Re-Bid Electrical Contractor

The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA) is soliciting sealed bids from licensed electrical contractors to provide maintenance, repairs, and installation services on an as-needed basis for two agency-owned buildings located at 637 South Clinton Avenue and 650 South Broad Street in Trenton, New Jersey. The 637 South Clinton Avenue facility contains eight electrical closets, while the 650 South Broad Street building contains four electrical closets and two hydraulic elevators. Deliverables include emergency main breaker service, wiring and outlet installation, ballast replacement, electrical panel work, General Electric Switchgear troubleshooting and repair, light fixture and emergency light repair, and duct smoke detector repair in HVAC systems. Qualified contractors must be licensed New Jersey electrical contractors with a minimum of five years of relevant experience, demonstrated experience with Lutron Electronic Lighting Systems, and capability to work on 480-volt 277 systems. Response time requirements mandate phone contact within one hour and on-site personnel within 24 hours for regular service calls and within three hours for emergency calls. The evaluation criteria weights pricing at 50 percent, with experience and qualifications each weighted at 25 percent. The question period closes February 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM EST, and sealed bids must be submitted electronically through the Agency's Procurement Portal at https://njhmfa.bonfirehub.com by March 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT, at which time bids will be publicly opened and read via virtual meeting. The initial contract term is one year, with the Agency's option to renew for two additional two-year terms, for a potential maximum contract period of five years.

The Agency actively encourages participation from Small Business Enterprises (SBE), Disabled Veteran-owned businesses, Minority Business Enterprises (MBE), and Women Business Enterprises (WBE) as both prime contractors and subcontractors, and all respondents must comply with New Jersey statutory requirements under N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27-1 et seq. Bidders must maintain comprehensive insurance coverage including Workers' Compensation with statutory limits, General Liability Insurance of at least $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate, Umbrella/Excess Liability Insurance of $5,000,000, Automotive Liability Insurance of $1,000,000, Professional Liability Insurance of at least $2,000,000, and Cyber Liability Insurance of $1,000,000, along with a bid guarantee of 10 percent of the total price (not exceeding $20,000), performance bond, payment bond, and maintenance bond. Pricing submissions must be made exclusively in percentage upcharge format applied to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development's prevailing wage rates for the Electrician trade category, with a percentage markup on parts and materials not exceeding 15 percent above the contractor's cost, and separate hourly rates for standard labor, after-hours/weekend labor, emergency services labor, and holiday labor. The contractor must provide invoices detailing labor charges and materials at actual contractor cost plus the submitted markup percentage, with copies of supplier invoices required. No incumbent vendor or budget range has been disclosed in the available procurement documents.