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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Martam Construction, Inc., Elgin, Illinois, in the amount of $568,224.80 for the retaining wall maintenance and culvert replacement on Gilmer Road and Sequoia Road, and designated as Section 14-00000-07-GM.
Staff Summary
• A culvert replacement and retaining wall maintenance are required on Gilmer Road and Sequoia Road, and are included in the highway improvement program.
• A total of seven bids were received, ranging from $568,224.80 to $734,659.50 and the lowest responsible bidder is Martam Construction, Inc., Elgin, Illinois, in the amount of $568,224.80.
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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 retaining wall maintenance and culvert replacement on Gilmer Road and Sequoia Road, and designated as Section 14-00000-07-GM.
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on November 7, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois, a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Martam Construction, Inc.
Elgin, Illinois
$568,224.80
Campanella & Sons, Inc.
Wadsworth, Illinois
$596,845.11
Lorig Construction Company
Des Plaines, Illinois
$611,717.90
Alliance Contractors, Inc.
Woodstock, Illinois
$621,638.80
Berger Excavating Contractors
Wauconda, Illinois
$676,251.70
Copenhaver Construction
Gilberts, Illinois
$678,593
Rausch Infrastructure, LLC
Chicago, Illinois
$734,659.50
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 Martam Construction, Inc., Elgin, Illinois, their bid being $568,224.80 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of February 14, 2017, appropriated $985,000 of County Bridge Tax for the retaining wall maintenance and culvert replacement on Gilmer Road and Sequoia Road, and designated as Section 14-00000-07-GM.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Martam Construction, Inc., Elgin, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $568,224.80, 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 retaining wall maintenance and culvert replacement on Gilmer Road and Sequoia Road, and designated as Section 14-00000-07-GM.
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 December 12, 2017.