stafford FILE 1 - UPDATED NTB BID 2026-018-TWP 8-11-26.docx.pdf

UPDATED - NOTICE TO BIDDERS - UPDATED

TOWNSHIP OF STAFFORD

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Township of Stafford, that Sealed Bids will be received ELECTRONICALLY by the Township of Stafford (“the Township”) on FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2026, at 10:00am 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. 2026-018-TWP

ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS STAFFORD VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY NAUTILUS DRIVE - PHASE

2 FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF STAFFORD

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT:

Alterations and additions to the Nautilus Drive Fire House consisting of all labor, materials and equipment necessary to construct a 2,000 square foot masonry and steel framed West Garage Bay with a modified bituminous low slope roof, demolish the existing 600 square feet center building containing meeting spaces, dormitories, and accessory spaces, and construct a new 2-story 900 square feet masonry and steel structure between the existing North Bay Building and South

Bay Building. The Project will include complete removal of existing roofing, and roof framing to facilitate a new prefabricated roof truss system to connect the two existing bays with a fiberglass asphalt shingle roof. The existing foundations of the North and South Bay will be reinforced with new concrete foundations and frames. New RTU’s and condensing units will be installed on the roof, and existing electrical wiring will be reconfigured in the existing buildings.

The buildings will undergo electrical upgrades, new plumbing for toilet and shower rooms, modifications to the existing sanitary and underground drainage, as well as new mechanical systems throughout, and site improvements as shown on the

Contract Drawings and as specified herein for a complete project.

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 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 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.

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 OTHER DOCUMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY

All Bid Addenda for ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS STAFFORD VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY

NAUTILUS DRIVE - PHASE 2 FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF STAFFORD will be issued on the 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 this procurement.

Required bidder information can be found in the bid documents. 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.

By Order of

Nicola Reid

Purchasing Agent

Published on the Township of Stafford Website on July 21, 2026, staffordnj.gov/public notices