Addendum #1

April 21, 2020

Lake County will be accepting only electronic bid submissions for Invitation for Bid #20030 – Hawthorn Water Tower Rehabilitation.

Please follow the steps below to upload your electronic Bid Submission:

1. Go to www.lakecountypurchasingportal.com
2. Click on the Bid Number:  20030
3. Click on register for this bid
4. Enter your username and password
5. Under the Submittals section you will be able to upload your bid submittal

• Click on the browse button
• Navigate your computer and select the appropriate file
• Multiple files can be uploaded, each file can be no more than 20 MB
• Click on save submittals
• Close the browser

*Please note: Responses are due at 10:00 a.m. CST on Thursday, April 23, 2020.  Please allow sufficient time for any technical issues you may have and upload your bid early.  Please email Purchasing at purchasing@lakecountyil.gov to receive confirmation that we have successfully received your submissions.

Please follow the following steps to attend the Public Bid Opening:

1. Go to www.lakecountypurchasingportal.com
2. Click on the “Under Review” tab
3. Click on the Bid Number:  20030
4. Click on the “Events” tab
5. Join the Zoom Meeting by clicking on the meeting link

• Please plan on joining the meeting at least 5 minutes early and mute your microphone

April 3, 2020

Addendum to all Bidders:

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing requirements, Lake County is canceling the pre-bid meeting scheduled for April 7, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., CST.  The project site is open to the public and is available at any time for interested bidders to view the site conditions and outside exterior tower conditions.

Included as part of this addendum is a video of the water tower conditions:  https://www.lakecountyil.gov/4425/Hawthorn-Water-Tower-Rehabilitation. 

Pictures of the water tower can be found in the bid posting under the documents listing.