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PROPOSED CONTRACT (TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS)
Department(s): Transportation and Highways
Vendor: Pan-Oceanic Engineering Co., Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute contract.
Good(s) or Service(s): Construction Services - 175th Street / Ridgeland Avenue / Oak Forest Avenue
Location: Cook County Commissioner Districts 6 and 17
Section: 20-B6125-00-PV
Contract Value: $19,587,468.41
Contract period: 3/14/24 - 10/28/28
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY2024 $15,669,974.73; FY2025 $3,917,493.68
Accounts: Motor Fuel Tax: 11300.1500.29150.521536 (FY2024 $949,974.73; FY2025 $237,493.68) and Rebuild Illinois Funds: 11300.1500.29150.560019 (FY2024 $14,720,000.00; FY2025 $3,680,000.00)
Contract Number(s): 2311-09210
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via: Direct Participation. The prime vendor is a certified MBE.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The Department of Transportation and Highways respectfully requests approval of the proposed Contract between the County and Pan-Oceanic Engineering Co., Inc., Chicago, Illinois. This contract provides for various improvements. Improvement includes the reconstruction of deteriorated roadways, providing an urban cross-section with closed drainage system; add a left turn lane for side streets and driveways; provide improved pedestrian and bicycle facilities via new sidewalks on 175th Street and Ridgeland Avenue, on-street bike lanes along 175th Street west of Ridgeland Avenue, and off-street multi-use path along Ridgeland Avenue; and, lower the road’s profile to eliminate the ditches/swales for easier maintenance and improved drainage in Tinley Park, Cook County.
This contract is awarded pursuant to a publicly advertised Invitation for Bid (IFB) in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Pan-Oceanic Engineering Co., Inc. was the lowest, responsive, responsible bidder.
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