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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Cardno, Inc., Monee, Illinois, in the amount of $66,851.75 for inspection and maintenance of native landscape areas.
Staff Summary
• The County has planted native landscape areas for various projects on the County highway system that require inspection and maintenance.
• This maintenance work will be done by a contractor.
• A total of six bids were received, ranging from $66,851.75 to $123,055.56, and the lowest responsible bidder is Cardno, Inc., Monee, Illinois, in the amount of $66,851.75 for the native landscape maintenance.
• This project 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 inspection and maintenance of recently planted native landscape areas along various County highways, and designated as Section 19-00000-14-GM; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on February 12, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Cardno, Inc.
Monee, Illinois
$66,851.75
Conservation Land Stewardship, LLC
Elmhurst, Illinois
$84,142.50
Semper Fi Land Services, Inc.
Aurora, Illinois
$97,383.20
McGinty Brothers, Inc.
Long Grove, Illinois
$97,643
ENCAP, Inc.
DeKalb, Illinois
$119,717
V3 Construction Group, Ltd.
Woodridge, Illinois
$123,055.56
WHEREAS, the Public Works, Planning, and Transportation Committee, the County Engineer and the Purchasing Agent have examined each bid, and it appears that the lowest responsible bidder is Cardno, Inc., Monee, Illinois, their bid being $66,851.75 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of November 12, 2018, appropriated $170,000 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 Cardno, Inc., Monee, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $66,851.75, 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 inspection and maintenance of recently planted native landscape areas along various County highways, and designated as Section 19-00000-14-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 appropriation.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on March 12, 2019.