This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Keyport, New Jersey. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

Any person, firm, or corporation desiring a copy of the Specification Documents may obtain such from the Borough Clerk's Office. Bidders must use the prepared Bid Proposal Form. Each Bid Proposal must be enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to the Borough Clerk, Borough of Keyport, marked on the outside with the name and address of the Bidder and the name "Solid Waste & Recyclable Materials Collection and Disposal Services", and delivered on or before the hour set forth above. The Borough will not assume responsibility for Bids forwarded through the mail if lost in transit at any time before the Bid Opening. NO BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE BID OPENING HAS COMMENCED. Bids must be accompanied by a Bid guarantee in the form of a Certified Check, Bid Bond or Cashier's Check in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total amount Bid, but not in excess of $20,000.00, made payable to the Borough of Keyport, together with a "Consent of Surety" from a surety company authorized to do business in New Jersey in a form satisfactory to the Borough, stating that it will provide the Bidder with a bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the total Contract Price Bid. All guarantees of unsuccessful Bidders will be returned upon award of the Contract to the Successful Bidder. Bidding information contained in this Request for Bids should be clear and not subject to qualifications, deletions, erasures, or other markings that create any doubt as to its meaning. Bidders should make sure that the Bid Proposal is signed by a duly authorized person on behalf of the Bidder and that the Bid is responsive. Bidders can determine the responsiveness of their Bid Proposal by reading the "Information for Bidders". The Borough reserves the right to reject any and all Bids or to accept such Bids as it may deem to be in the best interests of the Borough of Keyport in accordance with law. The Borough also reserves the right to waive any informality in the Bids received and to consider the Bids for sixty (60) days after their receipt. Bidders are required to comply with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et. seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27-3.7 and 3.8, and any amendments thereto, regarding Affirmative Action. The Successful Bidder, upon notification of the Borough's intent to award a Contract to said Bidder, must supply the Borough with one of the following Affirmative Action documents: 1. A photocopy of the Bidder's current Federal Affirmative Action Plan Approval Letter; or 2. A photocopy of the Bidder's current Certificate of Employee Information Report issued in accordance with N.J.A.C. 17:27-1.1 et seq.; or 3. The Borough's copy of the Bidder's completed Initial Employee Report, Form AA-302, as submitted to the Division of Contract Compliance and EEO in Public Contracts. The Bidder's Affirmative Action documentation must be supplied to the Borough within ten (10) days of the Bidder's notification of the Borough's intent to award the Contract. If the Bidder fails to supply the Borough with the necessary Affirmative Action documentation, the Borough may declare the Bidder non-responsive and award the Contract to the next lowest responsible Bidder. Simultaneous with the submission of Bids, the corporation or partnership so Bidding shall furnish an Ownership Disclosure Statement setting forth the names and addresses of all stockholders in the corporation who own ten percent (10%) or more of the stock in any class, or of individual partners who own a 10% or greater interest in the corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability corporation, limited liability partnership, subchapter S corporation or sole proprietorship, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:25-24.2. If one or more such stockholder or partner is itself a corporation or partnership, the stockholders holding ten percent (10%) or greater interest in that partnership, as the case may be, shall also be listed. Bids will be rejected if they do not contain this Disclosure Statement. Bidders are required to be registered by the New Jersey Department of Treasury, Division of Revenue at the time Bids will be received by the Borough pursuant to the Business Registration Act, N.J.S.A. 52:32-44.