HVAC Replacement Project General Contract for Ramsey Free Public Library

HVAC Replacement Project General Contract for Ramsey Free Public Library Bids shall be received at the time and place specified. No Bids will be accepted by fax, or after the date and time specified. Bids must be submitted on standard proposal forms in a manner designated therein and required by the specifications. All HVAC Repacement Project work for the Ramsey Free Public Library must be completed within 240 calendar days of Contract Award, all in accordance with the Specifications and Drawings prepared by The Goldstein Partnership, Architects. All correspondence regarding the Bid, including Questions and Addenda will be through this website only. Questions will only be answered by Addenda to be provided to all Bidders. The Architect and Owner are not to be contacted directly, except as indicated herein. Although no formal Site Inspection will be held, any Bidders that wish to familiarize themselves with the physical conditions at the site may do so at their convenience. Each Bid must be submitted prior to the time and date designated for the receipt of Bids. No Bid may be withdrawn within sixty (60) days of the date specified for the receipt of Bids, except as may be permitted by N.J.S.A. 40A:11-24 and N.J.S.A. 40A:11-23.3. All contract and bid documents shall be submitted in accordance with the completed and signed Bidder's Checklist and Information for Bidders. All erasers, interpolations, and other physical changes to any forms shall be signed or initialed by the bidder. Bids must be accompanied by bid security in the form of a certified check, cashier's check or bid bond drawn to the order of "Borough of Ramsey" for not less than Ten Percent (10%) of the amount of the bid, but in no case in excess of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00). Bid security shall comply with the Bidding Documents and N.J.S.A. 40A:11-21. Bids shall also include a Consent of Surety in the form permitted by the Bidding Documents, obligating the issuing surety company to provide the bidder and its subcontractors, if awarded the contract for the Project, with a New Jersey Statutory Performance Bond and a New Jersey Statutory Payment Bond in the full amount of the contract. Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31, et seq., N.J.A.C. 17:27, et seq., the New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act, the Affirmative Action Requirements, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and shall submit all completed documents required by the bid specifications. The Borough of Ramsey reserves the right to consider the Bids for sixty (60) days after the receipt thereof and may reject all Bids in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:11-13.2. In addition, the Borough may only waive minor informalities or non-material exceptions in a bid as set forth in Meadowbrook Carting v. Borough of Island Heights, 138 N.J. 307 (1994). Bidders must comply with all requirements of New Jersey Local Public Contracts Law. The successful Bidder shall execute the Contract and provide the required Bond in the full amount of the Contract, within seven (7) days after notification of acceptance of its Bid.

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Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), Instrumentation and Control for HVAC, HVAC Air Distribution, Central HVAC Equipment.