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

The work includes furnishing of all labor, materials and equipment necessary to complete general janitorial services inclusive of window washing and rug cleaning as described in the specifications. The contract will be for a period of two years and include options to extend if all parties are in agreement. All workers will need to comply with a background check performed by the Township of Andover Police Department. Bid packets may be reviewed online at no cost on the Township of Andover website. Questions should be directed to the Municipal Clerk at 973.383.4280 x316 or by e-mail at pbussow@andovertwp.org Bidders shall submit bids in enclosed opaque sealed envelopes, plainly marked referencing the bid and shall show the name and address of the bidder. Bids may be forwarded by certified mail directly to the Municipal Clerk. If mailed, the sealed envelope containing the proposal and marked as directed above, must be enclosed in another envelope properly addressed for mailing. Please direct all questions regarding this bid to the Municipal Clerk at 973.383.4280 x316 or by e-mail at pbussow@andovertwp.org All bids shall be presented to the Municipal Clerk by the parties bidding or their agents at the place and time 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 bid opening. No bids will be received after the time set forth above. No proposal will be considered unless accompanied by a Bid Guarantee in the form of a bid bond, certified check or cashier's check in the amount of the total amount of the bid proposal, not to exceed $20,000. Bid Guarantee must be payable to the Township of Andover binding the bidder to execute a contract. A Non-Collusion Affidavit and an Affirmative Action Affidavit shall also be submitted. No bidder may withdraw its bid within sixty (60) days after the actual date of the opening of bids. 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, 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 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 Township'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 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 addresses of all stockholders in the corporation who own 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 Chapter 33, P.L. 1977. If one or more such stockholder or partner is itself a corporation or partnership, the stockholders holding ten percent or more of the corporation's stock, or the individual partners owning 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 Township of Andover pursuant to the Business Registration Act (P.L. 2004, c. 57, N.J.S.A. 52:32-44). It is the purpose of this Notice to Bidders to summarize some of the more important provi!sions of the Contract Documents. Prospective bidders are cautioned not to rely solely on this sum!mary, but to read the Contract Documents in their entirety.