22-2-NOTICE TO BIDDERS (published 8-28-26).docx.pdf

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

TOWNSHIP OF STAFFORD

NOTICE IS HERE BY GIVEN by the of Stafford, that Sealed Bids will be received

ELECTRONICALLY by the Township of Stafford (“the Township ”) on , September 29, 2026 at

2:00 pm prevailing time through the Bonfire E-Procurement platform accessible via https://staffordnj.bonfirehub.com in accordance with NJAC 5:34-5.5(a)(1):

ELECTRONIC BID No. 2026-038-WS

PROJECT NAME: BID #2026-038-WS BEACH HAVEN WEST SEWER MAIN REPLACEMENT

PHASE 8

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT: In general, the work on this project consists of the removal and replacement of the existing sanitary sewer main within Mill Creek Road (from Ruth-

Ann Drive to Jonathan Drive and from Ralph Lane to George Drive), Mary Alice Road, Budd Drive, Gregg Drive, and Jonathan Drive (from Mill Creek Road to Jennifer Lane.

All bids shall be opened electronically and all bids shall be publicly unsealed and that the names of all bidders and the price of their respective bids shall be verbally announced in public by the Township once the submission deadline has passed. No bids shall be received after the date/time designated in the advertised notice to bidders in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:11-23b.

Furthermore, within 24 hours of the electronic bid opening the unofficial bid tabulation sheet will be made available for download on the Euna Solutions/Bonfire E-Procurement platform accessible via https://staffordnj.bonfirehub.com.

All members of the public are invited to attend the bid opening in person at the offices of the Township.

The virtual bid opening shall be broadcast in the Police Training Room of the Stafford Township Municipal

Building, on the Second Floor, 260 East Bay Avenue, Manahawkin, NJ 08050 for the public to view.

Additionally, the Township shall utilize the Zoom platform as a webinar for remote access. The link to join the webinar shall be posted no later than 48 hours before the bids are scheduled to be opened through a notification listed in the Public Notice section of the project posting issued on the Euna Solutions/Bonfire

E-Procurement platform accessible via https://staffordnj.bonfirehub.com.

MANDATORY - BID GUARANTEE AND SURETY REQUIREMENTS - MANDATORY :

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 11-21 and N.J.S.A. 40A:11-22, a Bidder shall furnish a Guarantee and Surety

Certificate (Consent of Surety) with Power of Attorney for the full amount of the bid price from a Surety

Company authorized to do business in the State of New Jersey and said Surety will furnish a consolidated

Performance and Payment Bond in amounts of 100% of the successful Bidder’s contract.

THE GUARANTEE shall be in the amount of 10% of the bid, but not in excess of $20,000.00, except as otherwise provided herein, and may be given, at the option of the bidder, by certified check, cashier's check or bid bond.

SURETY BOND

Surety bonds must be written by surety companies listed on Dept. Circular 570 (per N.J.A.C. 7:22-3.17(g)).

All Bidders must upload a PDF copy of both the Bid Bond and Consent of Surety with their online submission.

https://staffordnj.bonfirehub.com/ https://staffordnj.bonfirehub.com/

If the documents are electronically verifiable (with verification code/QR link) no originals are required.

If the documents are NOT electronically verifiable, bidders must deliver, in a sealed envelope, the original wet-signed and sealed Bid Bond and Consent of Surety to the Township Purchasing Department, 260 East

Bay Avenue - 2nd floor Room 276, Manahawkin, NJ 08050 Attention: Nicola Reid Qualified Purchasing

Agent on or before the bid opening date/time as designated in the notice to bidders.

If the Bidder is to submit a certified check or cashier’s check, an image of the check must be included with the electronic bid document submission. Further, the physical check must be submitted ,in a sealed envelope, clearly marked as part of the bid response and delivered prior to the Township Purchasing

Department, 260 East Bay Avenue - 2nd floor Room 276, Manahawkin, NJ 08050 Attention: Nicola Reid

Qualified Purchasing Agent on or before the bid opening date/time as designated in the notice to bidders.

— ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY

Failure to provide both the required PDF upload and verifiable security (either electronic verifiable bid bond and consent of surety OR original hard copy of the bid bond and consent of surety OR physical check) on or before the date/time as designated in the notice to bidders will render the bid proposal as unresponsive and shall be deemed a fatal defect pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-23.2.

All Bid Addenda will be issued on the Euna Solutions/Bonfire E-Procurement platform accessible via https://staffordnj.bonfirehub.com. Therefore, all interested respondents must check the website from now through bid opening. It is the sole responsibility of the respondent to be knowledgeable of all addenda related to the advertised bid.

PENALTIES FOR FALSIFACATION NJSA N.J.S.A. 40A:11-33:34: 40A:11-33. Forfeiture of deposit in certain cases A deposit made by any person who makes or causes to be made a false, deceptive or fraudulent statement or answers in response to a questionnaire or in the course of a hearing hereunder may be caused to be forfeited, as liquidated damages by and to the contracting unit.

L.1971, c. 198, s. 33, eff. July 1, 1971.

N.J.S.A. 40A:11-34. PENALTIES FOR FALSE STATEMENTS: Any person who makes or causes to be made, a false, deceptive or fraudulent statement in the statement or answers in response to the questionnaire, or in the course of any hearing hereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00, and shall be permanently disqualified from bidding on all public work or contracts of the contracting unit which submitted the questionnaire; or, in the case of an individual or an officer or employee charged with the duty of responding to the questionnaire for a person, firm, co-partnership, association or corporation, by such fine or by imprisonment, not exceeding 6 months, or both.

L.1971, c. 198, s. 34, eff. July 1, 1971.

Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 10:5-33: "Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of P.L. 1975, c. 127."

This project is subject to the Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA) requirements under Title

IX of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), pub. L. 117-58, §§ 70901-70953. Absent an approved waiver, all iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in this project must be produced in the United States.

The following waivers apply to this project:

BABAA De Minimis, Small Grants, and Minor Components.

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

Bidders shall comply with N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.37 and 34:11-56.38 of the “Prevailing Wage Act”

Advertisement notice shall appear in the project sponsor website.

By Order of

Nicola Reid

Purchasing Agent

Published on the Township of Stafford Website on August 28, 2026 staffordnj.gov/public notices