East Millstone Water Main Installation

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be opened and read in public by the Purchasing Agent for Township of Franklin, Somerset County for East Millstone Water Main Installation Amwell Rd from Wortman St to Mettlers Rd. Drawings/plans for this bid are free of charge and MUST be obtained in person at the office of the Purchasing Administrator, during regular business hours 8:30 am thru 4:00pm on or after July 17, 2026. Specifications and instructions may be obtained at the Purchasing Office or can be downloaded from the website https://www.franklintwpnj.org/ . General Scope of Contract For the Lump Sum and Unit Prices bid under the various Contract items, the Contractor shall furnish all materials, equipment, and labor required to perform work to remove and install 16 DIP Class 52 water main as well as removal and installation of 8 DIP Class 52 water mains. The work will also include the removal of a 20 RCP Water main section. All work for this project will be completed overnight from 9pm to 6am. The roadway must be open at 6am. The contractor shall adhere to all Somerset County Street Opening Permit requirements. This will be by tapping the ac main with a stainless steel full tapping band. All work will be on Amwell Road. Replacement work also includes replacing tees, removing and replacing gate valves, replacing hydrants and valves, replacing curb boxes and curb shutoffs and installing TOWNSHIP SUPPLIED 1 meter pit and yoke for a residential home for backfilling of trenches as described in the Specifications, and as directed by the Public Works Manager and the Somerset County Director of Public Works. House service lines which are classified galvanized or lead by the Public Works Manager shall be replaced with copper lines from the main to an existing meter location within the residence or as directed by the Public Works Manager, the work shall also include all materials, equipment and labor required to perform the work to provide a temporary by-pass of water to all residents The work shall also include the abandonment of a meter pit in the travel lane of Amwell Road and the installation of a new CONTRACTOR SUPPLIED meter vault in the County Right of Way along Amwell Rd. This work shall include abandonment and installation of valves and water main to direct flow to the new meter pit. The Contractor shall be responsible to supply all fixtures in the meter pit not including the meters. American Water and Franklin Township will supply their meters. The Contractor shall be responsible for passing bacteria and pressure test of the temporary by pass and newly installed and charged water main this shall include but not be limited to the corporation, copper lines and curb shutoff. Additionally, copper from the curb box to the meter pit shall be pressure tested. Before placing into service, the Township shall use third party NJ State certified testing laboratory. Bacteria test samples are taken on Tuesdays each week. The Contractor shall perform each major portion of the work for the lump sum price or unit price, as the case may be, bid for such portion of the work as entered in the appropriate contract item in the Proposal. In the case of unit price contract items, payment will be on the basis of actual quantities provided and accepted. Brief general descriptions of the various components of the work, and the contract price items to which such work is applicable, are set further in the sections which follow. The work to be done under any payment item shall not be limited to the exact extent described but shall include all additional and miscellaneous work normally necessary and generally understood to be required for the completion of that item, in accordance with best modern practice, for the scope of item or class of work involved, regardless of whether or not such additional and/or miscellaneous necessary work is specifically shown on the Drawings and described in the Specifications. The intent of this contract is that the Contractor shall do all things necessary to provide new water mains complete in all respects for permanent operation. All unit prices bid shall be applied toward adjusting the total contract price as a result of quantity changes which may be made from those shown in the Drawings or specified and ordered by the Public Works Manager and Somerset County Director of Public Works. The same classes of work as may be covered under such unit price adjustment items may also be shown on the Drawings and/or specified and included in the scopes of work under one or more major lump sum payment contract items as components of the work included in said lump sum items. All work shall be paid for only once, and any work included under a lump sum item shall not be paid for again under a unit price item. Approximate quantities for the adjustment unit price items are stated in the Bid in order to obtain balanced unit prices by bid and to establish a total contract base bid as a basis for comparison of same and award of contract. Payment for work performed under unit price items (not including work of the same class paid for under lump sum items) will be on the basis of actual quantities furnished and installed and accepted by the Public Works Manager. The same unit prices shall be applied as deductions from the total contract price in the event that quantities are less than indicated on the Drawings and/or specified. All work included on the Drawings and in the Specifications shall be completed in full without further compensation than is provided for in the aggregate of all price items (valuing unit price items on the basis 24 of actual quantities only), regardless of whether or not such work is specifically mentioned in the condensed summary of Scope of Contract in the following paragraphs. The Contractor shall take all necessary precautions and provide all necessary safeguards to prevent personal injury and property damage. The Contractor shall provide protection for all persons including but not limited to their employees and employees of other Contractors or subcontractors; members of the public; and employees, agents, and representatives of the Owner, the Owners Representative, and regulatory agencies that may be on or about the Work. The Contractor shall provide protection for all public and private property including but not limited to structures, pipes, and utilities, above and below ground.