Active SLED Opportunity · NEW JERSEY · TOWNSHIP OF PENNSAUKEN, CAMDEN COUNTY, NJ
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The Township of Pennsauken, NJ, seeks bids for irrigation system improvements at the Bethel Recreation Complex. The project involves removing the existing pump system and installing an owner-supplied pump. Bids are due June 23, 2026, via the Township's eProcurement Portal. A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for June 4, 2026.
The Pennsauken Township, NJ , is soliciting sealed responses for 2026 Bethel Recreation Complex Irrigation Improvements. Responses are to be submitted via the Township's eProcurement Portal via https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/pennsauken PRIOR TO 10:30 am on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. Late responses will not be accepted.
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The Pennsauken Township, NJ , is soliciting sealed responses for 2026 Bethel Recreation Complex Irrigation Improvements. Responses are to be submitted via the Township's eProcurement Portal via https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/pennsauken PRIOR TO 10:30 am on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. Late responses will not be accepted.
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Bob Dolan
QPA
Township of Pennsauken
| Release Project Date: | May 28, 2026 |
| Pre-Bid Meeting (Non-Mandatory): | June 4, 2026, 10:00am Bethel Avenue Recreation Complex |
| Question Submission Deadline: | June 9, 2026, 12:00pm |
| Response Submission Deadline: | June 23, 2026, 10:30am |
Time and place for acceptance of bids: All proposals will be auto opened by the OpenGov site on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, at 10:30 am prevailing time and responses will be published shortly thereafter. Bids will not be accepted after the specified time.
DEFINITIONS
"Bid proposal" means all documents, proposal forms, affidavits, certificates, statements required to be submitted by the bidder at the time of the bid opening.
"Bid guarantee" means the bid bond, cashier's check or certified check submitted as part of the bid proposal, payable to the contracting unit, ensuring that the successful bidder will enter into a contract.
"Bid specifications" means all documents requesting bid proposals for municipal solid waste collection services contained herein.
"Certificate of insurance" means a document showing that an insurance policy has been written and includes a statement of the coverage of the policy.
"Collection site" means the location of waste containers on collection day.
"Collection source" means a generator of designated collected solid waste to whom service will be provided under the contract.
"Consent of surety" means a contract guaranteeing that if the contract is awarded, the surety will provide a performance bond.
"Contract" means the written agreement executed by and between the successful bidder and the governing body and shall include the bid proposal, and the bid specifications.
"Contract administrator" is the person authorized by the contracting unit to procure and administer contracts for solid waste collection services.
"Contracting unit" means a municipality or any board, commission, committee, authority or agency, and which has administrative jurisdiction over any district other than a school district, project, or facility, included or operating in whole or in part, within the territorial boundaries of any county or municipality which exercise functions which are appropriate for the exercise by one or more units of local government, and which has statutory power to make purchases and enter into contracts or agreements for the performance of any work or the furnishing or hiring of any materials or supplies usually required, the costs or contract price of which is to be paid with or out of public funds.
"Contractor" means the lowest responsible bidder to whom award of the contract shall be made.
"Governing body" means the governing body of the municipality, when the contract or agreement is to be entered into by, or on behalf of a, municipality as further defined at N.J.A.C. 40A:11-2.
"Holiday" means a regularly scheduled collection day on which the authorized Disposal Facilities are closed, including:
"Legal newspaper" means the Retrospect or the Star-Ledger
"Proposal forms" mean those forms that must be used by all bidders to set forth the prices for services to be provided under the contract.
"Surety" means a company that is duly certified to do business in the State of New Jersey and that is qualified to issue bonds in the amount and of the type and character required by these specifications.
BID SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
John Doyle
Municipal Engineer
5605 North Crescent Boulevard
Pennsauken, NJ 08110
Email: jdoyle@pennsauken.gov
Phone: (856) 665-1000 Ext: 148
Bob Dolan
QPA
2400 Merchantville Avenue
Pennsauken, NJ 08110
Email: bob+pennsaukentwp@rmdassocnj.com
Phone: (848) 525-1179
All bids must be submitted on the form of proposal supplied by the Township. If any type of discount is offered for prompt payment of bills or other consideration, such may be set forth on the form of proposal. All bid documents submitted should include original signatures. Failure to provide original signatures may be cause for rejection of the bid at the discretion of the Township.
