Bids & Quotes

Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received by the Borough of Sayreville for the "IMPROVEMENTS TO JOHNSON’S LANE" project and publicly opened and read aloud at the Borough Hall, 167 Main Street, Sayreville, New Jersey on Tuesday, December 1, 2026; at 11:00 a.m. prevailing time in Room 310 of the Municipal Building.

 

The project generally consists of concrete, utility and roadway paving improvements to Johnson’s Lane within the Borough of Sayreville and located between Ernston Road and Washington Road. The work involved with these improvements includes maintenance and protection of traffic; excavation of test pits for utility upgrades;  repair and reconstruction of approximately 25 +/- existing storm sewer inlet structures of various types; removal of existing inlets and construction of new inlets of various types; construction of new inlets of various types; removal / replacement of approximately 9 +/- existing deteriorated Storm sewer manhole casting; reconstruction of existing Storm sewer manhole structures, where ordered; furnishing and installation of storm sewer pipe reaches of various types and sizes, excavation of approximately 15 +/- test pits for Properties requiring water service Investigations / Verifications; installation of approximately 1,200 lineal feet +/- of 8” cement lined DIP Class 52 water main; connections to existing water lines of various sizes; installation of new 8” MJ gate valve; installation of approximately 2 +/- new fire hydrant assemblies; removal / replacement of approximately 2 +/- existing undersized fire hydrants including connections to existing pipe runouts, adjusting to grade and all appurtenances; installation of approximately 12 +/- new 1” water services including new curb stops / curb boxes and connections to proposed / existing water lines and existing water services, where ordered; removal of existing water service curb boxes and installation of new curb boxes supplied by Others, if and where ordered; abandonment of approximately 12 +/- existing water services, where ordered; removal of existing galvanized water services and replacement with new copper water service lines including connections to proposed water service curb boxes and to existing water meters located within the subject dwellings, where ordered; resetting of existing water main / hydrant valve boxes to grade; installation of concrete encasement around existing utility lines, where ordered; removal / replacement of approximately 14 +/- existing deteriorated Standard and Oversized Sanitary sewer manhole castings; reconstruction of existing Sanitary sewer manhole structures, where ordered; removal / replacement of existing 8” gravity sanitary sewer system with approximately 200 lineal feet ± of new 8” PVC SDR-35 pipe reach including maintenance of existing sewage flows, new tee wye branch connections, where ordered; television inspection of removed / replaced sanitary sewer lines and removal / disposal of existing sanitary sewer lines; all connections to existing sewer lines; removal of approximately 2,100 lineal feet +/- of various types of existing concrete curbs; removal of approximately 750 square yards +/- of various types of concrete sidewalks, slabs, driveways and/or aprons; construction of approximately 2,000 lineal feet +/- of new Modified Borough concrete curbs, approximately 100 lineal feet +/- of new standard County concrete curbs, approximately 550 square yards +/- of new standard Borough concrete sidewalks; approximately 65 square yards +/- of new standard County reinforced concrete sidewalks and approximately 200 square yards +/- of new standard Borough reinforced concrete driveways and/or aprons; furnishing / installation of cast-in-place handicapped sidewalk ramp delineation; restoration of hot mix asphalt and stone driveways; cutting / removal of approximately 1,500 square yards +/- of existing asphalt pavement; roadway milling of approximately 13,000 square yards +/- of existing asphalt pavement; crack / joint preparation and furnishing / installation of approximately 4,000 lineal feet ± of joint sealer, if and where ordered; the installation of dense graded aggregate base course, if and where ordered; installation of approximately 700 tons +/- of hot mix asphalt base course material; resurfacing the roadway with approximately 2,000 tons +/- of hot mix asphalt surface course material; application of approximately 9,500 lineal feet +/- of pavement stripes / markings (4” wide lines); application of traffic pavement markings (words and symbols), if and where ordered; application of fire hydrant pavement markings (symbols); resetting of approximately 40 +/- of existing regulatory signs on new breakaway type posts; furnishing and installation of topsoil / seed; and all other preparation; right-of-way / property 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 1 Tower Center Boulevard, 20th Floor, East Brunswick, 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 $100.00 per set.   No refunds will be made.

 

In lieu of purchasing a hard copy of the Contract Documents and Plans, a digital copy will be made available to Bidders at no charge via Mimecast Large File Send by submitting the following required information to bids@cmeusa1.com:

 

1. Title of Project for which Bid Documents are being requested:
2. Company name of prospective Bidder:
3. Name of contact person:
4. Mailing Address:
5. Telephone number:
6. Fax number:
7. E-mail address:

 

Neither the Owner nor the Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Contract Documents, including any addenda, obtained from other sources. Bid Documents must be submitted intact, the Proposal shall not be removed from the book and presented by itself.

 

NO BIDS MAY BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY.

 

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. All bids submitted prior to the bid opening shall be mailed or delivered to the Borough Clerk at 167 Main Street, Sayreville, NJ, 08872.

               

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 be accompanied by a certificate of experience and certificate of equipment

 

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 provisions of the New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act, Chapter 150 of the Laws of 1963, effective January 1, 1964.

 

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 (3) 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.

 

The award shall be subject to the approval of the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

 

Bidders are advised that the “IMPROVEMENTS TO JOHNSON’S LANE” is partially funded by the State of New Jersey, and the successful Bidder will be required to fully comply with the applicable current “New Jersey Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction” if, and as amended or supplemented by the NJDOT Local Aid District office.

 

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