River Greenway Project Pedestrian Bridge and Path in New Waterland Park and Chyzowych Field i

NOTICE TO BIDDERS  Sealed proposals will be received by the Township of South Orange Village, County of Essex, State of New Jersey, at Village Hall, 76 South Orange Avenue, Third Floor, South Orange, New Jersey 07079, on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 10:00am prevailing time or shortly thereafter, and at that time and place publicly opened and read for the River Greenway Project Pedestrian Bridge and Path in New Waterland Park and Chyzowych Field in South Orange, NJ. No proposals will be received prior to the time and date referenced above. The major items of construction include:               Removal of site features including structures and pavement                Lump sum             Steel Pedestrian Bridge                                                                               Lump Sum            Micropile                                                                                                        12 Units            Steel H-pile, HP 12x53                                                                                  545 L.F.            Asphalt Sidewalks                                                                                        3815 S.Y.Granite Cobble Pavers                                                                                 1336 S.F.Traffic Striping                                                                                              63 L.F.Decorative Lighting                                                                                      18 UnitsSolar Decorative Lighting                                                                            25 UnitsLow Voltage LED Lighting Hand Rail System                                           Lump sum The Township of South Orange Village reserves the right to delete sections of the work from the Contract after the award of the bid has been made due to funding or other reasons.  The prices bid for the various items of work shall not be adjusted due to the deflection of any work or due to the variation of any quantity for the various items scheduled in the Proposal.Copies of the Proposal documents may be obtained by downloading from the Township of South Orange Village website, www.southorange.org, or examined during regular business hours in the Clerk’s Office, Village Hall, 76 South Orange Avenue, Third Floor, South Orange, NJ.  Electronic copies of the Proposal documents will be provided free of charge.All questions must be submitted to Brian Henning, Engineer of Record in writing at 111 Wood Avenue South Iselin NJ 08830-4112 or via email at document.write('brian.henning'+'@'+'mottmac.com')For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. no later than fourteen (14) calendar days prior to deadline for bid submission date as stated above.A pre-bid conference will be held at the project site at 300 Walton Ave. near the DPW building in South Orange NJ, on Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 10:00am prevailing time. Contractors are strongly encouraged to attend the Pre-Bid Conference.The bid must be accompanied by a certified check, cash, or bid bond in an amount of not less than ten percent (10%) of the bid, but not to exceed $20,000.00.  If the Contract is awarded to the Bidder, he will, within twenty one (21) calendar days after the date of the Notice of Award, 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.The bid must be accompanied by a Certificate from a bonding company licensed to do business in the State of New Jersey, guaranteeing that if the Proposal of the Bidder is accepted, they will furnish a Performance Bond in the face amount of the bid and the acceptance of the bid is contingent upon the fulfillment of this requirement.The Township of South Orange Village reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities in the bid received, and to reject any and/or all bids as in its judgement may best serve the interest of the Township. Proposals for this contract will be accepted only from Bidders who have been properly qualified in accordance with the requirements of the specifications. Proposals are being solicited through a fair and open process in accordance with N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.3, et seq. and as such, contractors are exempt from the limitations on making political contributions under that law. Further, for that reason, as well as because of a language in New Jersey’s Annual Appropriations Act, refusal to disclose campaign contributions otherwise required by N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.3 et seq. and 19:44A-20.25 seq., will not adversely affect your consideration of award. The successful Bidder shall be required to comply with the provisions of the New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act, Chapter 150 of the Laws of 1963, effective January 1, 1964.  Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of J.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27.Pursuant to P.L. 1999, c.238, all contractors must register with the State and provide a copy of the registration with the bid.PURSUANT TO P.L. 2004, c.57, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2004, THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER SHALL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISION OF THE NEW BUSINESS REGISTRATION LAW.   The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goal is 7%. and the number of training requirement is 0 for this project.All bidders must comply with the State of New Jersey Laws of 1971, Chapter 198, as amended relative to submission of a certification of the bidder indicating the ability to perform the Contract.All Contractors must comply with the requirements of Chapter 33 of the Laws of 1977, which requires disclosure of all stockholders owning 10%, or more of the corporate stock by executing the DISCLOSURE CERTIFICATE included in the specifications. The successful bidder shall be required to comply with the provisions of the New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act, Chapter 150 of the Laws of 1973, effective January 1, 1974, Section 109 of PL 94-369, and Section 110 of PL 93-383 regarding wage rates determined by the Secretary of Labor, in accordance with theprovisions of the Davis-Bacon Act as amended (40 USC 275a-276a-5) whichever provides for the higher rate of pay for each specific job classification.IF AWARDED A CONTRACT, YOUR COMPANY/ FIRM, WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITHTHE REQUIRMENTS OF PL 1975 C. 127 (N.J.A.C. 17:27).The Township accepts no responsibility for any bids prior to their presentation at the date and hour indicated for the formal bid opening. NO BID WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE HOUR NAMED. Bidders may not withdraw their respective bids for a period of sixty (60) days after the receipt of the same by the Township of South Orange Village.BASED UPON THE SPECIFICATIONS, THE Township RESERVES THE RIGHT (IN ITS SOLEJUDGEMENT) TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS, TO WAIVE NON-MATERIAL DEFECTS ORINFORMALITIES AND TO AWARD THE CONTRACT IN A MANNER DEEMED IN THE BESTINTEREST OF THE Township TO DO SO.Failure to submit CR-266 completed and signed with CR-273, applicable CR-272 and CR-274 signed and completed at the time of bid or 5 days after bid opening will be considered as a non-responsive bid, and bid will be rejected. No corrections or editing will be allowed after the forms are submitted.If the submitted CR-266 form does not meet the contract DBE goal, the bidder must submit at the time of bid or within 5 days after bid opening documentation of good faith effort. All Civil Rights forms must be submitted at the date of Bid Opening or within five (5) days after Bid Opening to Ms. Ellen Foye-Malgieri, Village Purchasing Agent, document.write('ellen'+'@'+'southorange.org')For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address..  Submittal of such information does not imply NJDOT Division of Civil Rights & Affirmative Action (DCR/AA) approval.The Department's DCR/AA has sole authority to determine whether the contractor is meeting the contract DBE goal or made adequate good faith efforts to do so. Forms can be downloaded fromhttps://www.state.nj.us/transportation/business/civilrights/forms.shtm All questions must be submitted to Brian Henning, Engineer of Record, via email at document.write('brian.henning'+'@'+'mottmac.com')For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. no later than Tuesday, January 14, 2025. BY ORDER of the Township of South Orange Village, Essex County, New Jersey.