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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Peter Baker & Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, in the amount of $1,701,701, for the resurfacing of Kenosha Road from 21st Street to Illinois Route 131, the resurfacing of 21st Street from Illinois Route 131 to Kenosha Road, and for enhancing the median on Wadsworth Road at Sheridan Road, and designated as Section 15-00999-18-RS.
Staff Summary
• Kenosha Road and 21st Street Resurfacing: Contract Award.
• Kenosha Road, from 21st Street to Illinois Route 131, and 21st Street, from Illinois Route 131 to Kenosha Road, are in need of resurfacing.
• The median on Wadsworth Road at Sheridan Road will be enhanced by modifying the landscaping.
• The Public Works and Transportation Committee approved the acceptance of a $359,382.81 developer donation for the addition of both left and right turn lanes for the Shepherd’s Point Subdivision’s new access location which is to be constructed as part of this project.
• A total of two bids were received, ranging from $1,701,701 to $1,737,429.98 and the lowest responsible bidder is Peter Baker & Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, in the amount of $1,701,701.
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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 Kenosha Road, from 21st Street to Illinois Route 131, the resurfacing of 21st Street, from Illinois Route 131 to Kenosha Road and for enhancing the median on Wadsworth Road at Sheridan Road, and designated as Section 15-00999-18-RS; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on April 12, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Peter Baker & Son Company
Lake Bluff, Illinois
$1,701,701
Payne & Dolan, Inc.
Antioch, Illinois
$1,737,429.98
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 Peter Baker & Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, their bid being $1,701,701 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of March 8, 2016, appropriated $1,300,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds and $1,410,000 of Matching Tax funds for the resurfacing of Kenosha Road, from 21st Street to Illinois Route 131, the resurfacing of 21st Street, from Illinois Route 131 to Kenosha Road, and for enhancing the median on Wadsworth Road at Sheridan Road.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Peter Baker & Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $1,701,701, 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 Kenosha Road, from 21st Street to Illinois Route 131, the resurfacing of 21st Street, from Illinois Route 131 to Kenosha Road, and for enhancing the median on Wadsworth Road at Sheridan Road, and designated as Section 15-00999-18-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.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this award be processed by the County Engineer for final approval of the Illinois Department of Transportation in accordance with the “Agreement of Understanding” between the Illinois Department of Transportation and Lake County dated January 18, 2013.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on May 10, 2016.