Title/Name/Summary
Stellwagen Farm Perimeter Path Construction - Bid Award
History
In 2013 the Village awarded Christopher B. Burke Engineering Ltd. (CBBEL) a design engineering contract for the Stellwagen Farm perimeter path. The construction documents are complete and have been reviewed by both Village staff and Stellwagen Foundation members. The approved FY 2017 capital improvement budget includes funds for the construction of the perimeter path. The path will connect three neighborhood parks as well as add to the programming of the Stellwagen Farm Homestead.
The next stage of the project will be to design and construct a parking lot at the farm. This work will include turn lane improvements and pedestrian crossings along 108th. Design and construction is scheduled for later this year in 2018.
A request for bids was advertised on the Village website and in the Daily Southtown publication on Friday March 24, 2017. In return, nine (9) sealed bids were received for processing. Bid proposals were received from: Austin Tyler Construction, LLC of Elwood, Illinois; Crowley-Sheppard Asphalt, Inc. of Chicago Ridge, Illinois; D Construction Inc. of Coal City, Illinois; P.T. Ferro Construction Company of Joliet, Illinois; Matthew Paving Inc. of Oak Lawn, Illinois; V3 Construction Group of Woodridge, Illinois; Bisping Construction Company of New Lenox, Illinois; Brothers Asphalt Paving, Inc. of Addison, Illinois; and Oak Lawn Blacktop Paving Company of Mokena, Illinois. The sealed bids were publicly opened and read aloud by the Clerk's Office at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 7, 2017 (Bid Summary Sheet attached).
Following a full bid review, Matthew Paving, Inc. of Oak Lawn, Illinois, has been deemed to be the low qualified bidder providing a bid in the amount of $384,316.00, which is below the engineer's estimate. Matthew Paving is well versed in this type of work and most recently built the Grasslands trails for the Cook County Forest Preserve. Therefore, it is staf...
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