A Bid Guarantee in the form of a Bid Bond, Cashier's Check or Certified Check, made payable to the Township of Pennsauken in the amount of 10% of the highest aggregate for the five (5) year bid submitted, not to exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) must accompany each Bid Proposal. An uploaded copy of the bid bond, casheir's check or certified check into OpenGov is required along with sending the original documents directly to the township before bid opening. In the event that the bidder to whom the Contract is awarded fails to enter into the Contract in the manner and within the time required, the award to the bidder shall be rescinded and the bid guaranty shall become the property of the Township of Pennsauken.
The successful bidder, when awarded a contract, shall furnish a performance/surety bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the total amount bid guaranteeing performance of the contract in a form acceptable by the Township of Pennsauken. A Surety Disclosure Statement shall accompany the Performance/Surety Bond.
Construction projects shall include a material and labor bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the total bid amount. A Consent of Surety (see attached) shall be submitted with the bid proposal.
Successful bidder shall upon acceptance of the work submit a maintenance bond in the amount of 15% for one (1) year guaranteeing against defective quality of work or materials for the period of:
The performance bond provided shall not be released until final acceptance of the whole work and then only if any liens or claims have been satisfied and any maintenance bonds required have been executed and approved by the OWNER.
The surety on such bond or bonds shall be a duly authorized surety company authorized to do business in the State of New Jersey
N.J.S.A. 17:31-5.
At the time of the opening of bids, each bidder will be presumed to have read and to be thoroughly familiar with the contents of the Notice to Bidders, the General Information and the Specifications of the material and/or service to be supplied. The failure or omission of any bidder to receive or examine any form, instrument, or document shall in no way relieve the bidder from any obligation in respect of that bid.
Any challenge to the bid specifications shall be presented in writing to Bob Dolan, QPA, Township of Pennsauken, 2400 Merchantville Avenue, Pennsauken, NJ 08110 within three (3) business days prior to the bid opening and shall be clearly marked on the outside “Bid Challenge”. Any challenge filed thereafter shall have no effect on bid award.
Each bidder must execute and submit as part of the Bid Proposal a "Non-Collusion Affidavit" which at a minimum shall attest that:
A pre-bid meeting and site inspection will be held on Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 10:00 am prevailing time at Bethel Avenue Recreation Complex. All interested parties are invited to attend. Failure of any bidder to attend the pre-bid meeting and site inspection shall not exempt that contractor from fulfilling all the terms of this contract.
The Contractor shall take out and maintain in full force and effect at all times during the life of this Contract insurance in conformance with the requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:26H-6.17. The insurance policy shall name the Township of Pennsauken as an Additional Named insured indemnifying the Township of Pennsauken with respect to the Contractor's actions pursuant to the Contract.
This insurance shall be maintained in force during the life of this contract by the bidder covering all employees engaged in performance of this contract in accordance with the applicable statute. Minimum Employer’s Liability is $500,000.00.
Policies to include personal liability, property, contractual liability, explosion, collapse and underground hazard coverage, and complete operations coverage for the term of the contract: Bodily Injury limits of $1,000,000.00 each person and property damage liability limits of $3,000,000.00 each occurrence.
This insurance covering bidder for claims arising from owned, hired and non-owned vehicles with limits of not less than $1,000,000.00 any one person and $1,000,000.00 any one accident for bodily injury and $1,000,000.00 each accident for property damage, shall be maintained in force during the life of this contract by the bidder.
CERTIFICATES
Upon notification by the Township of Pennsauken, the lowest responsible bidder shall supply to the Contract Administrator, within five days of notification, a certificate of insurance as proof that the insurance policies required by these specifications are in full force and effect.
