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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Stuckey Construction Company, Inc. of Waukegan, Illinois, for general contracting services required for construction of the Lake County Multi-Departmental Storage Facility in the amount of $3,139,000.
Staff Summary
• There is a need to construct a storage building on Lake County’s Libertyville Campus that can be utilized by a variety of different County departments.
• This new 20,000 square feet (SF) facility has been designed for the Sheriff’s Office, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Environmental Health Services, Emergency Management, and Facility Operations.
• Funding for the project was previously approved by the County Board through the Capital Improvement Program (CCIP) process, and the cost is within the 2017 budgeted amount.
• An invitation to bid was issued and extended to 327 vendors and sealed bids were received from 11 general contractors ranging from $3,139,000 to $4,558,820.
• Stuckey Construction Company, Inc. of Waukegan, Illinois, was determined to be the lowest responsive and responsible bidder who best meets the needs of the County in the amount of $3,139,000
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, there is a need to construct a communal storage building within Lake County’s Libertyville Campus that can be utilized by a variety of different County departments; and
WHEREAS, this new 20,000 SF facility has been designed for a variety of different County departments to utilize including the Sheriff’s Office, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Environmental Health Services, Emergency Management, and Facility Operations; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Chapter 33.036 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, a bid was called for by publication for General Contracting Services for the construction of the Lake County Multi-Departmental Storage Facility; and
WHEREAS, funding for the project was previously approved by the County Board through the CCIP process, this specific expense was expected and is included within the project’s overall budget; and
WHEREAS, sealed bids were received from eleven vendors at the Lake County Administrative Building, Waukegan, Illinois, on December 15, 2016, at 2:00 p.m.; and
WHEREAS, based on the criteria set forth in the bid; the staff evaluated all bids submitted and determined that the bid submitted by Stuckey Construction Company, Inc. of Waukegan, Illinois, in the amount of $3,139,000 is the lowest responsive and responsible bidder for Lake County; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that Purchasing Agent is authorized to enter into a contract with Stuckey Construction Company, Inc. of Waukegan, Illinois, for general contracting services for construction of Lake County Multi-Departmental Storage Facility in the amount of $3,139,000 and charged to account # 101-1103180-82020.
DATED, at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, on February 14, 2017.