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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Berger Excavating Contractors, Wauconda, Illinois, in the amount of $12,474,026.09, for the improvement of Washington Street, from Hainesville Road to Haryan Way, and designated as Section 11-00121-10-WR.
Staff Summary
· Washington Street, from Hainesville Road to Haryan Way: Contract Award.
· Washington Street, from Hainesville Road to Haryan Way, will be improved by reconstruction and widening from two lanes to five lanes, new traffic signals at Hainesville Road, new/replaced sidewalk and multiuse path, sanitary sewer lift station, water and sanitary sewer replacements, drainage improvements and other related construction activities.
· The Villages of Hainesville, Round Lake Park and Grayslake, as well as Avon Township will have jurisdiction and future maintenance responsibilities for portions of the multiuse path and the sidewalk.
· This improvement is included in the Division of Transportation's improvement program.
· A total of two bids were received, ranging from $12,474,026.09 to $13,649,827.13, and the lowest responsible bidder is Berger Excavating Contractors, Wauconda, Illinois, with a contract amount of $12,474,026.09.
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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 improvement of Washington Street, from Hainesville Road to Haryan Way, and designated as Section 11-00121-10-WR; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on May 19, 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
$12,474,026.09
Lake County Grading Company
Libertyville, Illinois
$13,649,827.13
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 $12,474,026.09 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of April 14, 2015, appropriated $12,375,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds and $2,160,000 of County Bridge Tax Funds for the improvement of Washington Street, from Hainesville Road to Haryan Way.
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 $12,474,026.09, 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 improvement of Washington Street, from Hainesville Road to Haryan Way, and designated as Section 11-00121-10-WR.
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 June 9, 2015.