INDEMNIFICATION
The Contractor shall indemnify and hold harmless the Township of Pennsauken from and against all claims, damages, losses, and expenses including all reasonable expenses incurred by the Township of Pennsauken on any of the aforesaid claims that may result or arise directly or indirectly, from or by reason of the performance of the contract or form any act or omission by the Contractor, its agents, servants, employees or subcontractors and that results in any loss of life or property or in any injury or damage to persons or property.
P.L. 1975 c.127 (N.J.A.C.17:27)
During the performance of this contract, the contractor agrees to comply with all the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq and N.J.A.C. 17:27 in accordance with the attached document.
After notification of award, but prior to signing the contract, the contractor shall submit to the Purchasing Agent and the Division of Contract Compliance and Equal Employment Opportunity in Public Contracts (division) an initial project workforce report (Form AA201) provided.
The contractor shall also submit a copy of the Monthly Project Workforce Report once a month thereafter for the duration of the contract to the Division and to the Purchasing Agent.
If bidder is a corporation or partnership, there must accompany its bid, a statement setting forth the names and addresses of all stockholders in the corporation or partnership who own ten percent (10%), or more of its stock, of any class, or of all individual partners in the partnership who own a ten percent (10%) or greater interest therein. If one or more stockholders or partnership, the stockholders holding ten percent (10%) or more of that corporation’s stock, or the individual partner owning ten percent (10%), or greater interest in that partnership, must be set forth as aforesaid.
All bidders shall comply with the act relating to a disclosure statement to conflict of interest as per P.L., 1977, c.33, and shall submit the completed and signed disclosure statement as attached. Failure to submit this information may be cause for the rejection of the bid, at the option of the Township.
The Township Committee will award the contract to the lowest qualified responsible bidder but reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive any immaterial informality as may be permitted by law.
This award of contract shall not be binding upon the Township of Pennsauken until the contract, in accordance with the specifications, is actually executed by the successful bidder and by the proper officers of the Township of Pennsauken.
The Township shall award the contract or reject all bids within sixty (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. No bids may be withdrawn during this 60 day period, except as provided for herein.
The inability of any vendor to bid on all items listed under each category on which that party is bidding may preclude consideration of the bid. The contract shall be awarded to that agency which provides the lowest overall bid, considering all items are bid or otherwise calculated in for award purposes. Bids shall be reviewed to determine any unbalanced bidding. Unbalanced bidding shall be cause for rejection.
All bidders shall provide certification demonstrating its ability to perform this contract. Certification shall be provided within the OpenGov Procurement Portal and shall attest the contractor will have available resources, equipment, experience and capability to undertake and perform the work described in this specification.
The Township of Pennsauken shall determine whether a bidder is "responsible" in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:11-6.1 and N.J.A.C. 7:26H-6.8. The Bid Proposal of any bidder that is deemed not to be "responsible" shall be rejected.
The contract period shall be determined from the date first appearing thereon unless otherwise specified by law.
In accordance with 40A:11-15 of the Local Public Contracts Law the Township reserves the right to extend this contract, when mutually agreed upon between the Township and the contractor, for not more than one-additional year period. Any change in price shall not exceed the change in the index rate for the 12 months preceding the most recent quarterly calculation available at the time of the contract renewal. The contract extension shall be awarded by resolution of the governing body only upon a finding by the governing body that the services are being performed in an effective and efficient manner, and no extension shall be granted so that the contract runs for more than a total of two consecutive years. Otherwise, the terms and conditions of the contract shall remain substantially the same.
The bid shall be based upon the descriptions provided on the “Bid Form” and from the technical specifications attached hereto. The bid shall be based on “top of the line” quality items and/or service shall be quoted f.o.b. Pennsauken Township Municipal Building, 2400 Merchantville Ave., Pennsauken, NJ 08110.
Full replacement shall be provided by the successful bidder should any item and/or services supplied fail to perform in accordance with the standards of “top of the line” quality as known by the trade.
The successful bidder shall make delivery of services and/or installation as requested to the address within the Township of Pennsauken designated on the purchase order, at no additional charge.
