Title
143rd Street and LaGrange Road Intersection Improvement Project - Contract Value Increase
History
At the February 7, 2011, Public Works and Engineering Committee meeting, the bid submitted by F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates, LLC (Paschen) for the reconstruction and widening of 143rd Street and LaGrange Road was recommended for Board approval. The Village Board of Trustees concurred with the Committee’s recommendation and on February 21, 2011, authorized the Village Manager to enter into a contract with F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates, LLC in an amount not to exceed $10,513,202.74 as provided in their January 14, 2011, bid including Alternates 1, 3, 5 and 6, and that a Contingency Fund in an amount not to exceed $511,556.19 be included in the funding authorization thereby providing that an authorized construction budget for this project be set at a not-to-exceed value of $11,024,758.93.
At the time the Village awarded the contract to Paschen, the State permit allowing the Village to construct the U.S. 45 (LaGrange Road) portion of the improvement was still being reviewed by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). Prior to recommending that the contract be awarded, despite not having the permit from IDOT, staff and engineers closely reviewed outstanding items awaiting IDOT’s approval. Roadway plans had been reviewed and comments provided. A collective decision was reached to request a partial permit from IDOT so work could begin in order for the contractor to be able to meet the November 11, 2011, substantial completion date and to recommend awarding the Paschen contract.
Following award, staff and engineers worked diligently, quickly and resourcefully to provide answers to IDOT’s review comments. IDOT issued partial permits to the Village allowing specific work to be undertaken while issues delaying the final permit continued to be addressed.
We are now very near to both the substantial completion date called out in th...
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