The Housing Authority of the City of Bayonne is receiving bids for Replacement of Electric Heaters in All Apartments at Back Bay Gardens (12-8). Parties choosing to submit their bids via the United States mail are required to have the mail delivered prior to the appointed bid opening time. Proper consideration must be given to allow for weekends and holidays. The Authority reserves the right to waive any informality in any bid or bids, to reject any and all bids, and to accept such bid or bids and to make such awards as may be in the best interest of the Authority. Bids will be awarded only to the corporation or other entity in whose name the qualifications or other documentation is submitted. Corporate affiliates, subsidiary or parent corporations or related entities are not automatically qualified. Each bid shall be accompanied by a Bid Bond issued by a New Jersey Licensed Surety Company which is listed in the most recently published U.S. Treasury Circular No. 570, or by certified check in the amount called for in the Specifications, made out to the Housing Authority of the City of Bayonne. Bids must also be accompanied by the affidavits, etc., referred to in the Instructions to Bidders. Regardless of whether a Bid Bond or Certified Check is submitted for bid guarantee, each bidder must submit a Consent of Surety also from a New Jersey Licensed Surety Company which is listed in the most recently published U.S. Treasury Circular No. 570, stating that it will issue the necessary performance and maintenance bonds should the bidder enter into contract for this work with the Housing Authority of the City of Bayonne. The Invitation for Bid and the contract awarded to it comply with the fair and open process, established and further defined by N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.7. Consequently, the provision of N.J.S.A 19:44A-20.5 and N.J.S.A 19:44A-20.26, as to campaign contributions, do not apply to the Invitation to Bid and the contract to be awarded hereunder. Each Bidder must submit, with its Bid, security in the amount indicated below. No bidder may withdraw its Bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the actual date of opening thereof without the consent of the Authority. Amount of Bid Bid Guarantee Up to $200,000 10% of Bid $200,000 to $400,000 $20,000 Over $400,000 5% of Bid All Bidders are hereby notified that compliance with the most recently published and applicable Davis-Bacon Wage Requirements will be required in the performance of any contract awarded. All Bidders are hereby notified that compliance with the business registration provisions of P.L. 2004, c. 57, as subsequently amended by P.L. 2009, c. 315, will be required at time of bid submission or thereafter in the performance of any contract awarded. The successful Bidder will be required to obtain a Performance Bond for the full amount of the Contract and a Maintenance Bond for a percentage of the construction cost as defined in the specifications, both from a New Jersey Licensed Surety Company which is listed in the most recently published U.S. Treasury Circular No. 570. Bidders and the successful Contractor and his subcontractors will be required to comply with Affirmative Action Regulations of the State of New Jersey, stipulated in N.J.S.A. 10:5-31-38, and to comply with Chapter 33 of the Public Laws of 1977 and with the requirements of Public Law of 1975, Chapter 127, and N.J.A.C. 17:27 "Law Against Discrimination", current regulations, as well as all federal Affirmative Action Programs. All Bidders, including corporations, partnerships, and sole proprietorships, must submit a Statement of Ownership. The project is being executed with funds provided by the U.S. Government through Department of Housing and Urban Development.