REBID Kitchen Appliance Repair & Maintenance

Ocean County College is issuing a Request for Bid for on-call kitchen appliance repair and maintenance services to support its campus food service operations. The procurement targets qualified and experienced vendors capable of providing timely, reliable, and code-compliant repairs on approximately 200 commercial kitchen and food service items, including ice machines, toasters, sandwich units, espresso machines, booster heaters, convection ovens, ranges, walk-in coolers and freezers, dishwashers, pizza mixers, exhaust hoods, and refrigerators. Bidders must propose all-inclusive hourly rates for regular, overtime, and holiday labor; materials pricing with a wholesale cost markup percentage applied to an estimated $5,000 annual materials cost; and a flat service call rate for diagnostic visits when repair work is not performed. Required qualifications include compliance with the New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act, appropriate licenses and permits for appliance repair work, workers' compensation insurance with limits of $1,000,000 per person and $1,000,000 per accident for bodily injury, and general liability insurance with a $3,000,000 aggregate for property damage. The contract term runs one year from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, with an option to renew for a second year through June 30, 2028. Critical deadlines include a bid question deadline of May 8, 2026, and bid submission by May 19, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. at Ocean County College's Administrative Building #1, Room 012 in Toms River, New Jersey. A pre-bid site visit is available, and award notification is anticipated within 60 days of bid opening.

The procurement does not appear to include specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises or restrictions limiting organizational type eligibility. However, bidders must submit mandatory affirmative action documentation, a business registration certificate, proof of non-involvement in prohibited activities in Russia or Belarus, and disclosure of investment activities in Iran. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the solicitation materials. The College, as a tax-exempt institution, will not pay sales tax on goods or services. All contractor personnel must sign in and out at the Work Control Center or Security, submit detailed work reports upon completion, and maintain documentation for five years from final payment. The College does not guarantee minimum or maximum purchases, as all services are on-call and as-needed, meaning the contract value will depend entirely on actual service requirements and material consumption during the contract term.