Any conditions, limitations, provisos, amendments, or other changes attached or added by the bidder to any of the provisions of these Bid Specifications or any changes made by the bidder on the Proposal Forms shall result in the rejection of the Bid Proposal by the Township of Pennsauken.
If any provision of this Specification is subsequently declared by the proper Legislative or Judicial authority to be unlawful, unenforceable, or not in accordance with applicable statutes, all other provisions of this Specification shall remain in full force and effect.
The Township, without invalidating the contract, may order changes consisting of additions, deletions, or modifications. The contract sum shall be adjusted accordingly, in accordance with the Local Public Contracts Law of New Jersey.
Whenever the Work Specifications identify a brand name, trade name or a manufacturer's name, this designation is used for classification or descriptive purposes only, and the bidder may substitute an equal product, subject to the approval of the Township of Pennsauken.
If, through any cause, the successful bidder shall fail to fulfill in a timely and proper manner obligations under this contract, or if the Contractor shall violate any of the requirements of this contract, the Township of Pennsauken shall thereupon have the right to terminate this contract by giving written notice to the Contractor of such termination. Such termination shall relieve the Township of any obligations for balances due the Contractor of any sum or sums set forth in the contract.
In the case of default by the successful bidder, the Township may procure the goods or services from other sources and hold the successful bidder responsible for any excess cost occasioned thereby.
At any time should the Township determine that any or all of the services described herein become unnecessary; the Township reserves the right to terminate any or all of this contract upon thirty days written notice.
Strikes, walkouts or other such instances shall be reason for the Township to immediately acquire other services until such time the Contractor can again complete the remainder of the contract. Such actions may also be cause for the Township to terminate the contract, at the Township’s discretion.
Continuation of the terms of this contract beyond the fiscal year is contingent on availability of funds in the following year’s budget. In the event of unavailability of such funds, the Township reserves the right to terminate this contract upon thirty days written notice.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:32-44 bidders may provide with their bid a Business Registration Certificate issued by the State of New Jersey. Contractors are required to be registered at the time of bid. A Business Registration Certificate must be provided prior to award.
N.J.S.A. 52:32-44 imposes the following requirements on contractors and all subcontractors that knowingly provide goods or perform services for a contractor fulfilling this contract:
A contractor, subcontractor or supplier who fails to provide proof of business registration or provides false business registration information shall be liable to a penalty of $25 for each day of violation, not to exceed $50,000 for each business registration not provided or maintained under a contract with a contracting agency. Information on the law and its requirements are available by calling 609-292-9292.
Only manufactured and farm products of the United States, wherever available, shall be used in performance of this contract.
Any discrepancy between a numerical price and a price written in words shall be resolved in favor of the price as written in words. Any discrepancy between the unit price multiplied by the quantity and a corresponding total price figure set forth in the Proposal Forms(s) shall be resolved in favor of a total price reached by multiplying the unit price by the quantity. The corrected total shall be used to determine the award of the contract. After all Bid Proposals have been read, the bids will be tabulated and adjusted, if necessary, in accordance with this paragraph. If any mathematical corrections must be made on any bid proposal, then the Township of Pennsauken may not award a contract until all tabulations are complete.
(N.J.S.A. 40A:11-23.3)
Permission for Bidder to Withdraw a Bid Due to a Mistake in Certain Circumstances
N.J.S.A. 40A:11-23.3 authorizes a bidder to request withdrawal of a public works bid due to a mistake on the part of the bidder. A mistake is defined by N.J.S.A. 40A:11-2(42) as a clerical error that is an unintentional and substantial computational error or an unintentional omission of a substantial quantity of labor, material, or both, from the final bid computation.
A bidder claiming a mistake under N.J.S.A. 40A:11-23.3 must submit a request for withdrawal, in writing, by certified or registered mail to Bob Dolan, QPA, Township of Pennsauken, 2400 Merchantville Avenue, Pennsauken, NJ 08110. The bidder must request withdrawal of a bid due to a mistake, as defined by the law, within five business days after the receipt and opening of the bids. Since the bid withdrawal request shall be effective as of the postmark of the certified or registered mailing, the purchasing agent or designee may contact all bidders, after bids are opened, to ascertain if any bidders wish to, or already have exercised a request to withdraw their bid pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-23.3.
