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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Lake County Grading Company, LLC, Libertyville, Illinois, in the amount of $4,982,206.99 for the reconstruction of Cedar Lake Road, from Illinois Route 120 to Nippersink Road, and designated as Section 08-00065-02-RS.
Staff Summary
• Cedar Lake Road, from Illinois Route 120 to Nippersink Road: Contract Award.
• Cedar Lake Road, from Illinois Route 120 to Nippersink Road, will be reconstructed and widened, and will include the construction of a multi-use path, watermain and sanitary sewer work, and stream bank stabilization.
• A total of four bids were received, ranging from $4,982,206.99 to $5,980,074.70, and the lowest responsible bidder is Lake County Grading Company, LLC, Libertyville, Illinois, in the amount of $4,982,206.99.
• This improvement is included in the highway improvement program.
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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 reconstruction of Cedar Lake Road, from Illinois Route 120 to Nippersink Road; and designated as Section 08-00065-02-RS.
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on April 18, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Lake County Grading Company, LLC
Libertyville, Illinois
$4,982,206.99
Berger Excavating Contractors, Inc.
Wauconda, Illinois
$5,449,220.76
Campanella & Sons, Inc.
Wadsworth, Illinois
$5,591,747.78
Copenhaver Construction
Gilberts, Illinois
$5,980,074.70
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 Lake County Grading Company, LLC, Libertyville, Illinois, their bid being $4,982,206.99 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of March 14, 2017, appropriated $8,520,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the reconstruction of Cedar Lake Road, from Illinois Route 120 to Nippersink Road.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Lake County Grading Company, LLC, Libertyville, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $4,982,206.99 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 reconstruction of Cedar Lake Road, from Illinois Route 120 to Nippersink Road and designated as Section 08-00065-02-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 May 9, 2017.