For: 2022 BULK WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES Beginning on Thursday, June 9, 2022, submission packages may be obtained at the Township Clerk's Office, (908) 709-7210, during regular business hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, or by downloading the documents on the Township portal. Registration on the Township's website is required. Respondents shall comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27. A copy of your New Jersey Business Registration Certificate shall be included with your proposal. Sealed bids shall be enclosed in opaque sealed envelopes, plainly marked, 2022 BULK WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES and shall show the name and address of the bidder. Bid responses shall contain: one original, one hard copy and one digital copy (i.e., USB stick or thumb drive) of the submission. Bids may be hand delivered to the Clerk's Office in the Municipal Building or may be forwarded by personal service, certified mail, U.S. Post and other mail delivery services. If mailed, the sealed envelope containing the bid and marked as directed above, must be enclosed in another envelope properly addressed for mailing as follows: Patricia Donahue, RMC c/o August 9th Bid Opening 2022 BULK WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES Township Clerk Township of Cranford Municipal Building 8 Springfield Avenue Cranford, NJ 07016 All bids shall be presented by the parties bidding or their agents at the time and place designated or by mail as above. The Township 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 received after the time set forth above. No bid will be considered unless accompanied by a Bid Bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount bid, not to exceed $20,000, in the form of a certified check, cashier's check or bid bond, binding the bidder to execute a contract within ten (10) days fter notification of acceptance of their bid. A Non-Collusion Affidavit shall also be submitted. The Township reserves the right to waive minor defects and informalities in any bid and to reject any and all bids, or to accept bids that are in the opinion of the Township in the best interest of the Township. No bidder may withdraw his bid within sixty (60) days after the actual date of the opening of bids. Respondents shall comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27., and any amendments thereto, regarding Affirmative Action. The successful bidder, upon notification of the Township's intent to award a contract to said bidder, must supply the Township with one of the following Affirmative Action documents:
1. A photocopy of the bidder's Federal Affirmative Action Plan Approval Letter; or
2. A photocopy of the bidder's Certificate of Employee Information Report; or
3. The Township's copy of the bidder's completed Affirmative Action Employee Information Report Form. The bidder's Affirmative Action documentation must be supplied to the Township within ten (10) days of the bidder's notification of the Township's intent to award. If the bidder fails to supply the Township with the necessary Affirmative Action documentation, the Township may declare the bidder non-responsive and award the contract to the next lowest bidder. Simultaneous with the submission of bids, the corporation or partnership so bidding shall furnish a statement setting forth the names and address of all stockholders in the corporation who own ten percent (10%) or more of the stock in any class, or of individual partners in the partnership who own ten percent (10%) or greater of interest therein pursuant to Chapter 33, P.L. 1977. Bids will be rejected if they do not contain this disclosure statement.
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