Bids are invited for on-call plumbing services and repairs at various facilities for the Township of Jackson. The contract term is 2 years with a possible 2-year extension. Bids will be opened publicly on Zoom and BidNetDirect on June 24, 2026, at 1:00 PM. Bidders must be licensed Master Plumbers in New Jersey. The award will be based on the lowest average hourly rate for year one and two. Emergency services require a 2-hour response time. Standard service response is **** hours. Payment is based on hourly rates, including labor, overhead, and transportation, with billing in half-hour increments. Invoices must be submitted within two weeks of job completion. The contractor must provide a cost estimate for work exceeding $1,000 within 24 hours (48 hours for complex jobs). No subcontracting is allowed. A 2-year warranty is required for all work.
Bids must be submitted by June 24, 2026, at 1:00 PM. it is the bidders responsibility to ensure that the bid package is delivered by the bid opening dateand time.
Payment shall be made in accordance with the rate bid on the proposal sheet. The hourly rate bid should include all costs of labor, overhead and transportation. The hours for which payment shall be made will be for the time on thejob site only. There will be no allowance for travel time, mileage or meal breaks. Invoices shall be submitted to Jackson Township Department of Public Works. The owner must receive such report invoice within two weeks of job completion.
The contractor warrants and guarantees to the owner that all work will be performed in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, standards and regulations and the contract documents and that the work will not be defective. If within two 2 years after the acceptance date, any work is found to be defective, the contractor shall promptly correct the defective work, or remove and replace it with non defective work, as directed by the owner, and at no additional cost to the owner.
For the award of this contract, the winning bidder shall be the bidder that presents the township with the lowest average hourly rate exclusive of overtime rates for year one and year two of this contract. he winning bidder shall be the bidder that presents the township with the lowestaverage hourly rate exclusive of overtime rates for year one and year two of this contract.
All bidders must possess a State of New Jersey Master Plumbers License for plumbing repairs. All bidders must possess a state of new jersey master plumbers license for pluming repairs.
The contractor shall pay monetary liquidated damages to the owner for each and every working day that the contractor shall be in default in completing the work within the times stipulated in the contract documents. The contractor shall pay monetary liquidated damages to the owner for each and every working day that the contractor shall be in default in completing the work within the timestipulated in the contract documents.
Failure to submit a bid package by the deadline, failure to submit bids on approved forms, or failure to respond to service requests as required can lead to disqualification or contract cancellation. Any bid document received after the deadline established by the department ofpurchasing will not be accepted, regardless of the method of delivery.