R2025.0052 - Window and Door Upgrades at Leonard A Tobias Admin Bldg

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South Plainfield BOE Bid No.: 02‐26

1.      Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the South Plainfield School District, (“Owner”) Middlesex County, New Jersey, for Window and Door Upgrades at the Leonard A. Tobias Administration Building and Pre‐School.

2.      Sealed bids will be received for the following contracts (“Contracts”):
a.    Overall Single Prime (All of the Work, Lump Sum, All Trades, All Inclusive).

3.      Bids for the above Contracts will be received by the Owner in the Board Offices located at 125 Jackson Avenue, South Plainfield, New Jersey 07080, until 11:00 A.M.; Local Time, on October 1, 2025, and will be publicly opened and read aloud immediately thereafter.

4.      Bidding Documents may be examined online by visiting www.usaplanroom.com. Project R2025.0052 located in “Public Jobs”. This will take you directly to the project for viewing or ordering. Bid Documents may be purchased or ordered for pick‐up online for the non‐ refundable fee of $100.00 for each paper set or $40.00 for each digital set. The Online system will accept payment by major credit cards (MasterCard, Visa, American Express), or COD for pick‐up. Documents may be sent prepaid through Federal Express or UPS. Bid Documents will be made available after 2:00 P.M. on September 5, 2025.

5.      Documents will also be made available at FLM Reprographics, 741 Alexander Road, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, 609‐987‐0666, Contacts: Jeff Zanin, Ryan Morrissey. Bidders SHOULD call 24 hours in advance to ensure Bid Documents will be available.

6.      Bids must be submitted on the proposal forms in the manner designated, enclosed in a sealed envelope bearing the name and address of Bidder and proposal identification number on the outside, and must be accompanied by certified check, cashier’s check or Bid Bond drawn to the Order of the “South Plainfield School District”, 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); and must be delivered to the Business Administrator at the above place, by the hour named. The Board and the Board’s Architect or Engineer assumes no responsibility for bids mismailed or misdirected.

7.      Each bidder shall submit with its bid, a Certificate of Consent of Surety as per N.J.S.A. 18A:18A‐ 25 from a Surety company stating that it will provide the bidder and all subcontractors, if successful, with a performance/payment bond in the full amount of the contract.

Failure to sign the bid bond by either the surety or principal and failure to submit the properly executed bid bond with the bid package, shall be deemed cause for disqualification and rejection of the bid.

Failure to sign the Certificate of Consent of Surety by either the surety or principal, and failure to submit the properly executed Certificate with the bid package, shall be deemed cause for disqualification and rejection of the bid.

8.      No bidder may withdraw his bid within sixty (60) days after the actual date of the opening thereof, 18A:‐18A‐36a. The Owner reserves the right to extend date, all rights reserved.

9.      The Owner reserves the right to reject all proposals or bids in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:18A‐22, as amended and to waive any informality in the bidding.

10.  Attention of Bidders is particularly called to the requirements of employment be observed and minimum wage rates to be paid under the Contracts pursuant to N.J.S.A. 34:11‐56.25 et seq.

11.  Bidders shall comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5‐31 et. seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27.

12.  If the bid exceeds $20,000.00, all bidders shall pre‐qualify as required by the State of New Jersey, Department of the Treasury, Division of Building and Construction, and each bid shall be accompanied by an affidavit so certifying pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:18A‐27 through 18A:18A‐ 33 as amended and revised. All inquiries concerning prequalification should be directed to Department of Treasury, Division of Property Management and Construction, 33 West State Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08608
a.       Bidders shall be prequalified in Category C012, Windows.

13.  Bidding shall be in conformance with the applicable requirements of N.J.S.A. 18A:18A‐1 et seq Public School Contracts Law.

14.  Pursuant to the “The Public Works Contractor Registration Act” N.J.S.A. 34:11‐56.48 et seq., bidders and their subcontractors are required to be registered with the New Jersey Department of Labor and to possess a current certificate by said Department indicating compliance with the Act. If the apparent low bidder fails to provide a copy of the certificate prior to the award of the contract, the bid may be rejected as being non‐responsive.

15.  All bidders must provide a copy of their Business Registration Certificate. Failure to submit the Business Registration Certificate prior to the award of contract will result in the rejection of the bid proposal.

16.  The South Plainfield School District will not enter into a contract for work with any person, company or firm that is on the State Department of Labor and Workforce Development; Prevailing Wage Debarment List, or the State of New Jersey Consolidated Debarment Report (www.state.nj.us/treasury/debarred) or the Federal System for Award‐SAM.gov. N.J.A.C. 17:19‐1.1.

17.  Each bidder must submit with the bid a signed certificate stating that they own, lease or control all equipment necessary to accomplish the work described in the Contract Specifications.

Should the Bidder not be the actual owner or lessee of such equipment required, its certificate shall state the source from which the equipment shall be obtained and, in addition, shall be accompanied by a signed certificate from the Owner or person in control of the equipment definitely granting to the Bidder the control of the equipment required during such time as may be required for that portion of the Contract for which it is necessary.

BY ORDER OF THE SOUTH PLAINFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT
Middlesex County, New Jersey