Cape May County - Add & Ren to Upper & Lower Township Library

NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed bids will be received by the Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders, 4 Moore Road, Cape May Court House, New Jersey until Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 2:00 P.M. and will be publicly open and read immediately thereafter, at said place, for One Lump Sum Contract for Addition and Renovations to Cape May County Library Lower Township Branch and Renovations to Cape May County Library Upper Township Branch.

Drawings, Specifications and other documents constituting the Contract Documents may be examined without charge at the office of the Cape May County Office of the County Engineer, 4 Moore Road, Cape May Court House, New Jersey. The Contract Documents may be purchased at the above office for the non-refundable fee of $150.00 (One Hundred Fifty Dollars) made payable to Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders.

Proposals must be accompanied by a certified check, bank cashier's check, treasurer's check or Bid Bond in the form provided in the Contract Documents, with corporate surety satisfactory to the Owner, in an amount not less than 10% of the Base Bid (but in no case in excess of $20,000.00, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-21), naming as payee or obligee, as applicable, Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders, to be retained and applied by the undersigned as provided in Contract Documents in case bidder would default in executing the Agreement or furnishing the required bonds and insurance certificates as required by Contract Documents.

Prospective bidders are advised that the Project is subject to a Project Labor Agreement (PLA). The PLA will be binding upon all Contractors performing on-site Project work, as defined in Article 3 of the PLA. The PLA can be examined, and copies obtained at the office of the architect or the Business Office of the School District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Prospective bidders are advised that this Project is one which will be subject and will be governed by provisions of New Jersey State Law governing (a) Prequalifications of Bidders, (b) Prevailing Wage Rates N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.25, (c) Use of Domestic Materials, N.J.S.A. 1 to 52:34-4 including any amendments and supplements thereto, and (d) Chapter 33, Assembly Bid #22 listing corporate / partnership names and addressed for individuals with a share of 10% or more. Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of P.L. 1975, c. 127.

“The Public Works Contractor Registration Act” became effective on April 11, 2000. A copy of the certificate must be included in the bid package. A copy of the Business Registration Certificate also must be included in the bid package, by the contractor and their prime subcontractors.

Each bidder shall also include with their bid, a Certificate letter from a Surety Company authorized to transact business in the State of New Jersey, stating that it will provide the Contractor with a Performance Bond in the sum required by N.J.S.A. 40A:11-22.

The successful bidder shall be required to execute a Contract for the performance of the said work or the furnishing of said material or both, as the case may be, and a Surety Bond to be executed by a reliable Surety Company in a sum equal to the amount of the contract price for said work and/or material, guaranteeing the performance of the Contract, which Surety bond and Contract shall be approved as to form and execution by the County Solicitor.

No proposals may be withdrawn for a period of 60 days after the date set for opening of bids. Right is reserved to waive informalities and to accept any bid or to reject any or all bids.

The Time Schedule for the project is as follows:

Wednesday 07/01/09 Advertisement / Bid packages available for Pick-up

Thursday Thursday 07/09/09 Pre-Bid meeting at 3:00 P.M. at the Cape May County Library Lower Township Branch, 2600 Bayshore Road, Villas, NJ 08251

Wednesday 07/15/09 Deadline for Questions to Robert Springer by 5:00 P.M.

Friday 07/17/09 Addendum Faxed to Bidders (If Necessary)

Wednesday  07/29/09          Bids Due at 2:00 P.M. at the Offices of the Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders, 4 Moore Road, Cape May Court House, New Jersey 08210
Thursday           04/15/10          Project Completion – Upper Township Branch Library
Friday                 05/14/10          Project Completion – Lower Township Branch Library

FORM OF PROPOSAL - PART A

This Proposal is submitted in accordance with your Advertisement inviting proposals to be received for the Contract Work for the Addition and Renovations to Cape May County Library Lower Township Branch and Renovations to Cape May County Library Upper Township Branch.

