.
Attachments: 1. 15-0300 Traffic Signal Equip Upgrade, Bid Tab
Title
Joint resolution authorizing a contract with H & H Electric Co., Franklin Park, Illinois, in the amount of $73,190.10, to upgrade existing traffic signal heads to Light Emitting Diodes (LED) and install Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) at four intersections, and designated as15-00000-11-GM.

Staff Summary
* 2015 Traffic Signal Equipment Upgrade: Contract Award.
* The County maintains 165 traffic signals and various pieces of equipment, a portion of which annually need to be replaced and upgraded.
* The 2015 work will upgrade existing traffic signal heads to LED and install UPS at four intersections.
* The installation of LED and UPS has been completed for 151 intersections, six will be completed by planned construction projects and four are owned by municipalities with LCDOT maintenance.
* A total of three bids were received, ranging from $73,190.10 to $84,867, and the lowest responsible bidder is H & H Electric Co., Franklin Park, Illinois, with a contract amount of $73,190.10.
* This resolution authorizes execution of the contract.

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, to provide for the 2015 Traffic Signal Equipment Upgrade to upgrade existing traffic signal heads to LED and install UPS at four intersections, and designated as Section 15-00000-11-GM; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on March 17, 2015, at 10:00 A.M., at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; and

H&H Electric Company
Franklin Park, Illinois
$73,190.10

Meade Electric Co., Inc.
McCook, Illinois
$81,855.90

Home Towne Electric, Inc.
Lake Villa, Illinois
$84,867

WHEREAS, the Public Works and Transportation Committee, the County Engineer and the Purchasing Agent have examined each bid, and it appears that the lowest resp...

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