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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Campanella and Sons, Inc., Wadsworth, Illinois, in the amount of $2,561,393.19 for the intersection improvement of Wadsworth Road at Dilleys Road and appropriating $3,150,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.
Staff Summary
• The intersection of Wadsworth Road at Dilleys Road will be improved with a roundabout.
• There was a public call for bids. A total of three bids were received, ranging from $2,561,393.19 to $3,053,272.78. The lowest responsible bidder is Campanella and Sons, Inc., in the amount of $2,561,393.19.
• The project requires a 90-day closure of the intersection to construct the roundabout.
• The contract includes an incentive to the contractor for opening the road early and a disincentive if the closure goes beyond the planned 90 days.
• The detour incentive is $7,500 per day for a maximum of ten days and the disincentive is $18,000 per day without a maximum.
• Reducing the duration of the closure is a direct benefit to motorists including first responders and area schools.
• This project is included in the highway improvement program with construction planned to begin in 2020, and designated as Section 17-00076-19-CH.
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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 intersection improvements of Wadsworth Road at Dilleys Road; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on April 14, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Campanella and Sons, Inc.
Wadsworth, Illinois
$2,561,393.19
Lake County Grading Company
Libertyville, Illinois
$2,970,646.83
Berger Excavating Contractors
Wauconda, Illinois
$3,053,272.78
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 Campanella and Sons, Inc., Wadsworth, Illinois, their bid being $2,561,393.19 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, the project requires a 90-day closure of the intersection in order to construct the roundabout; and
WHEREAS, the contract includes an incentive to the contractor for opening the road early and a disincentive if the closure goes beyond the planned 90 days; 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 Campanella and Sons, Inc., Wadsworth, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $2,561,393.19, 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 intersection improvements of Wadsworth Road at Dilleys Road; and designated as Section 17-00076-19-CH.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Engineer, for the processing of contract change orders, is hereby authorized and directed to treat the awarded base construction cost as the low bid amount of $2,561,393.19 plus any detour incentives up to a maximum of $75,000.
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 $3,150,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on May 12, 2020.