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Joint resolution authorizing a contract to Payne & Dolan, Inc., Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the amount of $1,723,182.93 for the resurfacing of Grass Lake Road, from east of Grass Lake Bridge to Illinois Route 59, and designated as Section 14-00059-09-RS.
Staff Summary
• Grass Lake Road Resurfacing: Contract Award.
• Grass Lake Road is in need of resurfacing, from east of Grass Lake Bridge to Illinois Route 59.
• This resurfacing improvement has been identified within the County’s pavement management system, and is included in the 2015 highway improvement program.
• A total of two bids were received, ranging from $1,723,182.93 to $1,847,700, and the lowest responsible bidder is Payne & Dolan, Inc., Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the amount of $1,723,182.93.
• This resolution authorizes execution of the contract.
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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 resurfacing of Grass Lake Road, from east of Grass Lake Bridge to Illinois Route 59, and designated as Section 14-00059-09-RS; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on June 23, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Payne & Dolan, Inc.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
$1,723,182.93
Peter Baker and Son Company
Lake Bluff, Illinois
$1,847,700
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 Payne & Dolan, Inc., Kenosha, Wisconsin, their bid being $1,723,182.93 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of May 12, 2015, appropriated $2,130,000 of Matching Tax funds and $425,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for the resurfacing of Grass Lake Road, from east of Grass Lake Bridge to Illinois Route 59.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Payne & Dolan, Inc., Kenosha, Wisconsin, in accordance with their bid of $1,723,182.93, 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 resurfacing of Grass Lake Road, from east of Grass Lake Bridge to Illinois Route 59, and designated as Section 14-00059-09-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 July 14, 2015.