Furnishing of labor and equipment on an hourly basis for snow plowing and sanding/salting of the Townships roads during the two-year period commencing on September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2024. The Township shall retain the option to unilaterally extend the snow plowing and sanding/salting services contract for two additional one-year extensions. Bidders shall supply sand/salt spreaders and snow plowing equipment, and a minimum of four (4) suitable trucks for plowing to be operating at the same time; a minimum of two (2) trucks shall be required when called out for intersection purposes only. The successful bidder shall be subject to provide snow plowing and sanding/salting servicers on-call at any time, 24 hours a day, seven (7) days a week, and shall have the labor and equipment operating within thirty (30) minutes after a request for same is made by the Township. The successful bidder shall be responsible for submitting detailed bills for services provided in a format prescribed by the Township. The reporting format is designed to enable the Township to calculate the costs associated with the services provided by each vehicle per year. All bids shall be presented to the Township Clerk by the parties bidding, or the respective bidders authorized agent, at the place and time designated above, or by mail . 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. The successful bidder and any subcontractor retained by the successful bidder to perform snow plowing and/or sanding/salting services shall supply the Township with a Public Liability Insurance Certificate showing coverage for bodily injury in the amount of at least $1,000,000/$1,000,000 and property damage coverage of at least $1,000,000, as well as automobile liability insurance coverage in the above-referenced amounts. A workers compensation insurance certificate showing coverage in the statutory amounts shall also be submitted. The Township of Boonton must be named as an additional insured on all liability policies. 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 Townships 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 bidders current Federal Affirmative Action Plan Approval letter; or 2. A photocopy of the bidders current Certificate of Employee Information Report issued in accordance with N.J.A.C. 17:27-1.1 et seq.; or 3. The Townships 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 bidders Affirmative Action documentation must be supplied to the Township within ten (10) days of the bidders notification of the Townships 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 ten percent 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 corporations stock, or the individual partners owning ten percent 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 prior to the award of the successful bid by the Project Owner pursuant to the Business Registration Act (P.L. 2004, c. 57, N.J.S.A. 52:32-44, as amended). All bids must be complete and all equipment subject to the approval of the Township Committee of the Township of Boonton. 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 to be in the best interest of the Township. Bids may be forwarded by certified mail. If mailed, the sealed envelope containing the proposal and marked as directed , must be enclosed in another envelope properly addressed for mailing as follows Douglas Cabana, Township Clerk Township of Boonton Municipal Building 155 Powerville Road Boonton Township, New Jersey 07005
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