Municipal Bid: Tree Repair and Removal | Bid Opening: January 31, 2017
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the Borough of Fanwood (“Fanwood”)
for Tree Trimming & Removal Services and all work incidental thereto, and such bids shall be received, opened and
read in public at the Borough Hall, 75 North Martine Avenue, Fanwood, New Jersey, on Thursday , January 12,
2017 at 10:00 a.m., local prevailing time. After the proposals have been opened, they will be reviewed and
examined by Fanwood or its representatives, the results will be made public, but until the actual award and
execution of a contract, Fanwood reserves its right to reject all proposals.
Complete sets of the bid documents for the proposed work are on file in the Office of the Borough Clerk at
Fanwood’s Municipal Building, 75 North Martine Avenue, Fanwood, New Jersey, and may be examined Monday
through Friday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Copies may
be obtained by prospective bidders upon application to the Purchasing Agent.
Bids must be submitted by the date and time provided above; on the standard proposal forms provided, in
the manner designated in the bid documents and required by the specifications; must be enclosed in a sealed
envelope bearing the name and address of the bidder, addressed to the Purchasing Agent of Fanwood, with the
words “Tree Trimming & Removal Services” placed on the outside of the envelope in the lower left-hand corner;
and must be accompanied by either a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond drawn to the order of Fanwood for
ten (10%) percent of the amount of the bid, but not in excess of Twenty Thousand ($20,000) Dollars except as
otherwise provided by N.J.S.A. 40A:11-21.
All spaces on the forms to be completed by the bidder must be completed. If a space or the answer to
a question is not applicable, the bidder must indicate such with the notation “Not Applicable”. Fanwood
reserves the right to reject any bid for failure to provide any information requested or to indicate “Not
Applicable”.
No bid may be withdrawn after sixty (60) days of the date specified for the opening of bids except as
provided for in N.J.S.A. 40A:11-24. Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et
seq. (L. 1975, c. 127).
The specifications may contain a complete set of bidding and contract forms. If so, they are for the
convenience of bidders and are not to be detached from the specifications or filled out or executed. Separate copies
of the “bid” proposal and other submittals will be furnished for that purpose in duplicate, one to be submitted with
each bid and one to be retained by the bidder for his (its) records.
The right is reserved by Fanwood to reject any or all bids if deemed to be in the interest of Fanwood to do
so, to waive any informalities in the bids received, except those informalities which violate any legal requirements,
and to accept the lowest responsible bid.
Any prospective bidder who wishes to challenge a bid specification or any aspect of the bidding process
shall file such challenges in writing with the Borough Clerk of the Borough of Fanwood no less than three business
days prior to date specified in this notice for the opening of the bids. Challenges filed after that time shall be
considered void and having no impact on Fanwood or the award of a contract.
Pat Hoynes
Purchasing Agent
Borough of Fanwood
