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PROPOSED BID RECOMMENDATION
Department: Department of Planning and Development
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Forest Preserves”) to enter into a construction contract with Griggs Mitchell & Alma of Illinois, LLC d/b/a GMA Construction Group, primary place of business Chicago, Illinois, for the construction of a new headquarters office building at Salt Creek Landscape Maintenance Headquarters located near North Riverside.
Reason: Contract #74000008368, issued under Solicitation #20-80-005892 for Project #20-80-50 New Headquarters Building at Salt Creek Landscape Maintenance Campus includes demolition and replacement of an existing 1930s-era garage that over time had been converted to an office space and has now reached the end of its useful life. The new building will contain a training room, locker rooms, washrooms and offices and has been designed to accommodate a future garage addition. The new structure will be a super-insulated, all-electric building using a geo-thermal heating system. It has also been designed to support rooftop solar panels that can be added to this building and a future garage addition when funding allows.
Bid Opening Date: 9/18/2020
Bid Results:
Firm Base Bid
1. GMA Construction Group $2,081,906.00
2. F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates $2,322,980.00
3. Path Construction Company, Inc. $2,332,000.00
4. Powers & Sons Construction Company, Inc. $2,366,921.00
5. Accel Construction Services Group, LLC $2,399,000.00
6. Boller Construction Company Inc. $2,405,000.00
7. ALL Construction Group $2,497,000.00
8. K.R. Miller Contractors, Inc. $2,574,700.00
9. Robe, Inc. $2,620,000.00
10. Schaefges Brothers Inc. $3,280,000.00
Estimated Fiscal Impact: $2,081,906.00
Contract Period: Three-hundred sixty-five (365) days after issuance of Notice to Proceed
Account Name/Number: Property Maintenance and Operations 51009.560105, 51027.560105, 51028.560105, 51051.560105 and future Capital Improvement Fund accounts
District: 16
Concurrence(s):
The Chief Financial Officer and Chief Attorney have approved this item.
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation.