Emergency Tree Services 2026

EMERGENCY TREE SERVICES - 2026                                                                                                TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY             Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received, opened and read in public at 66 Main Street, West Orange, New Jersey on Friday, November 21, 2025 at 10:30 A.M. local prevailing time in the Council Chambers.                      Sealed bids will also be accepted by mail if they are addressed to the Purchasing Agent of the Township of West Orange, 66 Main Street, West Orange, New Jersey 07052 and clearly indicate that a bid is enclosed for this particular service contract, the time and date of the receipt of bids and bear the name and address of the party submitting the proposal.  All proposals submitted by mail must be received by 10:30 AM on Friday, November 21, 2025.             Bidding documents will be available in the Purchasing office of Town Hall, 66 Main Street, West Orange, New Jersey 07052 on weekdays between the hours of 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM, excluding holidays. You can also view the bid on the township website at www.westorange.or/bids .  Bid deposit by a certified/cashier’s check or bid bond in the amount of 10% of the bid, not to exceed $20,000.00 will be required.                        Bids must be enclosed in sealed envelopes, bearing the name and address of the bidder, the name of the job, the time and date designated for the receipt of bids, addressed to Purchasing Agent of the Township of West Orange.             No bidder may withdraw his bid within sixty (60) days after the actual opening of the bid thereof pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A-36.             The owner intends to award contracts for this work in accordance with the law.             The owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality in the bidding if it is in the best interest of the Owner to do so.            If any bidder is a foreign corporation, one that is a corporation not chartered under the laws of the State of New Jersey, but licensed to do business in the State of New Jersey, he must submit with his Bid, an affidavit duly executed by the President of the Corporation, stating in said affidavit that said Corporation has, in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, obtained a certificate authorizing it to do business in the State of New Jersey.             In accordance with the provision of N.J.S.A. 10: 5-33 all bidders are placed on notice that they are required to comply with the requirements of P.L. 1975, Chapter, Chapter 127 (NJAC 17:27).             Each bidder shall submit proof of approval of its affirmative action program of equal opportunity by the State Treasurer in accordance with the requirements of the N.J.S.A. 10:5-34.             All Contractors and Sub-Contractors are required to be registered by the New Jersey Department of Treasury, Division of Revenue at the time bids will be received by the Owner pursuant to the Business Registration Act (P.L. 2004, c. 57, N.J.S.A 52: 32-44).  All contractors are required to be registered by the New Jersey Department of Labor at the time bids are received pursuant to the Public Works Contractor Registration Act (P.L. 2003, c.91, N.J.S.A.34:11-56.51). Panayiota Reynolds, Purchasing Agent