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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Berger Excavating Contractors, Inc., Wauconda, Illinois, in the amount of $128,234 for drainage improvements on Grass Lake Road, 350 feet west of Sibley Drive in Antioch, Illinois, and appropriating $160,000 of County Bridge Tax funds.
Staff Summary
• Storm sewer pipes and drainage structures on Grass Lake Road, 350 feet west of Sibley Drive in Antioch, Illinois, are at the end of their useful life and must be replaced or repaired.
• There was a public call for bids, and a total of three bids were received, ranging from $128,234 to $158,356.30, and the lowest responsible bidder is Berger Excavating Contractors, Inc., Wauconda, Illinois, in the amount of $128,234.
• This project is included in the highway improvement program with targeted construction in 2019, and designated as Section 17-00059-12-ES.
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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 drainage improvements on Grass Lake Road,350 feet west of Sibley Drive in Antioch, Illinois.
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on September 10, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Berger Excavating Contractors, Inc.
Wauconda, Illinois
$128,234
Copenhaver Construction, Inc.
Gilberts, Illinois
$150,249
Campanella and Sons, Inc.
Wadsworth, Illinois
$158,356.30
WHEREAS, the Public Works, Planning and Transportation Committee, the County Engineer and the Purchasing Agent have examined each bid, and the lowest responsible bidder is Berger Excavating Contractors, Inc., Wauconda, Illinois, their bid being $128,234 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Berger Excavating Contractors, Inc., Wauconda, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $128,234 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 drainage improvements on Grass Lake Road, 350 feet west of Sibley Drive in Antioch, Illinois, and designated as Section 17-00059-12-ES.
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.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there is hereby appropriated $160,000 of County Bridge Tax funds.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on October 8, 2019.