A bidder’s request to withdraw the bid shall contain evidence, including any pertinent documents, demonstrating that a mistake was made. Such documents and relevant written information shall be reviewed and evaluated by the public owner’s designated staff pursuant to the statutory criteria of N.J.S.A. 40A:11-23.3.
The public owner will not consider any written request for a bid withdrawal for a mistake, as defined by N.J.S.A. 40A:11-2(42), by a bidder in the preparation of a bid proposal unless the postmark of the certified or registered mailing is within the five business days following the opening of bids.
Equal Opportunity for Individuals with Disability
The contractor and the Township of Pennsauken, (hereafter “owner”) do hereby agree that the provisions of Title 11 of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (the "Act") (42 U.S.C. S121 01 et seq.), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability by public entities in all services, programs, and activities provided or made available by public entities, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant there unto, are made a part of this contract. In providing any aid, benefit, or service on behalf of the owner pursuant to this contract, the contractor agrees that the performance shall be in strict compliance with the Act. In the event that the contractor, its agents, servants, employees, or subcontractors violate or are alleged to have violated the Act during the performance of this contract, the contractor shall defend the owner in any action or administrative proceeding commenced pursuant to this Act. The contractor shall indemnify, protect, and save harmless the owner, its agents, servants, and employees from and against any and all suits, claims, losses, demands, or damages, of whatever kind or nature arising out of or claimed to arise out of the alleged violation. The contractor shall, at its own expense, appear, defend, and pay any and all charges for legal services and any and all costs and other expenses arising from such action or administrative proceeding or incurred in connection therewith. In any and all complaints brought pursuant to the owner’s grievance procedure, the contractor agrees to abide by any decision of the owner which is rendered pursuant to said grievance procedure. If any action or administrative proceeding results in an award of damages against the owner, or if the owner incurs any expense to cure a violation of the ADA which has been brought pursuant to its grievance procedure, the contractor shall satisfy and discharge the same at its own expense.
The owner shall, as soon as practicable after a claim has been made against it, give written notice thereof to the contractor along with full and complete particulars of the claim, If any action or administrative proceeding is brought against the owner or any of its agents, servants, and employees, the owner shall expeditiously forward or have forwarded to the contractor every demand, complaint, notice, summons, pleading, or other process received by the owner or its representatives.
It is expressly agreed and understood that any approval by the owner of the services provided by the contractor pursuant to this contract will not relieve the contractor of the obligation to comply with the Act and to defend, indemnify, protect, and save harmless the owner pursuant to this paragraph.
It is further agreed and understood that the owner assumes no obligation to indemnify or save harmless the contractor, its agents, servants, employees and subcontractors for any claim which may arise out of their performance of this Agreement. Furthermore, the contractor expressly understands and agrees that the provisions of this indemnification clause shall in no way limit the contractor’s obligations assumed in this Agreement, nor shall they be construed to relieve the contractor from any liability, nor preclude the owner from taking any other actions available to it under any other provisions of the Agreement or otherwise at law.
The successful bidder shall defend, indemnify and save harmless the Township of Pennsauken, its officers, agents and servants and each and every one of them against and from all suits and cost of every name and description, and from all damages to which said Township of Pennsauken or any of its officers, agents or servants may be put by reason of injury to the person or property of others resulting from carelessness in the performance of said work, or through the negligence of the Contractor, or through any improper or defective machinery, implements or appliances used by said Contractor in the aforesaid work or through any act or omission on the part of said Contractor, his agent or agents. This provision applies regardless of whether insurance coverage is provided.
The contractor is obligated to fully perform through the date of the contract and damages shall be assessed in an amount to the costs incurred by the Township of Pennsauken in re-bidding contract.
