Title/Name/Summary
IL Route 7 (Wolf Road) and 153rd Street Bike Path - Bid Award
History
The 153rd Street Bike Path was approved and budgeted in the 2012 CIP. The total budget for the project is $700,000. As part of the Village’s comprehensive plan and on-going transportation plan, multi-modes of transportation throughout the Village have been identified as a priority. Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. was retained by the Village to provide construction documents for a new bike path between Wolf Road and 108th Avenue along 153rd Street. This link will connect existing paths at Wolf Road and 108th Avenue.
A Request for Bids was advertised in the SouthtownStar Newspaper on Friday October 19, 2012. In return, ten (10) sealed bids were received for processing. Bid proposals were received from: Abby Paving Construction Co. of Aurora, Illinois; Austin Tyler Construction, LLC of Elwood, Illinois; Continental Construction Company, Inc. of Evanston, Illinois; Copenhaver Construction, Inc. of Gilberts, Illinois; Crowley-Sheppard Asphalt, Inc. of Chicago Ridge, Illinois; D Construction Inc. of Coal City, Illinois; P.T. Ferro Construction Company of Joliet, Illinois; Lorusso Cement Contractors, Inc. of West Chicago, Illinois; Matthew Paving Inc. of Oak Lawn, Illinois and Pan-Oceanic Engineering Company, Inc. of Chicago, Illinois. The sealed bids were publicly opened and read aloud by the Clerk’s Office at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 8, 2012 (Bid Summary Sheet attached).
Following a full bid review, D Construction of Coal City, Illinois, has been deemed to be the low qualified bidder providing a bid in the amount of $518,139.66, which is below the engineer’s estimate. Therefore, it is Staff’s recommendation that D Construction of Coal City, Illinois, be awarded the bid for the IL Route 7 (Wolf Road) and 153rd Street Bike Path in the amount of $518,139.66.
In addition to the recommendation to award D Construction the IL Route 7 (Wolf Road) and 153rd Street Bike Path construction project, Staff recommends awarding a contract to LePretre Excavating of Orland Park, Illinois for $32,200.00. This work includes the installation of 1,150 feet of 8” diameter drainage pipe including backfill material from 153rd Street north to Spring Creek. The Village has been working with the property owner to install this pipe to alleviate drainage issues along 153rd Street in anticipation of the Bike Path project.
The total combined cost is $550,339.66 which is below the Capital Improvement Program budget of $700,000.00.
On November 19, 2012 the Development Services & Planning Committee moved to approve (3-0) entering into a contract with D Construction of Coal City, Illinois in the amount of $518,136.66 and with LePretre Excavating of Orland Park, Illinois in the amount of $32,200.00 for the IL Route 7 (Wolf Road) and 153rd Street Bike Path project.
Financial Impact
The Fiscal Year 2012 Board approved Capital Improvement Program Budget has funds available in the amount of $700,000.00 in line item 023-0000-470700.
Recommended Action/Motion
I move approve entering into a contract with D Construction of Coal City, Illinois in the amount of $518,136.66 and with LePretre Excavating of Orland Park, Illinois in the amount of $32,200.00 for the IL Route 7 (Wolf Road) and 153rd Street Bike Path project.