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 S...
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