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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Cardno, Inc., Monee, Illinois, in the amount of $44,030.60 for ecological restoration management of wetland and upland buffer areas requiring native landscape maintenance.
Staff Summary
• There was a public call for bids, and a total of four bids were received, ranging from $44,030.60 to $94,501.50, and the lowest responsible bidder is Cardno, Inc., in the amount of $44,030.60.
• This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program, and designated as Section 21-00000-14-GM.
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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 ecological restoration management of wetland and upland buffer areas requiring native landscape maintenance, and designated as Section 21-00000-14-GM; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on February 9, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Cardno, Inc.
Monee, Illinois
$44,030.60
Davey Resource Group, Inc.
Elmhurst, Illinois
$49,410.47
V3 Construction
Woodridge, Illinois
$87,225.25
ENCAP, Inc.
Dekalb, Illinois
$94,501.50
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 Cardno, Inc., their bid being $44,030.60 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of November 10, 2020, appropriated $144,800 of Matching Tax funds for ecological restoration management of wetland and upland buffer areas.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Cardno, Inc., in accordance with their bid of $44,030.60, 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 ecological restoration management of wetland and upland buffer areas, and designated as Section 21-00000-14-GM.
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.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on March 9, 2021.