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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Meade Electric Company, Inc., Willowbrook, Illinois, in the amount of $185,375 for Light Emitting Diode (LED) street light upgrades, appropriating $222,500 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.
Staff Summary
• This work includes retrofitting existing street lighting fixtures with LED luminaires at various intersections. This is the final phase in upgrading all county-owned street lights from incandescent bulbs to LED.
• There was a public call for bids, and a total of three bids were received, ranging from $185,375 to $267,011, and the lowest responsible bidder is Meade Electric Company with a contract amount of $185,375.
• This improvement is included in the highway improvement program for construction in 2019 and designated as Section 18-00999-61-TL.
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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 LED street light upgrades, and designated as Section 18-00999-61-TL; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, 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:
Meade Electric Company, Inc.
Willowbrook, Illinois
$185,375
H & H Electric Company
Franklin Park, Illinois
$229,352.80
Home Towne Electric, Inc.
Lake Villa, Illinois
$267,011
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 Meade Electric Company, Inc., Willowbrook, Illinois, their bid being $185,375 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, an appropriation of funds is required.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Meade Electric Company, Inc., Willowbrook, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $185,375 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 LED street light upgrades, and designated as Section 18-00999-61-TL.
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.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there is hereby appropriated $222,500 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 9, 2019.