State Law S-1304, Prohibits State and local public contracts with persons or entities engaging in certain investment activities in energy, finance, or construction sectors of Iran. It is unlawful for Pennsauken Township to contract with vendors that engage in certain activities with Iran. Should Pennsauken Township be made aware that any vendor is involved in these activities during the course of any contract the contract will immediately be voided.
P.L. 2022, c. 3 prohibits the award, renewal, amendment, or extension of State and local public contracts for goods or services with persons or entities engaging in prohibited activities in Russia or Belarus. P.L. 2012, c.25 prohibits the award or renewal of State and local public contracts for goods and services with persons or entities engaged in certain investment activities in the energy or finance sectors of Iran. Before a goods and services contract can be entered into, vendors and contractors must certify that neither they nor any parent entity, subsidiary, or affiliate is listed on the New Jersey Department of the Treasury’s list of entities determined to be engaged in prohibited activities in Russia or Belarus pursuant to P.L. 2022, c. 3 (“Russia-Belarus list”) or in Iran pursuant to P.L. 2012, c. 25 ("Chapter 25 list").
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MANDATORY EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY LANGUAGE
N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. (P.L. 1975, C. 127)
N.J.A.C. 17:27
GOODS, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND GENERAL SERVICE CONTRACTS
During the performance of this contract, the contractor agrees as follows:
The contractor or subcontractor, where applicable, will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality or sex. Except with respect to affectional or sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, the contractor will ensure that equal employment opportunity is afforded to such applicants in recruitment and employment, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality or sex. Such equal employment opportunity shall include, but not be limited to the following: employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. The contractor agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided by the Public Agency Compliance Officer setting forth provisions of this nondiscrimination clause.
The contractor or subcontractor, where applicable will, in all solicitations or advertisements for employees placed by or on behalf of the contractor, state that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality or sex.
The contractor or subcontractor will send to each labor union, with which it has a collective bargaining agreement, a notice, to be provided by the agency contracting officer, advising the labor union of the contractor's commitments under this chapter and shall post copies of the notice in conspicuous places available to employees and applicants for employment.
The contractor or subcontractor, where applicable, agrees to comply with any regulations promulgated by the Treasurer pursuant to N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq., as amended and supplemented from time to time and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The contractor or subcontractor agrees to make good faith efforts to meet targeted county employment goals established in accordance with N.J.A.C. l7:27-5.2.
The contractor or subcontractor agrees to inform in writing its appropriate recruitment agencies including, but not limited to, employment agencies, placement bureaus, colleges, universities, and labor unions, that it does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality or sex, and that it will discontinue the use of any recruitment agency which engages in direct or indirect discriminatory practices.
The contractor or subcontractor agrees to revise any of its testing procedures, if necessary, to assure that all personnel testing conforms with the principles of job-related testing, as established
by the statutes and court decisions of the State of New Jersey and as established by applicable Federal law and applicable Federal court decisions.
In conforming with the targeted employment goals, the contractor or subcontractor agrees to review all procedures relating to transfer, upgrading, downgrading and layoff to ensure that all such actions are taken without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality or sex, consistent with the statutes and court decisions of the State of New Jersey, and applicable Federal law and applicable Federal court decisions.
