NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT SEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE TOWNSHIP OF MAPLEWOOD IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW JERSEY FOR: IMPACTED SOIL REMEDIATION AT THE MAPLEWOOD TOWNSHIP DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS (DPW) FACILITY. THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: SOIL (EXCAVATION) AND ASPHALT REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL, STRUCTURAL SUPPORT TO FACILITATE SOIL EXCAVATION AND PROTECT SITE STRUCTURES, DEWATERING AND TREATMENT SYSTEM, UTILITY STRUCTURE BY-PASS/RE-INSTALLATION, BACKFILLING AND COMPACTION, RE-PAVEMENT, SITE RESTORATION AND RELATED ACTIVITIES.

Contract Documents for the proposed work may be made available at no cost by contacting Assistant Township Administrator Bailey Barnett at bbarnett@maplewoodnj.gov. Prospective bidders will be required to register their contact information prior to receiving bid documents to ensure they automatically receive any associated addendums.

Bids will be received at the office of the Township Clerk at 574 Valley Street, Maplewood, NJ 07040 until:

April 13, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. prevailing time, the Bid Due Date and Opening

A pre-bid conference will be conducted at the project site, the Maplewood Township DPW Facility, at 359 Boyden Avenue, Maplewood, NJ, at 10:00 a.m. prevailing time, on March 28, 2023. Due to the complexity of the project work, attendance by prospective bidders at this pre-bid conference is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Failure to attend does not relieve the bidder of any obligations or requirements.

Bids will be made on standard proposal forms in the manner designated therein as required by the specifications, and must be enclosed in envelopes (outer and inner), both of which shall be sealed and clearly labeled with the words CONTRACT BID DOCUMENTS, name of project, name and address of Bidder and date and time of bid opening, and addressed to Township Engineer at 574 Valley Street, Maplewood, NJ 07040.

Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27.

All Bidders must submit to the Township a Business Registration Certificate issued by the New Jersey Division of Revenue, PL 2004 c.57 (N.J.S.A. 52:32-44) and N.J.S.A. 40A:11-23.2, with their Bid.

Simultaneously with the submission of bids, the corporation or partnership so bidding will furnish a statement setting forth the names and addresses of all stockholders in the corporation or partnership who own ten percent (10%) or greater therein pursuant to Chapter 33, P.L. 1977. Bids will be REJECTED if they do not contain this disclosure statement.

Bidders are notified that they must pay workmen the prevailing wage rate as determined by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Industry for the project, pursuant to the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act" - Chapter 150 of the Laws of 1963, N.J.S.A 34:11-56.25 et seq.

If awarded a contract, your company/firm shall be required to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27.

The right is hereby reserved to reject any and all bids or any part thereof or to waive any minor informalities or irregularities and to accept any bid or bids if deemed in the best interest of the Township of Maplewood to do so.

By order of the Township of Maplewood:

Paul J. Kittner Jr., PE, PP, CME

Township Engineer and Director of Public Works