THE MAINTENANCE OF VARIOUS PROPERTIES AND THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF FLOWERS AND PLANTING The parties bidding shall present all bids to the Owner, or their agents, at the place and time designated and none will be accepted thereafter. Bids must be obtained at Borough Hall. Each proposal must be accompanied by a Surety's Consent, and a Bid Bond or Certified Check for not less than ten (10%) percent of the amount for the bid or $20,000.00 maximum, whichever is the lesser. Certified Checks shall be made payable to the BOROUGH OF EAST RUTHERFORD. The said Surety shall be bound to furnish Performance Bond thereafter required. All bids must be made upon the form of proposal furnished with these specifications and shall state the price in words and in figures. The bidder must sign the bid and state herein his business address and place of residence. The bid must be sealed in an envelope endorsed: BOROUGH OF EAST RUTHERFORD PROPERTY MAINTENANCE PROPOSAL and delivered to the clerk of the Borough of East Rutherford at the time herein stated. All bids shall be presented to the Owner by the parties bidding, or their agents, at the place and time designated and none will be accepted thereafter. The bid must be accompanied by consent of surety, non-collusion affidavit, ownership statement, financial statement, New Jersey Public Contractors Registration Certificate, New Jersey Business Registration Certificate and a bid security (certified check, cashier's or bid bond) in the amount of ten percent (10% of the total bid amount payable to the Borough of East Rutherford. The amount of such bid security need not be more than $20,000. The bid security must be in the envelope containing the bid. The bid security will be returned to the bidder, unless forfeited under the conditions herein stipulated. The party to whom the contract is awarded will be required to execute the contract and furnish a corporation performance bond equal to one hundred (100%) percent of the Contract price and a Surety Corporation payment bond equal to one hundred (100%) percent of the Contract price in a form approved by the Counsel of the Borough of East Rutherford with a surety company, as surety, for the faithful performance of this contract within six (6) days (not including Sunday) from the date of mailing notice from the Borough, to the bidder, that the contract is ready for signature. In case of the bidder's failure or neglect to do so, the Borough may, at its option, determine that the bidder has abandoned the contract and thereupon the proposal and acceptance shall become null and void, and the bid security, accompanying the proposal shall be forfeited to the Borough of East Rutherford. It is the intent of the Borough of East Rutherford not to award the contract to any bidder who does not furnish evidence satisfactory to it, that he is responsible and that he has sufficient capital, ability, experience and equipment to perform all work in conformance with the plans and specifications, and to complete it within the time specified in the contract. Accompanying the bid of corporation or a partnership, there shall be submitted a statement setting forth the name and address of all stockholders in the corporation or partnership who own 10% or more of its stock, of any class: or of all individual partners in the partnership who own a 10% or greater interest therein, as the case may be. If one or more such stockholders(s) or partner(s) is itself a corporation or partnership, the stockholders holding 10% or more of that corporation's stock, or the individual partners owning a 10% or greater interest in that partnership, as the case may be, shall also be listed. The disclosure shall be continued until names and addresses of every non-corporate stockholder and individual partner exceeding the 10% ownership criteria established in the applicable New Jersey public Laws of 1977, Chapter 8, has been listed. The Contractor's proposal shall hold firm for sixty (60) days. Mutually agreed upon extensions of time may be made, if necessary, and in accordance with law. No bids shall be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days subsequent to the opening of bids without the written consent of The BOROUGH OF EAST RUTHERFORD
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