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

The ACUA is seeking an experienced firm to provide services detailed below to provide annual inspections and service/repair for the listed equipment. Service, Repair, and New Installations: In addition to annual inspections, contractor shall provide hourly rate for service. Question Submission Deadline: July 18, 2025, 4:00pm All questions relating to technical aspects of the bid are to be directed in writing to the Authority Procurement and Contracts Manager via online. All bids must be accompanied by a certified check or bid bond in the amount of 10% of the total bid, not to exceed $20,000.00 All bidders must meet equal opportunity requirements of P.L. N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27, as described in the specifications. Bidders are responsible for affirmative action compliance. The duration of the Contract will be for 12 months with extensions as permitted by law, when in agreement to do so by both the awarded vendor and the ACUA. 2.3. General Information All repairs, adjustments and alterations to the equipment specified herein shall be subject to the Authority's approval prior to proceeding with work. Maintenance and repair service shall be performed as specified herein and in accordance with the original equipment manufacturers recommendations including the replacement and furnishing of repair parts, except the Authority reserves the right to furnish any part or equipment needed if it may be deemed in its best interests. The Contractor shall ensure that all maintenance and repair service furnished shall be performed by trained personnel. The Contractor shall show that their personnel are proficient in serving the Authority equipment. The Contractor shall be responsible for having all the necessary tools and testing equipment to perform the maintenance and repair service on all equipment shown. 2.4. Delivery of Service(s) Annual inspection service will be provided during normal working hours (7:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.) Monday through Friday, holidays excluded. Due to the nature of ACUA's operations as a 24/7 facility, a four (4) hour response time is required for all breakdown and/or troubleshoot calls. 2.5. Warranty The Contractor warrants that labor supplied shall be the highest quality and that the parts and materials used are in accordance with the original equipment manufacturer specification and shall be highest quality. Any parts or materials used in the performance of this contract which are found to be defective or do not conform to the specifications, must be corrected by the Contractor. 2.6. Term of Contract The contract term is for a twelve (12) month term. No bid shall provide for State or Federal taxes of any kind or for interest on any amount due from the Authority to any bidder unless expressly permitted by the specifications. The Authority's normal practice is to make payment within 30 days of receipt of a properly certified and tabulated invoice and voucher. Sales made to any contractor of materials, supplies or services for exclusive use in the performance of this contract are generally exempt from the New Jersey Sales and Use Tax, N.J.S.A. 54:32B-8.22. Payment will be made only to the contractor. No pre-payment clauses of any nature will be acceptable. All Required Bid Forms must be signed via DocuSign through ACUA's eProcurement Portal by a responsible officer of the bidder with authority to make a legally binding commitment on the bidder's behalf. By submitting a bid, the bidder is binding itself to enter into a contract on award by the Authority and may not expressly, impliedly or by conduct reserve any right to withdraw any bid or to refuse for any reason to enter into an awarded contract. The submission of a bid by any corporation shall constitute a warranty by the corporation to the Authority that it is authorized to do business in the State of New Jersey, that its corporate charter is in good standing, and that the persons executing bid documents have full authority to do so on the corporation's behalf. All prices quoted shall be firm from the time of bid opening through the life of the contract and shall not be subject to increase for any reason during the contract term. Should the bidder reduce its prices for the bid item or items generally during the contract term, the price provided to the Authority shall reflect the price as reduced. The Authority will assume, and by bidding the bidder warrants, that all items proposed meet all specifications unless the bidder takes specific written exception in its proposal. Where a delivery date is stated in the specifications, the bidder will be presumed to have agreed to provide the specified goods or services by that date unless explicitly stated otherwise in its proposal. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-24, the contracting unit shall award the contract or reject all bids within such time as may be specified in the invitation to bid, but in no case more than 60 days, except that the bids of any bidders who consent thereto may, at the request of the contracting unit, be held for consideration for such longer period as may be agreed. The Authority's standard form of contract is attached. Bidders will be required to execute this form of contract upon award. If any exception is taken to the form of contract, all such exception(s) shall be set forth in writing in the proposal. The Authority will evaluate whether exceptions taken are sufficiently material as to make the bid nonconforming. Nonconforming bids will be rejected. Contract language will not be negotiated after opening of bids. The bidder to whom the award is made will be required to execute a written contract with the Owner and to furnish appropriate surety bonds as specified within ten (10) days after notification of the award of contract. The contract shall be in the form included in the Attachments section of this document. If the bidder shall fail or refuse to sign a contract and provide necessary bonds within ten (10) days of the notification of award of contract and request therefore by Owner, the Owner may execute upon the bid bond or take possession of the funds otherwise provided as bid security. In the event that a contract is signed and all specified bonds are supplied, the bid bond or check shall be returned to the bidder. In the event of inclement weather or other emergent circumstances which may prevent the opening of bids at the scheduled date and time, the Authority will attempt to notify prospective bidders of the fact of rescheduling and as to any rescheduled time. In the event of rescheduling the Authority shall retain all bids, unopened, for opening at the rescheduled date and/or time. The Authority will take such steps as it shall consider appropriate to notify all bidders of the rescheduled date and/or time. The Authority cannot provide legal advice to bidders, nor are any of its officers or agents empowered to waive or modify any legal requirement either verbally or in writing. The New Jersey bidding statutes are contained at N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq., and regulations adopted thereunder, and bidders are presumed to be familiar with their requirements. We have attempted to make these specifications comply with the Local Public Contracts Law in all respects. In the event of a conflict between the terms of these specifications and relevant statutes, the statutes shall control in all cases. Bidders with questions regarding legal requirements are strongly advised to consult their own counsel. In the event that the goods or services to be purchased require that the provider possess any license(s) issued by the State of New Jersey or any other governmental body, the bidder warrants by the submission of a bid that it possesses all such licenses. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-13, any prospective bidder who wishes to challenge a bid specification shall file such challenges in writing with the ACUA no less than three (3) business days prior to the opening of the bids. Challenges filed after that time shall be considered void and having no impact on the ACUA, or the award of a contract. Bids may be rejected for any of the following reasons: All bids pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-13.2; If more than one bid is received from an individual, firm or partnership, corporation or association under the same name; Multiple bids from an agent representing competing bidders; The bid is inappropriately unbalanced; The bidder is determined to possess, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-4b, Prior Negative Experience; or, If the successful bidder fails to enter into a contract within 21 days, Sundays and holidays excepted, or as otherwise agreed upon by the parties to the contract. In this case at its option, the Authority may accept the bid of the next lowest responsible bidder. (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-24b)