1-P-2415 NOTICE TO BIDDERS.pdf

BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

400 PARAMUS ROAD

PARAMUS, NJ 07652

Request for Bids For

Solid Waste Disposal and Recycling Services

PUBLIC BID NO. P-2415

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that ELECTRONIC BIDS for Solid Waste

Disposal and Recycling Services Public Bid No. P-2415, will be received from prospective bidders until 10:00 A.M. local time, Wednesday, November 5, 2025, via the online bidding platform, Euna-Bonfire, with the Office of the Director of Purchasing and Services, Bergen

Community College (the “College”). At which time they will be publicly open and read aloud via

Webex. Bids must be submitted on the Euna-Bonfire website under Bergen Community College and the appropriate opportunity. Bidders must register on https://bergenbids.com and establish an account with the electronic bidding platform prior to submitting a bid.

A complete set of Bid Documents may be obtained through the College’s website at http://www.bergen.edu/community/purchasing/current-vendor-opportunities. or directly through https://bergenbids.com which is the Euna-Bonfire website. A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held in Room # - A231, Bergen Community College, 400 Paramus Road, Paramus, NJ on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 10:00 A.M. Attendance is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.

Bid Bond: Bid security in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the bid amount, but not to exceed Twenty Thousand and 00/100THS ($20,000.00) Dollars, must accompany each Bid that is submitted. When a Bid Bond is submitted, it shall be in the form set forth in Section C hereof, Bid Forms/Submission Requirements, Form 00600. The Bid Bond shall be obtained from a surety that is authorized to do business in the State of New Jersey, that satisfy the requirements set forth in N.J.S.A. 2A:44-143 a.(1)(b) and that is listed in the United States Treasury Department Circular

570. Such Bid Bond shall not contain any conditions to the obligations of the surety company issuing the Bid Bond. Bid Bonds signed by an Attorney-in-Fact shall be accompanied by an executed and certified Power-of-Attorney. If submitting a certified check, the check must be received in the Purchasing Office prior to the bid opening.

Consent of Surety: Bidders shall provide a certificate from a surety company stating that the surety will provide a Performance Bond in the full amount of the contract price if Bidder is awarded a contract. If Bidder intends to submit a Performance Letter of Credit in lieu of a

Performance Bond, Bidder shall provide a certificate from a bank or financial institution, as the case may be, stating that the bank or financial institution, as the case may be, will provide a

Performance Letter of Credit in the full amount of the contract price if the Bidder is awarded a contract. The certificate from the surety shall be in the form set forth in Section C hereof, Bid

Forms/Submission Requirements, Form 00610. The certificate from the surety, bank or financial institution, as the case may be, shall not contain any conditions to the obligation of the surety company, bank or financial institution.

http://www.bergen.edu/community/purchasing/current-vendor-opportunities https://bergenbids.com/

BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

400 PARAMUS ROAD

PARAMUS, NJ 07652

Request for Bids For

Solid Waste Disposal and Recycling Services

PUBLIC BID NO. P-2415

BIDDER IS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF N.J.S.A. 10:5-31

et seq. AND N.J.A.C. 17:27-1 et seq., AND BIDDER MUST SUBMIT PRIOR TO THE AWARD

OF A CONTRACT BY THE COLLEGE A COPY OF ITS BUSINESS REGISTRATION

CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY PURSUANT TO

N.J.S.A. 52:32-44. ALL BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS THAT CONDUCT BUSINESS WITH A

NEW JERSEY GOVERNMENT AGENCY ARE REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE

NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY. THEREFORE, BIDDER MUST SUBMIT THE

BUSINESS REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE FOR ITSELF AND ITS SUBCONTRACTORS

PRIOR TO THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT BY THE COLLEGE AS PROOF THAT, AT THE

TIME OF THE BID, IT AND ITS SUBCONTRACTORS WERE REGISTERED WITH THE NEW

JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, DIVISION OF REVENUE.

Nothing herein is intended to exclude any responsible firm or in any way restrain or restrict competition. All responsible firms are encouraged to submit Bids. Final selection of a Bidder shall be made by the Bergen Community College Board of Trustees by formal Resolution.

Bids must be made upon and in accordance with the forms provided in the Bid Documents.

Bids must be submitted through the Bonfire website under Bergen Community College and the appropriate opportunity. No Bids will be received after the time and date specified above, and no Bidder may withdraw its Bid within sixty (60) days after bid opening.

The Board of Trustees of Bergen Community College reserves the right, pursuant to applicable law, to waive any informalities in the Bid or to reject any or all Bids should it be in the best interests of Bergen Community College.

Bids must be submitted through the Euna-Bonfire website (Bergen Bids) under Bergen Community College and the appropriate opportunity prior to the time of the bid opening. The College assumes no responsibility for delays in any form causing any Bid to be received by the College later than the above referenced scheduled deadline.

DATE: September 5, 2025

For Bergen Community College:

S. Weise, Director, Purchasing and Services