The contractor shall submit to the public agency, after notification of award but prior to execution of a goods and services contract, one of the following three documents:
Letter of Federal Affirmative Action Plan Approval
Certificate of Employee Information Report
Employee Information Report Form AA302 (electronically provided by the Division and distributed to the public agency through the Division’s website at www.state.nj.us/treasury/contract_compliance)
The contractor and its subcontractors shall furnish such reports or other documents to the Division of Public Contracts Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance as may be requested by the office from time to time in order to carry out the purposes of these regulations, and public agencies shall furnish such information as may be requested by the Division of Public Contracts Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance for conducting a compliance investigation pursuant to Subchapter 10 of the Administrative Code at N.J.A.C. 17:27.s
The contractor and the Township of Pennsauken (hereafter “owner”) do hereby agree that the provisions of Title 11 of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (the "Act") (42 U.S.C. S121 01 et seq.), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability by public entities in all services, programs, and activities provided or made available by public entities, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant there unto, are made a part of this contract. In providing any aid, benefit, or service on behalf of the owner pursuant to this contract, the contractor agrees that the performance shall be in strict compliance with the Act. In the event that the contractor, its agents, servants, employees, or subcontractors violate or are alleged to have violated the Act during the performance of this contract, the contractor shall defend the owner in any action or administrative proceeding commenced pursuant to this Act. The contractor shall indemnify, protect, and save harmless the owner, its agents, servants, and employees from and against any and all suits, claims, losses, demands, or damages, of whatever kind or nature arising out of or claimed to arise out of the alleged violation. The contractor shall, at its own expense, appear, defend, and pay any and all charges for legal services and any and all costs and other expenses arising from such action or administrative proceeding or incurred in connection therewith. In any and all complaints brought pursuant to the owner’s grievance procedure, the contractor agrees to abide by any decision of the owner which is rendered pursuant to said grievance procedure. If any action or administrative proceeding results in an award of damages against the owner, or if the owner incurs any expense to cure a violation of the ADA which has been brought pursuant to its grievance procedure, the contractor shall satisfy and discharge the same at its own expense.
The owner shall, as soon as practicable after a claim has been made against it, give written notice thereof to the contractor along with full and complete particulars of the claim, If any action or administrative proceeding is brought against the owner or any of its agents, servants, and employees, the owner shall expeditiously forward or have forwarded to the contractor every demand, complaint, notice, summons, pleading, or other process received by the owner or its representatives.
It is expressly agreed and understood that any approval by the owner of the services provided by the contractor pursuant to this contract will not relieve the contractor of the obligation to comply with the Act and to defend, indemnify, protect, and save harmless the owner pursuant to this paragraph.
It is further agreed and understood that the owner assumes no obligation to indemnify or save harmless the contractor, its agents, servants, employees and subcontractors for any claim which may arise out of their performance of this Agreement. Furthermore, the contractor expressly understands and agrees that the provisions of this indemnification clause shall in no way limit the contractor’s obligations assumed in this Agreement, nor shall they be construed to relieve the contractor from any liability, nor preclude the owner from taking any other actions available to it under any other provisions of the Agreement or otherwise at law.
By clicking "Please confirm" below, the undersigned hereby certifies they will protect, indemnify, and hold harmless the Township of Pennsauken from and against any and all losses, claims, penalties, damages, settlements, cost, charges, professional fees, or other expenses or liabilities arising out of or resulting from the performance of the work or the completed operations, including any such claims for damage, loss, or expenses resulting in bodily injury, sickness, disease, or death, or to injury to or destruction of the tangible property, including the loss of the use resulting therefrom, and which is caused in whole or in part by any negligent or willful act or omission by the contractor.
This is a summary of the successful bidder’s requirement to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 and N.J.A.C. 17:27.
The successful bidder shall submit to the public agency, after notification of award but prior to execution of this contract, one of the following three documents as forms of evidence:
The successful vendor may obtain the Affirmative Action Employee Information Report (AA302) from the contracting unit during normal business hours.
The successful vendor(s) must submit the copies of the AA302 Report to the Division of Contract Compliance and Equal Employment Opportunity in Public Contracts (Division). The Public Agency copy is submitted to the public agency, and the vendor copy is retained by the vendor.
The undersigned vendor certifies that he/she is aware of the commitment to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 and N.J.A.C. 17:27 and agrees to furnish the required forms of evidence.
The undersigned vendor further understands that his/her bid shall be rejected as non-responsive if said contractor fails to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 and N.J.A.C. 17:27.
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PAY-TO-PLAY DISCLOSURE
Pay-to-Play Disclosure - Business entities are advised of their responsibility to file an annual disclosure statement of political contributions with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) pursuant to N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.27 if they receive contracts in excess of $50,000 from public entities in a calendar year. Business entities are responsible for determining if filing is necessary. Additional information on this requirement is available from ELEC at 888-313-3532 or at www.elec.state.nj.us.
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