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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Conservation Land Stewardship, LLC, Elmhurst, Illinois, in the amount of $98,706 for the maintenance of recently planted native landscape areas along various County highways, and designated as Section 18-00000-14-GM.
Staff Summary
• The County has planted native landscape areas for various projects on the County highway system that require inspection and maintenance.
• This project is included in the highway improvement program and the maintenance will be performed by a contractor.
• A total of five bids were received, ranging from $98,706 to $335,153, and the lowest responsible bidder is Conservation Land Stewardship, LLC, Elmhurst, Illinois, with a contract amount of $98,706.
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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 inspection and maintenance of recently planted native landscape areas along various County highways, and designated as Section 18-00000-14-GM; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on April 17, 2018, at 10:00 AM at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois, a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Conservation Land Stewardship, LLC
Elmhurst, Illinois
$98,706
McGinty Bros., Inc.
Long Grove, Illinois
$98,941
Tallgrass Restoration, LLC
Schaumburg, Illinois
$110,240
ENCAP, Inc.
Dekalb, Illinois
$119,056.50
Copenhaver Construction
Gilberts, Illinois
$335,153
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 Conservation Land Stewardship, LLC, Elmhurst, Illinois, their bid being $98,706 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of January 16, 2018, appropriated $165,000 of Matching Tax funds for the inspection and maintenance of recently planted native landscape areas along various County highways
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Conservation Land Stewardship, LLC, Elmhurst, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $98,706 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 inspection and maintenance of recently planted native landscape areas along various County highways, and designated as Section 18-00000-14-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 appropriations provided.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on May 8, 2018.