FURNISHING, DELIVERY, PLANTING, AND CARING OF TREES AT SPRING LAKE PARK

It is the intention of these specifications to provide to prospective bidders the requirements for the Furnishing, Delivery, Planting, and Caring of Trees at Spring Lake Park as required by the Middlesex County Department of Infrastructure Management, Office of Parks and Recreation.

**Bids shall be submitted electronically** via Middlesex County's Electronic Procurement Portal (https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/middlesexcountynj/).

It is the bidder's responsibility to see that bids are submitted at the time designated. Any bids attempted to be submitted after said designated time shall be automatically rejected by Middlesex County's Electronic Procurement Portal.

Received opened bids shall remain firm for a period of sixty (60) calendar days.

All prices shall be entered on the Bid Sheet, which is part of these specifications.

There are two (2) forms required as part of your price submittal; (1) the Bid Sheet and (2) the Price Certification Signature form. [...] You only need to enter the Unit Price of each item and the system will calculate the Total Price.

A **Maintenance Bond** is **required** of the awarded contractor upon project completion and acceptance of the work by the owner. It is not required to be submitted at the time of bid. The contractor shall submit a maintenance bond (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-16.3) in an amount not to exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the project costs, guaranteeing against defective quality of work or materials for the period of TWO (2) YEARS.

The bid opening will be live-streamed via Zoom.

The County further reserves the right to award each item separately to the lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications or to make an award based on the total bid to the bidder, whose total sum is the low bid meeting the specifications, whichever in the awarding authorities' opinion is in the best interest of the County.