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

The District is in need of Repair and Maintenance of Fire Sprinklers and Suppression Systems - As Needed Scope of Work The work covered by this specification includes all of the labor and materials necessary to inspect and/or repair suppression systems and equipment (wet, dry, chemical, water) necessary to provide the District with complete protection as required by the Jersey City Fire Department to include an Inspector and changing of extinguishers at all of the Jersey City locations as well as all pumps associated with the work. The contractor is required to respond immediately (immediately is defined as 24 hours or less to all calls for service. The period of this contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder will be in effect beginning July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2025. The purpose of this bid package is to provide the Jersey City Board of Education with a contractor who will perform the work described and specified herein. All bid rates must conform to the prevailing wage rate. It is the responsibility of each contractor to become familiar with the specifications and identify the correct prevailing wage rate schedule. Contact Information Roxanne Padilla Senior Management Assistant 346 Claremont Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07305 Email: rpadilla@jcboe.org Phone: (201) 915-6247 Question Deadline 10/01/2024 at 10:00 AM ET Bidders shall submit with their bid package a bid guarantee made payable to the Jersey City Board of Education ("Board"). The guarantee shall be in the form of a certified check, cashier's check or bid bond in the amount of 10% of the bid, but not in excess of $20,000. Such deposit shall be forfeited upon refusal of a bidder to execute a contract. Any bid in the form of a check shall be returned when the contract is executed and surety (performance) bond filed with the Board of Education. The bid guarantee checks from unsuccessful bidders, if requested, will be returned as soon after the bid opening as possible, but in no event later than (10) days after the bid opening. Please note: Uncertified business checks, personal checks or money orders are not acceptable. The successful contractor shall furnish a Performance, Payment and Completion Bond in a sum of at least one hundred percent (100%) of the total amount payable by the terms of his Contract. Such written guarantee shall be made payable to the Jersey City Board of Education and shall be in the form required by Statute. Award of Contract; Rejection of Bid: The contract shall be awarded, if at all, to the lowest responsible bidder as determined by the Board of Education. The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids as authorized by the Public School Contracts Law, and to waive any informalities the Board feels are in the best interests of the Board. Award the Contract or Reject All Bids--Sixty (60) Days: Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:18A- 36 (a), the Board of Education shall award the contract or reject all bids within sixty (60) days of the advertised date and time, except that bids of any bidders who consent thereto may, at the request of the board, be held in consideration for such longer period as may be agreed. Question Deadline 10/01/2024 at 10:00 AM ET No interpretation of the meaning of the specifications will be made to any bidder orally. Every request for such interpretations should be made in writing to the School Business Administrator/Board Secretary or the Architect/Engineer of Record and must be received by same at least ten (10) business days, not including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, prior to the date fixed for the opening of bids to be given consideration. Any and all interpretations and any supplemental instructions will be distributed in the form of written addenda to the specifications. The addenda will be provided by the board of education in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-21(c) (2) to the bidder by certified mail, certified fax or delivery service, no later than seven (7) days, not including Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays prior to the date for acceptance of the bids. All addenda so issued shall become part of the contract document. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES The contractor agrees to substantially complete this public works project to the complete satisfaction of the Board of Education by the stated contract completion date or within the number of working days so specified in the contract. Failure to complete the project within the specified time frame or contract completion date shall lead to the Board of Education assessing liquidated damages against the contractor in accordance with and pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-41 and 18A:18A-19. For each calendar day thereafter that the work included under this contract remains uncompleted in accordance with the provision of the contract or not completed to the satisfaction of the Board of Education, the Board shall assess liquidated damages as follows: Amount of Contract $20,000 and less than $50,000 $50,001 and less than $100,000 $100,001 and less than $250,000 $251,001 and less than $500,000 $500,000 and less than $1,000,000 $1,000,000 and over Liquidated Damages $200.00 per calendar day $300.00 per calendar day $500.00 per calendar day $1,000.00 per calendar day $2,000.00 per calendar day $2,500.00 per calendar day The Board may assess liquidated damages by deducting the amount from monies that may be due or become due to the contract. The Board may also assess the contractor for additional damages for costs the Board may incur because each day the project remains uncompleted. These costs include but are not limited to: Construction management fees Architect/engineer fees District administrative costs Any inspector or inspectors necessarily employed by the Board of Education on the work, for any number of days in excess of the number allowed in the specifications The Board of Education may also assess against all monies owed to the contractor, liquidated damages for the violation of any terms and conditions of the contract or agreement by the contractor or the failure to perform said contract or agreement in accordance with its terms and conditions or the terms or conditions of the "Public School Contracts Law," in accordance with and pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-19 and 18A:18A-41.