Having carefully examined the Contract Documents including all Addendums and being familiar with various conditions affecting the work, the undersigned herein agrees to furnish all materials, perform all labor and do all else necessary to complete the Contract Work for the above named Project in accordance with said Contract Documents for the BASE BID OF: $_________________________________________Dollars)

The "Listing of Subcontractors to be Used" form enclosed in the Specifications must be completed and included with the Bid Documents. Accompanying this Proposal is a certified check, bank cashier's check, bank treasurer's check of bid bond made payable to the County of Cape May, which will be retained by the County as a Proposal guarantee and applied in the event that the undersigned shall default in executing the contract or in furnishing the required bonds and insurance certificates within the time specified by the Contract Documents.

The undersigned hereby certifies that this Proposal is genuine and not sham or collusive or made in the interest of or in behalf of any person, firm or corporation not herein named and that the undersigned has not directly or indirectly induced or solicited any bidder to refrain from bidding and that the undersigned has not in any manner sought by collusion to secure for himself any advantages over any other bidder.

The undersigned, intending to be legally bound, agrees that this Proposal shall be irrevocable and shall remain subject to your acceptance for 60 days after date set for bid opening.

The undersigned submits this Proposal with the full knowledge of the Contract requirements and hereby agrees that the work of this Project, under this Contract, shall be fully and finally completed and ready for occupancy in accordance with the date found in the Project Schedule, Section 00015. Proposal shall be officially signed in accordance with Instructions to Bidders, using applicable portion of "Signature Pages".

FORM OF PROPOSAL - PART B - UNIT PRICES

1.1GENERAL

A. Unit price is an amount proposed by bidders, stated on the Bid Form, as a price per unit of measurement for materials or services added to or deducted from the Contract Sum by appropriate modification, if the estimated quantities of Work required by the Contract Documents are increased or decreased.

B. Unit prices include all necessary material to fully furnish, plus cost for delivery, installation, insurance, overhead, profit, and applicable taxes. The prices shown in the

schedule are for additions to the contract. When these prices are used for credits to the

contract they may be reduced by ten percent (10%).

C. Measurement and Payment: Refer to individual Specification Sections for work that

requires establishment of unit prices. Methods of measurement and payment for unit

prices are specified in those Sections.

1.The Owner reserves the right to reject the Contractor's measurement of work-in-

place that involves use of established unit prices, and to have this work measured,

at the Owner's expense, by an independent surveyor acceptable to the Contractor.

D. Schedule: A "Unit Price Schedule" is included at the end of this Section. Specification Sections referenced in the Schedule contain requirements for materials described under each unit price. The General Contractor shall submit a complete Unit Price Schedule. The Schedule MUST contain the Unit Prices for the four (4) Sub-

Contractors listed on the Subcontractor List. If there is no cost associated with the

Unit Price, put "0" or N/A in the space. If the space is left blank, we will assume

that no cost is associated to that Unit Price.

UNIT PRICE SCHEDULE

1. Provide an 8" concrete block non-fire rated wall from the floor to the underside of the structural deck. Paint the surface of both sides and provide vinyl base on both sides.

$ ______ Per LF

2. Provide 12 " x 12" x 1/8" vinyl composite tile. $__________ Per SF

3. Provide a ceiling tile / grid for 24" x 48" x %" ceiling tile as noted at Type "A" on the Room and Finish Schedule Drawings and in Specification Section 08512. $____ PER SF

4. Provide a 5/8" stud wall partition system from the floor to the underside of the structural deck. Include all insulation, painting and vinyl base on both sides. $__ Per LF

5. Provide carpet tile flooring. See Specification Section 09680 $ ____ Per SF

6. Provide a wet set ceramic tile floor. See Specification Section 09300. $___ Per SF

7. Provide a ceramic wall surface. See Specification Section 09300. $____ Per SF

8. Provide a 3' x 7'-0" corridor entrance wood door. See Door #114 in Lower Township Branch for typical style including frame, hardware and finish. $____ Each

9. Provide 2" thick acoustical wall panels. $ ____ Per SF

10. Concrete Foundations and Footings (Except for Grade Beams). Includes ail concrete, steel reinforcement, excavation, compaction and backfill. $___ Per CY

11. 4" Concrete Slab on Grade with WWF Vapor Barrier and Control Joints. $ _ PER SF

