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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Lake County Grading Company, LLC, Libertyville, Illinois, in the amount of $15,965,965.15 for the widening and reconstruction of Buffalo Grove Road, between Deerfield Parkway and Illinois Route 22, including improvements to the intersection of Aptakisic Road and Buffalo Grove Road.
Staff Summary
• Buffalo Grove Road, between Deerfield Parkway and Illinois Route 22, including the intersection of Aptakisic Road, will be widened and reconstructed.
• The improvements will include widening Buffalo Grove Road from two to five lanes, adding turn lanes at the intersections, non-motorized travel accommodations, stormwater detention, and decorative landscaping.
• There was a public call for bids and a total of five bids were received, ranging from $15,965,965.15 to $18,557,785.93, and the lowest responsible bidder is Lake County Grading Company, LLC in the amount of $15,965,965.15.
• This project is included in the highway improvement program, and designated as Section 11-00249-03-WR with construction beginning in 2020.
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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 widening and reconstruction of Buffalo Grove Road, between Deerfield Parkway and Illinois Route 22, including improvements to the intersection of Aptakisic Road and Buffalo Grove Road, and designated as Section 11-00249-03-WR; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on February 18, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois, a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Lake County Grading Company, LLC
Libertyville, Illinois
$15,965,965.15
Campanella and Sons, Inc.
Wadsworth, Illinois
$16,201,986.43
A Lamp Concrete Contractors, Inc.
Schaumburg, Illinois
$16,235,792.68
Berger Excavating Contractors
Wauconda, Illinois
$16,736,021
Plote Construction, Inc.
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
$18,557,785.93
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 Lake County Grading Company, LLC, their bid being $15,965,965.15 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, at its meeting on January 14, 2020, authorized an appropriation of $19,055,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds, $3,420,000 of Matching Tax funds and $3,480,000 of County Bridge Tax funds.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Lake County Grading Company, LLC in accordance with their bid of $15,965,965.15 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 widening and reconstruction of Buffalo Grove Road, between Deerfield Parkway and Illinois Route 22, including improvements to the intersection of Aptakisic Road and Buffalo Grove Road, and designated as Section 11-00249-03-WR.
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.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on March 10, 2020.