NOTICE TO BIDDERS – BID ADVERTISEMENT – SOLID WASTE & RECYCLABLE MATERIALS, COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION & DISPOSAL SERVICES – Elk Township(Gloucester County NJ)
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
TOWNSHIP OF ELK, GLOUCESTER COUNTY, STATE OF NEW JERSEY
BID ADVERTISEMENT
SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION AND/OR DISPOSAL SERVICES
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids for the collection, transportation and/or disposal of solid waste and recyclable materials for the Township of Elk will be received and opened by the Municipal Clerk of Elk Township at the Municipal Building, 680 Whig Lane, Monroeville, New Jersey 08343, no later than 10AM, prevailing time, on June 17, 2025, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. No bid will be accepted after the date and time designated to receive bids. A bid may only be withdraw upon receipt by the Township of a written request to withdraw prior to the time for opening of bids authorized postponement thereof. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days following the actual opening of the bid. Copies of the contract documents; specifications and bid forms may be examined and obtained at the office of the Municipal Clerk at the above address Monday through Friday during regular business hours. Bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope, clearly marked “Proposal for Collection, Transportation and/or Disposal of Solid Waste and Recyclable Materials”, along with the name and address of the bidder. Bids shall be submitted to the Municipal Clerk, Township of Elk. Bids may be submitted by personal delivery or by Certified Mail Return Receipt Requested. The Township is not responsible for any documents delivered by a third-party carrier. All bids must conform to the models and directions contained in the specifications and must be submitted in a complete Bidding Packet. Each bid must be accompanied by a Bid Guarantee in an amount of ten (10) percent of the total bid price, not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollar ($20,000.00), in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check payable to the Township of Elk or a Bid Bond issued by a Surety authorized to trans act business in the State of New Jersey and acceptable to the Township. Each proposal must also be accompanied by the Consent of Surety of a similarly acceptable surety, guaranteeing that a one hundred percent (100%) Performance Bond will be furnished upon award of the Contract. The Township reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informalities, deviations, omissions in any or all bids, and to accept such bids and make such awards as may be most advantageous to the Township including, specifically, the right of the Township to award the contract based upon terms of any contract alternative for solid waste and recyclable material collection, transportation and/or disposal, in compliance with the New Jersey State Local Public Contracts Law. Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10: 5-31, et seq. and N.J.A.C.17: 27-1 et seq. This bid is being solicited through a Fair and Open process in accordance with N.J.S.A. 19:44A-1 es eq. Simultaneously with the submission of a bid, a bidder must submit an Ownership Disclosure Statement in accordance with c.33, P.L. 1977. The failure to submit the Ownership Disclosure Statement with the bid shall result in the rejection of the bid.
Debora R. Pine, Clerk
Township of Elk, 680 Whig Lane, Monroeville, NJ 08343
(Published in The Sentinel of Gloucester County Weekly Newspaper Printed Edition Week of 4/17/2025)