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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Alliance Contractors, Inc., Woodstock, Illinois, in the amount of $178,657.78 for the Gilmer Road bridge parapet repairs, appropriating $215,000 of County Bridge Tax funds.
Staff Summary
• The Gilmer Road bridge parapets will be rehabilitated including structural repair of concrete, joint repairs, surface filler, and epoxy crack injection.
• A total of three bids were received, ranging from $178,657.78 to $232,974, and the lowest responsible bidder is Alliance Contractors, Inc., in the amount of $178,657.78.
• This project is included in the transportation improvement program with work planned to begin in 2020 and be completed in 2021, and designated as Section 20-00073-09-BR.
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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 Gilmer Road bridge parapet repairs; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on August 11, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Alliance Contractors, Inc.
Woodstock, Illinois
$178,657.78
Path Construction Company
Arlington Heights, Illinois
$180,901.13
Kovilic Construction Company, Inc.
Franklin Park, Illinois
$232,974
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 Alliance Contractors, Inc., their bid being $178,657.78 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 Alliance Contractors, Inc., in accordance with their bid of $178,657.78, 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 Gilmer Road bridge parapet repairs, and designated as Section 20-00073-09-BR.
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 $215,000 of County Bridge Tax funds.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on September 8, 2020.