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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Berger Excavating Contractors, Wauconda, Illinois, in the amount of $10,583,076.83 for intersection improvements at Gilmer Road and Midlothian Road.
Staff Summary
• The intersection of Gilmer Road and Midlothian Road will be improved with additional through lanes, turn lanes, drainage improvements, and non-motorized improvements.
• There was a public call for bids, and a total of five bids were received, ranging from $10,583,076.83 to $13,940,410.16, and the lowest responsible bidder is Berger Excavating Contractors, Wauconda, Illinois, in the amount of $10,583.076.83.
• The project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program with multi-year construction beginning in 2021, and designated as Section 10-00079-16-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 at Gilmer Road and Midlothian Road; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on August 17, 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
$10,583,076.83
Lake County Grading Company
Libertyville, Illinois
$11,266,711.30
Campanella and Sons, Inc.
Wadsworth, Illinois
$11,804,458.27
Martam Construction, Inc.
Elgin, Illinois
$12,958,785.27
Copenhaver Construction
Gilberts, Illinois
$13,940,410.16
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 Berger Excavating Contractors, Wauconda, Illinois, their bid being $10,583,076.83, based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board, at its meeting on July 13, 2021, authorized an appropriation of $17,515,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for this improvement.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Berger Excavating Contractors, Wauconda, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $10,583,076.83, 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 at Gilmer Road and Midlothian Road and designated as Section 10-00079-16-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.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on September 14, 2021.