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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with SKC Construction, Inc., Elgin, Illinois, in the amount of $70,736.40 to provide for crack sealing of bituminous pavement, where necessary, on various County highways under the Illinois Highway Code, appropriating $85,000 of Matching Tax funds.
Staff Summary
• Each year, crack sealing is done to County highways to prevent the intrusion of water and incompressible material into the cracks and to reinforce the adjacent pavement.
• There was a public call for bids and a total of three bids were received, ranging from $70,736.40 to $74,986, and the lowest responsible bidder is SKC Construction, Inc. in the amount of $70,736.40.
• This project is included in the highway improvement program with construction in 2019, and designated as Section 19-00000-04-GM.
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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, to provide crack sealing of bituminous pavements, where necessary, on various County highways, and designated as Section 19-00000-04-GM; 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:
SKC Construction, Inc.
Elgin, Illinois
$70,736.40
Denler, Inc.
Joliet, Illinois
$74,856.59
Patriot Pavement Maintenance
Des Plaines, Illinois
$74,986
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 SKC Construction, Inc., Elgin, Illinois, in the amount of $70,736.40, 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 SKC Construction, Inc., Elgin, Illinois, in the amount of $70,736.40, 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 to provide crack sealing of bituminous pavements, where necessary, on various County highways, and designated as Section 19-00000-04-GM; and
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; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there is hereby appropriated $85,000 of Matching Tax funds.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 9, 2019.