2025 Uniforms & Clothing Bid

The Borough of Ship Bottom, Ocean County, New Jersey, is soliciting sealed bids for its 2025 Uniforms & Clothing, designated as Project #2025-001. This comprehensive procurement covers uniforms and apparel for various municipal departments, including the Ship Bottom Beach Patrol (Lifeguard and Lifeguard-in-Training), Beach Patrol Tournament, Badge Checker, Department of Public Works, Harbormaster, Special Events, and Police Department. The requested items include jackets, fleece hoodies and sweatpants, boardshorts, t-shirts, tanks, long-sleeve sun protection shirts, and female bathing suit tops and bottoms. Each item requires specific branding elements, such as embroidery or imprints with departmental logos like "SBBP," "SBBP Junior Lifeguard," "Ship Bottom Borough logo," "USLA logo," and "Borough of Ship Bottom, N.J. Public Works Dept." with an anchor, all necessitating PMS color matching and specific print types (discharge or plastisol low bleed ink) as detailed in the specifications. Contractors are required to provide unit prices for each uniform item, ensuring these prices are inclusive of all artwork and screen charges. Delivery of all ordered goods must be made to the Ship Bottom Borough Hall. Bidders proposing equivalent items must submit samples along with their bid, and a finished sample, demonstrating the required imprinting and embroidery, must receive written approval from the Ship Bottom Beach Patrol before the full order can commence. Mandatory submission requirements for contractors include a New Jersey State Business Registration Certificate, a Statement of Corporate Ownership/Certification, a Russia, Belarus, Iranian Certification, a Non-Collusion Affidavit, an Acknowledgement of Affirmative Action, Affirmative Action Mandatory Language, compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, and current Insurance Certificates. The contractor must guarantee the quality of all supplied goods and services, with any defective items subject to replacement at the vendor's expense. Sealed bids, clearly marked with the bidder's name, address, and the specific item(s) being bid upon, must be submitted to the Borough of Ship Bottom at Ship Bottom Borough Hall, located at 1621 Long Beach Blvd., Ship Bottom, NJ. The submission deadline is April 25, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., at which time bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Official bid specifications and required proposal forms are available for prospective bidders at the Borough Clerk’s Office during regular business hours (9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday) and must be utilized for bid submission, with two properly signed copies required. The contract term for these uniforms is from May 1, 2025, to April 30, 2026. The delivery date for specified bid items or approved finished samples is set for no later than June 7, 2025, assuming a contract award by April 30, 2025. The Borough reserves the right to make multiple awards for this contract based on the lowest per-item amount and to reject any or all bids.