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--- Document: December 08, 2020 Bid for Municipal Building Document ---
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ADVERTISEMENT - NOTICE FOR BIDS
GENERAL CONTRACTOR for New Municipal Building, Borough of Ship Bottom, New Jersey
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that sealed Bids for this contract shall be received, opened, and read in public in the Meeting
Room of the Ship Bottom Municipal Building, 1621 Long Beach Blvd., Ship Bottom, NJ 08008, on Thursday, January 14, 2021,
at 11:00 AM prevailing time. Bids shall be received at the time and place specified. No Bids shall be accepted by fax or after
the date and time specified.
The proposed Work includes, but is not limited to, the provision of all labor, materials, services, equipment, transportation,
and supervision required to construct and complete the new Municipal Building for the Borough of Ship Bottom. The Work
shall include all requirements set forth in the Contract Documents prepared by The Goldstein Partnership, Architects. The
Work is required to be completed within 660 calendar days of the Contract Award.
The bid package, including the forms, contract, Specifications, and Drawings will be available free of charge, on or after
11:00 AM on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at https://www.ebidexchange.com/njbid; please register on that website.
Upon completion and occupancy of the new Municipal Building, the Contractor will be required to demolish the existing
Municipal Building. Although no formal Site Inspection/Pre-Bid Conference shall be held, any Bidders that wish for an
accompanied walk-through of the entire existing Municipal Building may do so on Monday, 12/21/20 by contacting the
Borough Coordinator no later than Friday, 12/18/20 at (609) 494-2171 x120, for a 15-minute time slot between 1 and 4 PM.
Each Bid must be enclosed in a sealed envelope bearing the name and address of the Bidder, name of the Project and name
of the Contract placed on the outside of the envelope and must be received at or prior to the time and date designated for
the receipt of Bids, and the envelope must be addressed to the Borough of Ship Bottom, Attention: Borough Clerk, 1621
Long Beach Blvd., Ship Bottom, NJ 08008. No Bid may be withdrawn within sixty (60) days of the date specified for the
receipt of bids, except as may be permitted by N.J.S.A. 40A:11-24 and N.J.S.A. 40A:11-23.3. Bidders who elect to utilize
public or private mailing for delivery of the bid assume the burden of correctly addressing the envelope.
All contract and bid documents shall be submitted intact in accordance with the completed and signed bidder’s checklist.
All erasers, interpolations, and other physical changes to any forms shall be signed or initialed by the bidder.
Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond drawn to the order
of the “Borough of Ship Bottom” for not less than Ten Percent (10%) of the amount of the bid, but in no case in excess of
Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00). Bid security shall comply with the Bidding Documents and N.J.S.A. 40A:11-21. Bids
shall also include a Consent of Surety in the form permitted by the Bidding Documents, obligating the issuing surety
company to provide the bidder and its subcontractors, if awarded the contract for the Project, with a New Jersey Statutory
Performance Bond and a New Jersey Statutory Payment Bond in the full amount of the contract.
Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31, et seq., N.J.A.C. 17:27, et seq., the New Jersey
Prevailing Wage Act, the Affirmative Action Requirements, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and shall submit all
completed documents required by the bid specifications.
The Borough of Ship Bottom reserves the right to consider the bids for sixty (60) days after the receipt thereof and may reject
all bids in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:11-13.2. In addition, the Borough may only waive minor informalities or non-
material exceptions in a bid as set forth in Meadowbrook Carting v. Borough of Island Heights, 138 N.J. 307 (1994).
Bidders must comply with all requirements of New Jersey Local Public Contracts Law.
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The successful Bidder shall execute the Contract and provide the required Bond in the full amount of the Contract, within
seven (7) days after notification of acceptance of its Bid.
COVID-19 NOTICE: The Borough of Ship Bottom is closely monitoring the situation of the COVID-19 virus. In an effort to
maintain the safety and health of all persons, the Borough of Ship Bottom will abide by all Executive Orders in ensuring
appropriate public health and social distancing protocols. If a vendor determines that it is absolutely necessary to attend the
in-person official bid opening, be advised that the Borough will enforce appropriate protocols of social distancing to limit
exposure to pathogens. Attendees shall be limited to one (1) per bidder, shall maintain physical distancing indoors, and
shall wear a face mask continuously while in the Municipal Building.
By Order of:
Borough Clerk, Borough of Ship Bottom, New Jersey 08008