12. Open Web "K" Series Steel Joists and Accessories, Primed. Delivered to site and installed. Includes all incidental materials such as bridging, etc. $__ PER TON

13. Steel Roof Deck, 1-1/2", 22 Gage, Type B, Galvanized, Installed. Includes all incidental materials as required for complete installation. $__ Per 100 SF

14. Miscellaneous Structural Steel A-36, Plates, Angles, Channels, Anchor Bolts. Includes all field survey, detailing, design review, fabrication, delivery to site by Structural Contractor and installed by General Contractor. $ __ Per TON

15. Structural Steel - A572, Grade 50, Wide Ranges. Includes all field survey, detailing, design review, fabrication, delivery to site and erection $ ___ Per TON

16. Provide an 8" concrete block non-fire rated wall from the floor to the underside of the structural deck. Paint the surface of both sides and provide vinyl base on both sides

$___ Per LF

17. Roughed-in data outlet. Assume 100 foot of CAT 6 cable, no terminations. $ __ Each

18. Complete 120 volt, duplex receptacle and cover installation. Assume 100 feet of 12/2 wiring. $________________ Each

19. Roughed-in telephone outlets. Assume 100 foot of CAT 6 cable, no terminations.

$_______________ Each

20. Furnish, install, wire and program indoor fire alarm horn/strobe device. $____ Each

21. Furnish, install, wire and program fire alarm pull station. $___ Each

22. Furnish, install, wire and program area smoke detector. $ ___ Each

23. Furnish, install, wire and program area carbon monoxide detector. $___ Each

24. Furnish, install, wire and program ceiling-mounted occupancy sensor and lighting control for one (1) room (assume one circuit of lighting). $ __ Each

25. Furnish, install and wire Sure-Lites Model EUS-70-R edge-lit exit sign. $__ Each

26. Six (6) adjustable remote emergency light heads as specified on Electrical Drawings. $___________________________________6 Units

27. Furnish and wire 120 volt, 20 amp power feeder and disconnect switch for indoor

equipment/devices. Assume 100 feet of 12/2 wiring. $____________ Each

28. Furnish, install and wire Corelite Catalog No. R2-WL-3N5-1C-UNV-24 dimmable light fixture with Lutron ECO-10 dimmable ballasts. $ ____ Each
29. Furnish, install, wire and program Lutron Nova Series Model NF-10 dimming switch.

$___________________________________ Each

30. Furnish, install and wire Lumark Catalog No. CFEP-S-84-E, exterior, wall-mounted light fixture. $___________________________________ Each

31. Furnish and install ceiling mounted diffuser with integral balancing damper. Include in unit price furnishing and installing 20 foot of 6-inch round flexible duct, trunk duct connection with integral volume damper and all duct terminations at both ends.$ __Each

32. Furnish and install new underground electrical utility service feeders from utility pole to library's new electrical service equipment as indicated on electrical drawings.

$____ Each

33. Furnish and install new underground telephone utility service cable from utility pole to library's existing telephone system's head-end equipment as indicated on electrical drawings. $ ___ Each

34. Intercept, cut and splice existing fiber-optic cable (serving library's IT services outside the library) with a new fiber-optic cable inside a new outdoor Quazite box and extend new fiber-optic line into the existing stub-up within the library as indicated on electrical drawings. $___________________________________ Each

35. Dense Graded Aggregate Base Course, 6 inches thick. $,__ Per Square Yard

36. Hot Mix Asphalt Base Course, Mix 1-2, 2 inches thick. $ __ Per Square Yard

37. Hot Mix Asphalt Surface Course, Mix 1-5, 2 inches thick. $ __ Per Square Yard

38. Concrete Curb, 6 x 18". $___________________ Per Linear Foot

39. Reinforced Concrete Driveway, 6 inches thick.$ _____ Per Square Yard

40. Concrete Sidewalk, 4 inches thick. $____ Per Square Yard

41. Excavation and disposal of Unsuitable Material. $ ___ Per Cubic Yard

42. Select Fill, Dense Graded Aggregate $ ___ Per Cubic Yard

43. Select Fill, Soil Aggregate Mix 1-5. $ ____ Per Cubic Yard

1.1 GENERAL

A. An alternate is an amount proposed by bidders and stated on the Bid Form for certain

work that may be added to or deducted from the Base Bid amount if the Owner decides to

accept a corresponding change in either the amount of construction to be completed, or in

the products, materials, equipment, systems, or installation methods described in the

Contract Documents.

