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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Peter Baker and Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, in the amount of $2,790,604.08 for the resurfacing of Fremont Center Road, from Gilmer Road to Erhardt Road, including replacement of the Squaw Creek culvert and resurfacing Gilmer Road, from Illinois Route 176 to Hawley Street.
Staff Summary
• There was a public call for bids, and a total of one bid was received in the amount of $2,790,604.08, and the responsible bidder is Peter Baker and Son Company in the amount of $2,790,604.08.
• This improvement has been identified within the County’s pavement management system and is included in the highway improvement program with construction in 2019 and designated as Section 14-00138-03-RS.
• On November 14, 2017, $3,000,000 of Matching Tax funds was appropriated for construction.
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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 resurfacing of Fremont Center Road, from Gilmer Road to Erhardt Road, including replacement of the Squaw Creek culvert and resurfacing Gilmer Road, from Illinois Route 176 to Hawley Street, and designated as Section 14-00138-03-RS; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on March 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:
Peter Baker and Son Company
Lake Bluff, Illinois
$2,790,604.08
WHEREAS, the Public Works, Planning and Transportation Committee, the County Engineer and the Purchasing Agent have examined each bid, and it appears that the responsible bidder is Peter Baker and Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, their bid being $2,790,604.08 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, on November 14, 2017, $3,000,000 of Matching Tax funds were appropriated for construction.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Peter Baker and Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $2,790,604.08 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 Fremont Center Road, from Gilmer Road to Erhardt Road, including replacement of the Squaw Creek culvert and resurfacing Gilmer Road, from Illinois Route 176 to Hawley Street, and designated as Section 14-00138-03-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 April 9, 2019.