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--- Document: Emergency Generators at Municipal Facilities ---
Township of Wall
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Township of Wall will receive bids on Friday, April 5, 2019 at
10:00 a.m. in the Court Room in the Lower Level of the Township of Wall Municipal Building, 2700 Allaire
Road, Wall, New Jersey 07719 for the Emergency Generators at Municipal Facilities project where bids will be
opened and read out loud.
Work includes furnishing and installing 11 emergency generators; 7 diesel and 4 natural gas, elevated steel
platforms, concrete pads, automatic transfer switches, electrical wiring and connections at 11 municipal facilities.
The generators vary in size from 20 KW to 125 KW. Work shall include site restoration and other incidentals.
Proposals must be submitted to the Township Clerk, or her representative, not later than Friday, April 5, 2019 at
10:00 a.m. Specifications and other bid information, prepared by Carmela Roberts, P.E. of Roberts Engineering
Group, LLC, have been filed in the office of the Engineer at 1670 Whitehorse-Hamilton Square Road, Hamilton,
New Jersey (609-586-1141) and may be obtained during regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the
cost of $110.00. Checks must be made payable to Roberts Engineering Group, LLC. Bids shall be submitted on
the form(s) provided and shall be in accordance with the specifications contained in the Instructions to Bidders
and other bidding documents. In order to assure that all potential bidders receive the complete bid
documentation, as well as any amendments, modifications or supplements thereto, bid documentation must be
obtained only from the Engineer Carmela Roberts, PE of Roberts Engineering Group, LLC, 1670 Whitehorse
Hamilton Square Road, Hamilton, NJ 08690 by registering with the Engineer and paying the required
documentation fee. Failure to follow this procedure for registration and receipt of documentation in submitting a
bid will result in the bid being deemed incomplete, and therefore will be rejected. Bidders are required to comply
with the requirements of the Local Public Contracts Law, the Prevailing Wage Act, the requirements of P. L.
1975, c.127, and N.J.S.A. 10:5-31et seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27-1.1 et seq., Affirmative Action, and all requirements
as set forth in the Instructions to Bidders. At the time a bid is submitted, the bidder shall submit a copy of its
Business Registration Certificate.
Bids must be made on standard proposal forms, in the manner designated and must be received in sealed opaque
envelopes, bearing the name and address of the bidder and the name of the project on the outside, addressed to
the Township Clerk, Township of Wall and must be accompanied by a Non-Collusion Affidavit and a bid bond
or certified check for not less than ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid, providing that said check or bid
bond need not be more than $20,000.00 nor shall not be less than $500.00, and be delivered at the place and on
or before the hour named above. All applicable surety bonds required in connection with the advertisement and
award of building contracts or sub agreements must be written by a surety company listed on the Federal
Treasury List (Department Circular 570 – Surety Companies Acceptable on Federal Bonds).
This project is expected to be funded by a Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) from the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and administered by the New Jersey Office of Emergency
Management. The contractor will be required to comply with all requirements of the grant.
In the event revisions or addenda to the documents are required, the owner shall transmit a Notice of Revision or
addenda to advertisements or bid documents no less than 7 working days prior to bid opening as found in
N.J.S.A. 40A:11-23.
Pursuant to P.L. 2010 c. 108, a bidder may request that its bid be withdrawn due to a “mistake” on the part of the
bidder, as defined in the Law. Otherwise, no bids may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date
and time set for the opening of the bids. The Township reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or accept a bid
which, in its judgment, best serves the interest of the Township.
N.J.A.C. 17:44-2.2 requires Contractors to maintain all documents related to the contract for five years from date
of final payment and to make them available to the Comptroller’s office upon request. Any awarded Contractor
shall maintain all documentation related to products, transactions or services under this contract for a period of
five years from the date of final payment. Such records shall be made available to the New Jersey Office of the
State Comptroller upon request.
The contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible, responsive bidder found in N.J.S.A. 40A:11-6.1.
Roberta Lang, RMC
Township Clerk