Bids & Quotes

ADVERTISEMENT AND NOTICE TO BIDDERS

 

Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received by the Borough of Sayreville for the "BOROUGH HALL WALKWAY IMPROVEMENTS" project and publicly opened and read aloud at the Borough Hall, 167 Main Street, Sayreville, New Jersey on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. prevailing time in Room 310 of the Municipal Building.

 

The project generally consists of the reconstruction and construction of approximately one thousand three hundred (1,300’) lineal feet of ten (10’) feet wide hot mix asphalt (HMA) walkway located within the Municipal Complex and War Memorial Park property of the Borough of Sayreville. The work involved with these improvements includes site clearing and grading; soil erosion and sediment control measures; installation of approximately 30 lineal feet +/- of 12” diameter RCP Class V storm sewer pipe reach including construction of new inlet structure; installation of approximately 50 lineal feet +/- of 3” PVC Schedule 80 underground electrical conduit for the installation of conductors by others; the removal and replacement of concrete curb; removal of approximately 6,000 square feet +/- of existing concrete sidewalks, slabs and/or driveway aprons; construction of approximately 100 square feet +/- of 6” thick reinforced concrete sidewalk / apron with cast-in-place handicapped sidewalk ramp delineation; walkway milling of approximately 650 square yards +/- of existing asphalt walkway; resurfacing the milled surface of existing asphalt walkway with approximately 650 square yards +/- of HMA surface course material; construction of approximately 900 square yards +/- of new HMA walkway including dense graded aggregate sub-base, HMA base course and HMA surface course material; furnishing and installation of topsoil and seed; Borough property restoration, and all other preparation, restoration and associated work in accordance with the Contract Documents.

 

Contract Documents and Plans for the proposed work prepared by David J. Samuel, P.E., Borough Engineer, CME Associates may be examined at the office of said Engineer at 3141 Bordentown Avenue, Parlin, New Jersey and at the office of the Borough Clerk, 167 Main Street, Sayreville, New Jersey, during business hours and may be obtained at the Borough Engineer's Office until forty-eight (48) hours prior to the time set for the opening of Bids upon payment of $50.00 per set.   No refunds will be made.  Proposals in the Contract Documents must be enclosed in sealed envelopes bearing the name and address of the Bidder and the name of the work on the outside addressed to the Mayor and Borough Council, Borough of Sayreville, and must be accompanied by a Statement of Consent of Surety from a Surety Company authorized to do business in the State of New Jersey and acceptable to the Borough.

 

Each Bid must be accompanied by a certified check or cash in the amount of not less than ten (10%) percent of the Bid, but not more than $20,000.00 payable without any conditional endorsement as a guarantee that in case the Contract is awarded to the Bidder, he will within ten (10) days thereafter execute such contract and furnish satisfactorily performance bonds.  Upon failure to do so he shall forfeit the deposit as liquidated damages and the acceptance of the Bid will be contingent upon the fulfillment of this requirement by the Bidder.  No interest shall be allowed upon any such certified check or cash.  A bid bond in the amount of ten (10%) percent of the Bid, but not more than $20,000.00, may be substituted for certified check or cash.

 

Each Bid must also be accompanied by a certificate of Consent of Surety from a Bonding Company licensed to do business in the State of New Jersey and named in the current list of "Surety Companies Acceptable on Federal Bond", U.S. Treasury Department, guaranteeing that if the proposal of the Bidder be accepted they will furnish the bond set forth in Articles 2 and 5  of the General Conditions Section F of the Contract and the acceptance of the Bid will be contingent upon the fulfillment of this requirement.

 

The Borough reserves the right to increase or decrease quantities specified in the manner designated in the Specifications.  The Borough reserves the right to award this Contract based on funds available.

 

All bidders are required to be registered with the New Jersey Department of Labor if they elect to bid public work projects.  The bidder shall be required to comply with “The Public Works Contractor Registration Act” (P.L. 1999, C. 238), as identified in Section B – Instruction to Bidders Paragraph B3.14 and in the Appendix of these Specifications.  All Contractors and Subcontractors working on prevailing wage projects, which have a public building component, must attach a certificate of registration from the Department of Labor, to all bids.

 

All bidders are required to submit “Proof of Business Registration” to the contracting agency if they elect to bid public work projects.  Proof of business registration shall be a copy of a Business Registration Certificate issued by the Department of the Treasury, Division of Revenue.  The bidder shall be required to comply with business registration provisions of N.J.S.A. 52:32-44; P.L. 2004, C.57 (Chapter 57), as identified in Section B-Instruction to Bidders Paragraph B3.15 and in the Appendix of these specifications.  All Contractors and Subcontractors working on public work projects must attach a Business Registration Certificate, to all bids.

 

The successful Bidder shall be required to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27.

 

During the performance of this Contract, the Contractor agrees to comply with the requirements of P.L. 1975, c.127 (N.J.A.C. 17:27), as amended; all requirements of the State of New Jersey Worker Health and Safety Act (N.J.A.C. 12:110 et seq.), as amended; and the United States Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) (29 CFR 1910), as amended with regard to worker and jobsite safety.

 

No Bidder may withdraw his Bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the opening thereof.  The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Surety Company Bond in the full amount of Contract price indemnifying the Borough of Sayreville, New Jersey for all proceedings suits or actions of any kind of description and conditional for the faithful performance of the work.

 

All Bid security will be returned to all Bidders except the three apparent lowest Bidders within ten (10) working days after the opening of Bids, and to the three apparent lowest Bidders within three (3) working days after the successful Bidder has executed the Contract and his Contract security has been approved by the Borough.

 

Prevailing wages established under the Davis-Bacon Act will apply to this Contract. The Contract Documents contain requirements addressing prevailing labor wage rates, labor standards, nondiscrimination in hiring practices, goals for minority and female participation, MBE and WBE participation, participation by Section 3 residents and businesses, and related matters.

 

The provisions of the Federal Government Department of Labor’s current wage rate determinations and the State’s Prevailing Wage Act are requirements of this project. The higher of the Federal or State Wage Rate and the higher of the Federal or State Fringe Benefit Rate shall prevail.

 

The successful Bidder shall be required to comply with the provisions of the New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act, Chapter 150 of the Laws of 1963, effective January 1, 1964.

 

Bidders are advised that Department of Housing & Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds are being utilized as matching funds and that compliance with the Federal Labor Standards and other requirements specified are necessary.

 

The work to be performed under this Contract is under a project assisted program providing direct federal financial assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and is subject to the requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended 12 U.S.C. 1701u.

 

Section 3 required that the greatest extent feasible, opportunities for training and employment be given to lower income residents of the project and contracts for work in connection with the project to be awarded to business concerns which are located in or owned in substantial part by persons residing in the area of the project.  The Borough of Sayreville has set a goal of utilizing fifty (50) percent of local Contractors.

 

This project is subject to Labor Standard Provisions and Federal Wage Decision No. NJ950003, through modification number 14, as contained in the Bidders Manual section of the Contract Specifications.

 

The Borough reserves the right to reject any, or all Bids if in its opinion it is in the best interest to do so and to award the Contract for any and/or all items.

 

BY ORDER OF THE MAYOR AND BOROUGH COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF SAYREVILLE.

 

JESSICA MORELOS

BOROUGH CLERK

 

BIDDERS ARE ADVISED THAT U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT’S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS ARE BEING USED AS MATCHING FUNDS AND THAT COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL LABOR STANDARDS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED AS NECESSARY; AS CONTAINED IN THE APPENDIX OF THE SPECIFICATIONS.