pvsc DATE_.pdf

“Protecting Public Health and the Environment”

600 Wilson Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07105

(973) 344-1800

(973) 344-2915- fax www.nj.gov/pvsc

BRENDAN MURPHY

Chairman

LUIS A. QUINTANA

Vice Chairman

ELIZABETH CALABRESE

JOHN J. COSGROVE

C. LAWRENCE CRUMP

JAMES P. DORAN

JOSEPH F. ISOLA

HECTOR C. LORA

JOSHUA A. ZIELINSKI

Commissioners

GREGORY A. TRAMONTOZZI

Executive Director

THOMAS A. FUSCALDO

Clerk

DATE: September 28, 2026

FROM: THOMAS A. FUSCALDO, PURCHASING AGENT

This is your notification that the following legal public notice has been posted to the PVSC Website under the bid specification page.

B487

Thomas A. Fuscaldo

Purchasing Agent

Enc. Notice to Bidder List

C: Richard Von Fischer Michael Witt

Tom Laustsen

John Bolcar

Lino DeAlmeida

Michele Walsh

Bill Esteves

Security, C. O’Shea

Matthew Monteiro

Justin Criscione

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C. LAWRENCE CRUMP

JAMES P. DORAN

JOSEPH F. ISOLA

HECTOR C. LORA

ADVERTISEMENT TO BID

Notice is hereby given for receiving sealed Proposals by the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission

(PVSC) for:

CONTRACT NO. B487

OEM BOILER REMOVAL AND ZIMPRO HEATING SYSTEM MODIFICATIONS

Proposals to be enclosed in opaque sealed envelopes, addressed to the Passaic Valley Sewerage

Commission, Purchasing Department, Commissioners Meeting Room, Administration Building, 600 Wilson Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07105, with name and address of Bidder, Contract

Number, Contract Name, and Bid Opening Date plainly marked outside. Bids must be sealed and identified as indicated above, enclosed in a mailing envelope with proper postage, and received prior to and up to the date and time set for receiving sealed Bid proposals. Bids will be accepted by mail. (If forwarded by mail, the sealed envelope containing the proposal, marked as directed above must be enclosed in another envelope addressed as specified in the Proposal, preferably by registered mail.) (If forwarded by express carrier or other delivery service, please be advised that access to the PVSC is restricted to the following address: 699 Avenue P, Newark, New Jersey

07105 [GPS location of PVSC Gate #3]). The outside envelope containing Bids must clearly identify the Bid number, contract name and Bid opening date. Failure to follow this procedure is grounds for rejection. Bids must be received during the time set for receiving Bids.

Security Notice: All contractors, subcontractor’s employees and/or representatives entering the plant must have and must present to PVSC Security, government issued identification such as a valid picture Driver’s License or Passport. This applies to Bid openings, pre-Bid conferences and all on-premises contract work.

Sealed Bid Proposals shall be received by PVSC prior to and up to 10:00 a.m. in the morning, prevailing time, on November 5, 2026 for public opening and reading. All Bids shall be opened publicly, announced, read aloud (after the closing time, 10:00 a.m. in the PVSC Purchasing

Department), and recorded via the Zoom Conferencing Application. At that time and place, this public Bid opening will be held via conference call and not in the PVSC Administration Building.

Interested parties and members of the public will be able to listen to the public Bid opening by selecting the link [https://pvsc.zoom.us/j/2496333971], Meeting ID access code: [249 633 3971] or by phone [+1 646 876 9923; Meeting ID access code: 249 633 3971]. Interested parties and members of the public may submit questions and comments via email to the PVSC Clerk at

ClerksOffice@pvsc.com. Bids may be withdrawn or modified prior to the time for the opening of

Bids or the authorized postponement thereof. Except as permitted by N.J.S.A. 40A;11-23.3, no Bid may be withdrawn for a period of 60 calendar days after the date of the opening of Bids. PVSC reserves the right to reject all Bids and waive any minor immaterial Bid informalities, defects or irregularities, pursuant to Local Public Contract Law, when it has sound documented business reasons. Any award will be made to the lowest responsible Bidder.

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JAMES P. DORAN

JOSEPH F. ISOLA

HECTOR C. LORA

No Bid will be received unless in writing on the forms furnished, and unless accompanied by Bid security in the form of a Bid bond, cashier's check, or a certified check made payable to the PVSC in an amount equal to 10% of the amount of the total Bid, but not exceeding $20,000, executed by a Surety Company duly authorized to do business in the State of New Jersey. The successful

Bidder must furnish a 100 percent construction performance bond, a 100 percent construction payment bond, a maintenance bond, and an environmental maintenance bond with a surety company acceptable to the Owner. Complete instructions for preparing Bids and required bonds are included in the Bidding Documents.

Work to be performed under Contract No. B487 includes furnishing all labor, materials, supplies, equipment and other facilities required by the Contract Documents for OEM Boiler Removal and installation of heating system in the Sludge Heat Treatment Facility at PVSC. Work includes, but not limited to, decommissioning the existing natural gas boilers in the OEM basement, demolition and installation of hot water piping in the utility tunnels, and installation of new heating equipment, hot water piping, and steam piping in the Sludge Heat Treatment Facility.

A non-mandatory pre-Bid meeting and tour of the Project Area will be held on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, from 12:00 PM to 3:30 PM. The meeting will take place at PVSC's OEM Main

Conference Room, second floor, Operations Engineering & Maintenance (OEM) Building, 600

Wilson Avenue, Newark NJ, with site visit to the Sludge Heat Treatment Facility to follow. The

Sludge Heat Treatment Facility is located at 600 Wilson Avenue, Newark NJ. Bidders are strongly recommended and/or encouraged to attend the non-mandatory pre-Bid meeting and site visit.

Copies of the Bidding Documents will be available at the offices of the Hazen and Sawyer, 99

Wood Avenue South, Suite 803, Iselin, NJ 08830 between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Contact is

Rachel Chin, rchin@hazenandsawyer.com (212) 539-7095. Cost of complete full-sized Bidding

Documents is $500.00 per set (non-refundable) for each set of contract documents ordered payable by business check to the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission. Bidding Documents (i.e. plans and specifications) will be available for examination at the offices of Hazen and Sawyer, 99 Wood

Avenue South, Suite 803, Iselin, NJ 08830 between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. If for any reason, the

Contract is not awarded, refunds of the Bidding Documents fee will be immediately returned to

Bidders when the Bidding Documents are returned in reasonable condition within 90 days of notice that the Contract has not been awarded.

In the event that a potential Bidder obtains the Bid Documents in any manner other than as specified herein, the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission will not have the contact information of the potential Bidder for purposes of issuing Bid addenda, if any. In such instances, the non-receipt of any addenda (in the event that any addenda are issued) and the failure of the Bidder to acknowledge the receipt of any and all addenda at the time of Bid shall be considered a fatal defect in such Bidder’s submission and said Bid shall be immediately rejected. Therefore, if a potential

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JAMES P. DORAN

JOSEPH F. ISOLA

HECTOR C. LORA

Bidder obtains the Bid Documents in any manner other than as specified herein, said Bidder shall promptly provide written notice to Rachel Chin accordingly.

All Bidders and their subcontractors of any tier listed in the Bid documents pursuant to N.J.S.A.

40A:11-16, shall be registered with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce

Development pursuant to the Public Works Contractor Registration Act, N.J.S.A 34:11-56.48 et seq. at the time the Bid is submitted. A copy of the Bidder's registration certificate is recommended to be provided with each Bid; but the certificate must be submitted prior to award of the Contract.

Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission

Thomas A. Fuscaldo, Clerk