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

It is the intent of the Township of Franklin to award a contract for HVAC emergency repair services for all Township owned systems on an as-needed basis. These facilities include, but not limited to: A. 935 Hamilton Street - Health and Social Services B. 12 Berry Street - DPW Garage C. 40 Churchill Ave. - DPW Headquarters D. 475 DeMott Lane - Municipal Building (main building and annex) E. 505 DeMott Lane - Community - Senior Center F. 475 DeMott Lane - Animal Shelter (Maintenance only) G. 495 DeMott Lane - Public Safety Building H. 421 DeMott Lane - Middlebush park Concession Stand I. 429 Lewis Street - Youth Center The Township of Franklin retains all rights and ownership of equipment, including any replacement equipment installed throughout the contract period. The Township reserves the right to determine what repairs will be completed. Any work must be approved by the Township before being started. The Township may request the vendor for a cost and time estimate prior to approving the work. All Bid Addenda will be issued online. Therefore, all interested respondents should check online from now through bid opening. It is the sole responsibility of the respondent to be knowledgeable of all addenda related to this procurement. Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27 et seq. Bidder shall submit with the bid a certified check, cashier's check or bid bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total price bid, but not in excess of $20,000, payable unconditionally to the Township. Successful bidder shall simultaneously with the delivery of the executed contract, submit an executed bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the acceptable bid as security for the faithful performance of this contract. Successful bidder shall, with the delivery of the performance bond, submit an executed payment bond to guarantee payment to laborers and suppliers for the labor and material used in the work performed in the contract. Question Deadline 06/16/2024: No oral interpretation of the meaning of the specifications will be made to any bidder. Every request for an interpretation shall be in writing, addressed to the Purchasing Agent. In order to be given consideration, written requests for interpretation must be received at least ten (10) days prior to the date fixed for the opening of the bids. Any and all such interpretations and any supplemental instructions will be in the form of written addenda to the specifications, and will be distributed to all prospective bidders, in accordance with Statute. All addenda so issued shall become part of the contract documents, and shall be acknowledged by the bidder in the bid. The Township's interpretations or corrections thereof shall be final. Award of Bid: A. The Township reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to waive identified irregularities and technicalities, and to award in whole or in part to the lowest responsible bidder, if it is in the best interest of the Township to do so. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any bid which is incomplete, obscure, or irregular may be rejected, any bid having erasures or corrections in the price sheet may be rejected; any bid in which unit prices are omitted, or in which unit/total prices are unbalanced, may be rejected; any bid accompanied by any insufficient or irregular certified check, cashier's check or bid bond may be rejected. B. The Township further reserves the right to award each item separately to the lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications or to make an award based on the total bid to the bidder whose total sum is the low bid meeting the specifications, whichever in the awarding authorities' opinion is in the best interest of the Township. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Township reserves the right to award a contract based on either option that may be described in the bid proposal or based on any combination thereof. C. The Township reserves the right to award equal or tie bids at their discretion to any one of the tie bidders. D. Should the bidder, to whom the contract is awarded, fail to enter into a contract, the Township may then, at its option, accept the bid of the next lowest responsible bidder. E. The effective period of this contract will be two years unless otherwise noted in the specifications. Continuation of the terms of this contract beyond the fiscal year is contingent on availability of funds in the following year's budget. In the event of unavailability of such funds, the Township reserves the right to cancel this contract. F. Government entities are not private business/consumer clients; therefore, separate company agreements are not honored. Terms of the specifications/bid package prevail unless otherwise noted by the vendor as exceptions. G. The successful bidder will not assign any interest in this contract and shall not transfer any interest in the same without the prior written consent of the Township. If, during the life of the contract, the contractor disposes of his/her business concern by acquisition, merger, sale and/or transfer or by any means convey his/her interests to another party, all obligations are transferred to that new party. In this event, the new owner(s) will be required to submit all documentation/legal instruments that were required in the original bid/contract. Any change shall be approved by the Township.