1. The cost or credit for each alternate is the net addition to or deduction from the

Contract Sum to incorporate the Alternate into the Work. No other adjustments are

made to the Contract Sum.

B. Coordination: Modify or adjust affected adjacent Work as necessary to completely and

fully integrate that Work into the Project.

C. Schedule: A "Schedule of Alternates" is included at the end of this Section.

Specification Sections referenced in the Schedule contain requirements for materials

necessary to achieve the Work described under each alternate. The General Contractor

shall enter the amount to be added or deducted from the base contract amount for

each alternate listed below. Fill in "0" or N/A if no work or cost is associated with

an alternate. Where applicable, please circle whether to add or deduct an alternate

from the base bid. If not circled, we will assume that the price is to be deducted

from the base bid.

1.2 PRODUCTS (Not Applicable)

1.3EXECUTION

SCHEDULE OF ALTERNATES

1. Provide glass partition / door in Room #106 "Reading / Reference" in the Upper Township Branch Library. See drawings for details. Alternate #1 Add $_____

2. Provide acoustical wall panels in the Children's Room and Stack Area at both projects as shown on the drawings and specifications:

2a. Upper Township Branch Library Alternate #2a Add $_____________

2b. Lower Township Branch Library Alternate #2b Add $ ____________

3. Apply white acrylic coating over the new S.B.S. Roofing System in the Lower Branch Library and existing roof areas in both libraries. The coating will apply over the existing roofing area after all repairs and modifications are completed. See drawings and specifications for details. Alternate #3 Add $ _______________________

4. All BMS work will be bid separate from the project's base bid as Add Alternate #4:

4A. Provide an Add Alternate price for a complete Building Management System as

described in the project's Technical Specifications and on Contract Drawings, designed

and furnished by Johnson Metasys (JCI) Extended Architecture (NAE).

Alternate #4A Add $_____________

4B. Provide an Add Alternate price for a complete Building Management System as

described in the project's Technical Specifications and on Contract Drawings, designed

and furnished by CM3 Controls. Alternate #4B Add $ ___________

4C. Provide an Add Alternate price for a complete Building Management System as

described in the project's Technical Specifications and on Contract Drawings, designed

and furnished by Honeywell. Alternate #4C Add $___________________

ADDENDUM NO. 1

Addendum No. 1 has been issued to the Contract Documents for the referenced project. The revision listed shall be made to the Contract Documents issued for the receipt of bids. This addendum shall become part of the total contract.

The Bidder shall acknowledge receipt of this Addendum by signing and returning the attached acknowledgement sheet with the Bidder’s Proposal.

The County regrets any inconvenience that this Addendum causes.

ADDENDUM NO. 2

Addendum No. 2 has been issued to the Contract Documents for the referenced project. The revision listed shall be made to the Contract Documents issued for the receipt of bids. This addendum shall become part of the total contract.

The Bidder shall acknowledge receipt of this Addendum by signing and returning the attached acknowledgement sheet with the Bidder’s Proposal.

The County regrets any inconvenience that this Addendum causes.

Clarification #1 July 24, 2009

Clarification #1 dated July 24, 2009, for the Addition and Renovations to Cape May County Library Lower Township Branch and Renovations to Cape May County Library Upper Township Branch shall be included as part of the Contract Bid Documents. Clarification #1 shall supplement and clarify the current Contract Bid Documents.

Clarification for Lower Township Library Asbestos Locations

Sample #, name, and material per Asbestos Report	Coordinating Room Name and Number per Architectural Demo Plan D-1
#2 Storage –Black Floor Tile Mastic	Rooms 107, 112
#5 Locker Room – Brown Linoleum	Rooms 120, 118
#6 Kids Room – Black Floor Tile Mastic	Room 114
#10 Newspaper Room – Black Floor Tile	Room 105

The VCT tile shall be removed by contractor in rooms as shown with demo note #17.