The Township of Middletown is not responsible for any hand delivered or third party delivered bids that do not arrive at the proper time or location. Any such bid will be returned unopened to the vendor. All documents contained in this package must be returned to the Township of Middletown in their original form. No substitutions, alterations, or modifications of any of the bid documents are permitted. The Township of Middletown requires that a bidder submit with their bid a Bid Guarantee in the form of a bid bond, certified check, or cashier's check in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the bid. In no case shall the Bid Guarantee exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000). Bid bonds shall be from a Surety company licensed to do business in the State of New Jersey and acceptable to the Township of Middletown. Bonds that are signed by an Attorney-in-Fact shall be accompanied by a certified Power-of-Attorney. Failure to include this item will mandate rejection of bid. The Contractor also will be required to submit performance security, in the form of a performance bond, in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the annual value of the Contract. At the time of bid submission, all bidders will be required to submit a Consent of Surety indicating that such Surety will provide the performance bond if the bidder is awarded a contract. The Contractor will be required to comply with requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:2-1 (Anti-Discrimination in Employment), N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C.17:27 et seq. (Equal Employment Opportunity), 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq. (Americans with Disabilities Act), N.J.S.A. 52:32-44 et seq. (New Jersey Business Registration), and N.J.S.A. 52:25-24.2 regarding the submission of an Ownership Disclosure Statement. Bidders shall not submit bids with qualifying conditions or provisions. The Township Committee reserves the right to consider the bids for sixty (60) days after receipt thereof, and further reserves the right to reject any and all bids in accordance with applicable law, waive minor informalities, and make such awards or take action in accordance with applicable law.
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