Site work and paving for a mixed-use development in Hamilton, New Jersey. Completed plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

The work generally consists of trenchless replacement of 1,200 lead or galvanized steel lines for residences within the Township of Hamilton, from the water main to the water meter in the home. Work will generally include coordination with the homeowner, verification of water service line material inside the home and at the curb stop, excavation, removal or abandonment of existing service line, installation of copper service line, curb stop and box, ball valves, testing, flushing, backfill, soil erosion and sediment control, traffic control, housekeeping, full restoration to existing conditions including landscaping, sidewalks, curbs, paving, striping, data management in ArcGIS and other tasks to complete the work. Work may require dewatering and trench shoring. The work will focus on addresses that are registered for the program. Per the mandate of the Local Finance Board, if work is conducted on the homeowner side of the water service line, homeowners will be required to pay $50 per quarter for 5 years ($1,000). This contract or subcontract is expected to be funded in part with funds from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust. Neither the State of New Jersey, the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust nor any of their departments, agencies or employees is, or will be, a party to this contract or subcontract or any lower tier contract or subcontract. This contract or subcontract is subject to the provisions of N.J.A.C. 7:22-3, 4, 5, 9 and 10 A person bidding on a contract for the erection, alteration or repair of a public building, structure, facility or other improvement to real property, the total price of which exceeds $100,000, shall furnish a guarantee as provided for herein. A contracting unit may provide that a person bidding on any other contract, advertised in accordance with law, shall furnish a guarantee as provided for herein. The guarantee shall be payable to the contracting unit so that if the contract is awarded to the bidder, the bidder will enter into a contract therefor and will furnish any performance bond or other security required as a guarantee or indemnification. The guarantee shall be in the amount of 10% of the bid, but not in excess of $20,000.00, except as otherwise provided herein, and may be given, at the option of the bidder, by certified check, cashier's check or bid bond. In the event that any law or regulation of the United States imposes any condition upon the awarding of a monetary grant to any contracting unit, which condition requires the depositing of a guarantee in an amount other than 10% of the bid or in excess of $20,000.00 the provisions of this section shall not apply and the requirements of the law or regulation of the United States shall govern. SED Requirements (Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individuals (SEDs)) are applicable for this project. In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 58:11B-26, N.J.A.C. 7:22-3.17(a)24 and 4.17(a)24, the contractor and subcontractors shall comply with all of the provisions of N.J.A.C. 7:22-9. See Section 00100 for additional requirements.