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Joint resolution authorizing the execution of a contract with PirTano Construction Company in the amount of $2,775,505 for the Diamond-Sylvan Lake Diversion Phase II Project.
Staff Summary
• As part of the County’s long-term infrastructure improvements program the Diamond-Sylvan Lake Diversion Phase II Project requires construction of a major pump station and force main.
• This project will include construction of a new pump station on Hilgers Court, installation of 7,500 feet of 18-inch diameter force main, and 2,000 feet of 20-inch diameter gravity main.
• The County received requests for bid documents from 20 contractors and received responsive bids from five contractors for this work.
• Award of this contract is recommended to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, PirTano Construction Company, Inc., Addison, Illinois in the amount of $2,775,505.
• This resolution authorizes a contract with PirTano Construction Company, Inc. in the amount of $2,775,505 for the Diamond-Sylvan Lake Diversion Phase II Project.
Body
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, the County of Lake (County) owns, operates and maintains sanitary sewer systems, including a Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) within the Southeast Central Lake Facility Planning Area; and
WHEREAS, the County’s long-term infrastructure improvements program requires construction of a major pump station and sanitary sewer force main to transfer flow from the Diamond-Sylvan Lake WRF to the Vernon Hills WRF; and
WHEREAS, the Diamond-Sylvan Lake Diversion Phase II Project will facilitate the transfer of flow between the WRF’s; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 4-102 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, bids were called for by publication for the Diamond-Sylvan Lake Diversion Phase II Project; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to said publication, the County received requests for bid documents for this work from twenty (20) contractors; and
WHEREAS, five (5) sealed bids were received and publicly opened in the office of the Public Works Department on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, at 2:00 p.m., and
WHEREAS, PirTano Construction Company USA, Inc. is the lowest responsive and responsible bidder in the amount of $2,775,505; four (4) other bids were received, ranging from $2,791,175 to $4,837,445.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent is hereby authorized and directed to execute a contract with PirTano Construction Company, Inc., Addison, IL in the amount of $ 2,775,505 for the Diamond-Sylvan Lake Diversion Phase II Project and charging the costs thereof to Accounts No. 610-4814598-85010-48310 and 610-4814546-85010-48310.
DATED at WAUKEGAN, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, on this 13th day of September, A.D., 2011.