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--- Document: Notice to Bidders - Reconstruction of New Brunswick Ave ---
TOWNSHIP OF EAST BRUNSWICK
INVITATION TO BIDDERS
CONTRACT #2024-02
IMPROVEMENTS TO NEW BRUNSWICK AVENUE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that sealed proposals for the Improvements to New Brunswick
Ave will be received by the Clerk of the Township of East Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey at
11:00 AM prevailing time on May 8, 2024, in the Large Conference Room located at the Municipal
Building, 1 Jean Walling Civic Center, East Brunswick, New Jersey.
The start date for construction of this project will be no later than June 1, 2024, and the completion date
will be no later than September 5, 2024.
This project consists of the reconstruction of a portion of New Brunswick Ave. The project
entails the following general quantities: Hot Mix Asphalt, Milling, 3" or less (22,620 S.Y),
Roadway Excavation, Unclassified (435 C.Y.), D.G.A.B.C, 6" Thick (1,305 S.Y.), Hot
Mix Asphalt, Base Course, 19M64 (310 Tons), Hot Mix Asphalt, Surface Course, 9.5M64
(2,875 Tons), Tack Coat (3,393 Gallons), Reconstruct, Type “B” Inlet, New Casting (35
Units), Reset Manhole, Sanitary Sewer, New Casting (35 Units), 6"x 9"x 20" Concrete
Vertical Curb (1,300 L.F.), Concrete Driveway, Reinforced, 6” Thick (135 S.Y.),
Concrete Sidewalk, 4" Thick (277 S.Y.), Detectable Warning Surface, (21 S.Y.), Traffic
Stripes, Long Life Epoxy Resin, 4” wide (11,460 L.F.), Traffic Stripes, Long Life Epoxy
Resin, 6” wide (9,450 L.F.), Traffic Stripes, Long Life Epoxy Resin, 24” wide (195 L.F.),
Traffic Stripes, Long Life Epoxy Resin, Symbols, (988 S.F.), Type “F” underdrain (500
L.F.), Fertilizing, Topsoil, Seed & Mulch (315 S.Y.), Regulatory and Warning Signs (342
S.F.). Specific items of work under this contract necessary to complete the project can be
found in the Proposal Section of the Specifications.
Contract Documents and Plans for the proposed work prepared by Mark Kataryniak, P.E., may be
examined at the Department of Planning and Engineering, 4 Harts Lane, East Brunswick, New Jersey and
may be obtained by prospective bidders for a non-refundable fee of $50.00 during the hours of 7:30 A.M.
and 3:30 P.M. until 48 hours prior to the time set for the bid opening. Proposals must be made on the
Standard Proposal Forms in the manner designated in Section 102 of the Contract Documents, must be
hand delivered or mailed by certified mail to Township Clerk, Township of East Brunswick, 1 Jean
Walling Center, Civic Center, East Brunswick, NJ, must be enclosed in sealed envelopes bearing the name
and address of the Bidder and the name of the work on the outside, must be addressed to the Township of
East Brunswick, 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 Township of East Brunswick.
Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check or cash in the amount of not less than ten (10%)
percent, except that the amount shall not exceed $20,000.00, of the bid payable without any conditional
endorsement as a guarantee that, in case the Contract is awarded to the bidder, he will, within 5 Municipal
Business Days thereafter, execute such Contract and furnish satisfactory performance bond. 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 may be substituted for certified
check or cash.
All bid security except the security of the three apparent lowest responsible bidders shall be returned,
unless otherwise requested by the bidder, within 10 days after the opening of the bids. Sundays and
holidays excepted, and the bids of such bidders shall be considered as withdrawn. Within 3 days, Sundays
and holidays excepted, after the awarding and signing of the contract and the approval of the contractor’s
performance bond, the bid security of the remaining unsuccessful bidders shall be returned to them.
Each bid must also be accompanied by a certificate from a bonding company licensed to do business in
the State of New Jersey and acceptable to the Township guaranteeing that, if the proposal of the bidder be
accepted, they will furnish the bond set forth in Subsection 103.05 of the General Conditions of the
Contract and the acceptance of the bid will be contingent upon the fulfillment of this requirement.
Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq and N.J.A.C. 17:27.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A-27, as it may apply to this Contract, all bidders may be required to meet
with qualifications established with the Department of Treasury, Division of Building and Construction.
The successful bidder shall be required to comply with the provisions of the New Jersey Prevailing Wage
Act, N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.25 et seq.
A corporation submitting a bid, in response to this advertisement, shall accompany such bid with a
resolution authorizing its proper officers to submit such a bid and authorize said officers to execute a
contract in the event its bid is accepted.
The Township of East Brunswick reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids or to waive any formalities,
minor irregularities and immaterial variances in the form of bids if, in its opinion, it is in the best interest
of the Township to do so.
Attorneys in fact who sign contract bonds must file with each bond a certified and effectively dated copy
of their power of attorney.
BY ORDER of the Township Council of the Township of East Brunswick.
Tamar Lawful, RMC, CMR
Municipal Clerk
TOWNSHIP OF EAST BRUNSWICK