Asbestos Sampling and Consulting Services - CK04 COOP

Bergen County, New Jersey, in cooperation with the New Jersey Cooperative Purchasing Alliance (NJCPA), is soliciting sealed electronic bids through its eProcurement platform at www.Bergenbids.com for catalog pricing of asbestos sampling and consulting services under solicitation BC-BID-26-23. The procurement establishes pricing for an initial 12-month period commencing on the date of award, with two optional 12-month renewal periods available at the County's discretion, extending potential contract duration to 36 months. Qualified bidders must provide unit pricing for eleven service categories including abatement technical specification design, bulk sample analysis via polarized light microscopy, phase contrast microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy with various turnaround time options, on-site microscopist services, project supervision and monitoring by asbestos safety technicians at varying hourly rates, USEPA certified AHERA building inspector services for bulk sample collection, and final report preparation. All pricing must include necessary equipment such as microscopes and air pumps. Contractors must possess and maintain current federal, state, and local licenses and certifications required for asbestos sampling services, with documentation submitted alongside proposals. Sealed bids are due electronically on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 12:00 Noon prevailing time, with specifications available at no cost on the County's website and all bid addenda issued electronically in accordance with N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 and N.J.A.C. 17-27 et seq.

Bergen County has established a Joint Venture and Set-Aside Program recognizing four certification categories that qualify businesses for participation: Qualified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Qualified Women's Business Enterprise (WBE), Qualified Veteran Business Enterprise (VBE), and Qualified Small Business Enterprise (SBE), with all qualified businesses required to maintain a principal place of business in New Jersey and be independently owned and operated. Interested vendors can obtain certifications through recognized government agencies including the State of New Jersey Department of Treasury, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NJ Transit, the United States Small Business Administration, and the United States Department of Veteran Affairs, with Glen Gardner designated as the County's point of contact (agardner@co.bergen.nj.us or 201-336-7112). All bidders must submit mandatory documentation including a completed Ownership Disclosure Statement, Certification of Noninvolvement in Prohibited Activities in Russia or Belarus, Disclosure of Investment Activities in Iran Form, Vendor Information Form, W-9 Form, and mandatory Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action language compliance attestations. Vendors awarded under this cooperative agreement must maintain pricing demonstrably lower than their standard rates offered to county and municipal governments and other public entities, submit quarterly sales reports documenting total orders and payments received on October 15th, January 15th, April 15th, and July 15th, and remit a one percent (1%) administrative fee on total sales volume. No specific budget or award value is stated in the solicitation documents, and no incumbent vendors are identified; the County reserves the right to make multiple awards if necessary and reserves discretion to award on an item-by-item or total bid basis to the lowest responsible bidder.