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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Berger Excavating Contractors, Wauconda, Illinois, in the amount of $2,133,208.86 for the intersection improvement of Fremont Center Road and Illinois Route 60 and appropriating $2,560,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.
Staff Summary
• The intersection of Fremont Center Road and Illinois Route 60 will be improved with the installation of a traffic signal and turn lanes.
• There was a public call for bids, and a total of four bids were received, ranging from $2,133,208.86 to $2,992,779.84, and the lowest responsible bidder is Berger Excavating Contractors, Wauconda, Illinois, in the amount of $2,133,208.86.
• The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will reimburse the County for 50 percent of the construction costs up to $1,550,000.
• The project requires a 50-day closure to construct the intersection improvements. If the closure goes beyond the planned 50 days, liquidated damages will be assessed.
• This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program with construction planned to begin in 2021, and designated as Section 12-00138-02-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 the intersection improvement of Fremont Center Road and Illinois Route 60, and designated as Section 12-00138-02-CH; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on April 13, 2021, 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
Wauconda, Illinois
$2,133,208.86
Lake County Grading Company
Libertyville, Illinois
$2,233,445.50
Campanella and Sons, Inc.
Wadsworth, Illinois
$2,265,594.10
Martam Construction, Inc.
Elgin, Illinois
$2,992,779.84
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 Berger Excavating Contractors, their bid being $2,133,208.86 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, the project requires a 50-day closure of the intersection in order to construct the improvements; and
WHEREAS, liquidated damages will be assessed if the closure goes beyond the planned 50 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 Berger Excavating Contractors, in accordance with their bid of $2,133,208.86, 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 intersection improvement of Fremont Center Road and Illinois Route 60; and designated as Section 12-00138-02-CH.
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 $2,560,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on May 11, 2021.