Title
Joint resolution authorizing a contract with McGinty Bros., Inc., Long Grove, Illinois, in the amount of $84,996.50 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 one bid was received at $84,996.50, and the lowest responsible bidder is McGinty Bros., Inc., Long Grove, Illinois, in the amount of $84,996.50.
* This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program, and designated as Section 24-00000-14-GM.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, pursuant to authority granted by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, 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 24-00000-14-GM; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on February 13, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
McGinty Bros., Inc.
Long Grove, Illinois
$84,996.50
WHEREAS, the Public Works and Transportation Committee, the County Engineer, and the Purchasing Agent have examined each bid, and the lowest responsible bidder is McGinty Bros., Inc., Long Grove, Illinois, their bid being $84,996.50 based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, by prior resolution at its meeting of November 14, 2023, appropriated $156,500 of Matching Tax funds for ecological restoration management of wetland and upland buffer areas.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that a contract be awarded to said McGinty Bros., Inc., Long Grove, Illinois, in accordance with their bid of $84,996.50, based on estimated quantities and unit prices, and that the Purchasing Agent, the...
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