Routine & Emergency Repairs For Municipal Sanitary Sewer Mains & Water System

The Township of Winslow is requesting bids on on-call routine, non-emergency, and emergency repair and maintenance services for its water distribution and sanitary sewer systems under ITB, with bids due September 23, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

The scope covers approximately 75 miles of water mains (2.25 to 16 inches in diameter), approximately 50 miles of sanitary sewer mains (8 to 27 inches in diameter), approximately 600 fire hydrants, water service connections, valves, valve boxes, curb stops, sewer manholes, and emergency response to main breaks, leaks, blockages, collapses, and other system failures. The contractor must furnish all labor, supervision, equipment, tools, materials, transportation, fuel, safety equipment, and traffic-control devices. Work includes investigation, repair, replacement, maintenance, excavation, trenching, shoring, dewatering, pipe installation, backfilling, compaction, and restoration.

Bidders must submit separate hourly labor rates for regular work (7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays) and premium/emergency labor, along with hourly equipment rates for dump trucks, backhoe/loaders, large excavators, trash pumps, compressors, and other equipment as required. Materials are reimbursed at documented actual acquisition cost plus a markup not to exceed 15 percent. The Township estimates approximately $140,000 in material purchases and $80,000 in equipment expenditures over the two-year contract term, though these are estimates only with no guaranteed minimum.

Qualified bidders must demonstrate a minimum of three years of documented experience performing municipal water and sewer repair work and provide three governmental entity references. The contractor must maintain 24/7 emergency response capability with a two-hour response time and comply with New Jersey prevailing wage requirements, OSHA standards, and all applicable federal, state, county, and local regulations. The contract term is two years. Payment is made under New Jersey's Local Public Contracts Law based on authorized work actually performed and properly documented.