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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Copenhaver Construction, Gilberts, Illinois, in the amount of $772,811 for culvert replacement on Fairfield Road, south of Nippersink Road, and appropriating $930,000 of County Bridge Tax funds.
Staff Summary
• A culvert on Fairfield Road, south of Nippersink Road, is at the end of its lifecycle and must be replaced.
• There was a public call for bids, and a total of four bids were received, ranging from $772,811 to $1,578,195.50, and the lowest responsible bidder is Copenhaver Construction, Gilberts, Illinois, in the amount of $772,811.
• This replacement is included in the highway improvement program with construction in 2019, and designated as Section 18-00150-03-DR.
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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 a culvert replacement on Fairfield Road.
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on April 16, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Copenhaver Construction
Gilberts, Illinois
$772,811
Campanella and Sons, Inc.
Wadsworth, Illinois
$954,942.44
Berger Excavating Contractors
Wauconda, Illinois
$1,232,494.30
Bolder Contractors, Inc.
Cary, Illinois
$1,578,195.50
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 Copenhaver Construction, Gilberts, Illinois, their bid being $772,811 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 Copenhaver Construction, Gilberts, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $772,811, 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 culvert replacement on Fairfield Road, and designated as Section 18-00150-03-DR.
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.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there is hereby appropriated $930,000 of County Bridge Tax funds.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on May 14, 2019.