TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR
MERCER COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals addressed to the Business Administrator will be received on or before
Tuesday, January, 27, 2026, at 1:00 pm, prevailing time, at which time they will be opened and read at the West
Windsor Township Municipal Building, Room A, within the Municipal Complex, 271 Clarksville Road, Princeton
Junction, New Jersey for the work described below. Bid packages submitted prior to the day of the bid opening shall
be submitted to the Administration Department in the Municipal Complex. The Township encourages prospective
bidders to submit their sealed proposals prior to January, 27, 2026 via certified mail or overnight delivery along with
requiring a signature. West Windsor is not responsible for bids which are sent for delivery and not received by a
Township employee. At conclusion of the public bid opening and after review from Municipal personnel, the bid
results along with the pertinent documents of the apparent three low bid submissions will be scanned and posted on
the Municipal Website within 48 hours, www.westwindsornj.org.
Specifications, plans and bid documents will be available on or after Friday, December 12, 2025, at 10:00 am, and
may be examined from the Administration Department located in the West Windsor Township Municipal Building
during the hours of 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday excluding holidays or obtained upon a non-
refundable deposit of $30.00 per set. Please follow instructions posted at the front entrance of the Municipal Building
if picking up and/or reviewing the bid packages in person as they will direct you on the proper procedure for
maintaining physical distancing requirements. The only acceptable methods of payment are cash or a physical check
and/or money order. Check shall be made payable to West Windsor Township. Scanned checks are not
acceptable. Mailed checks must include a request for documents with the name of the requested solicitation, as well
as the Company Name, Mailing Address, Telephone & Facsimile Numbers as well as Contact Person’s Name & Email
Address. A FedEx number must be provided in order for West Windsor to ship the documents. Cash payments must
be submitted in the exact amount.
Bids must be submitted on the prescribed form, in a sealed envelope marked:
Bid Proposal
2026 PUBLIC LAND MAINTENANCE – CUL DE SAC ISLANDS AND
STREET TREE MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT
The work under this contract includes the furnishing of all labor, material and equipment necessary or required to
complete all work set forth in the contract documents. It is the intention of West Windsor Township to award a
contract for Public Lands Maintenance. Under the Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A: 11-15(7), we are
permitted to renew this contract for two years after the first year for a total of three years. Therefore, we are
requesting bids / costs for three years. The Township reserves the right to renew this contract through the
succeeding two years if desired by the Township. The determination for renewal will be made each year.
The Base Bid includes annual maintenance for approximately 130 cul de sac and traffic landscape islands including
weed prevention and removal, mulching, mowing and pruning; removal and replacement of approximately 60 street and
open space trees; removal and replacement of approximately 75 shrubs; and pruning or stump grinding of approximately
75 trees.
A bid deposit in the form of a certified check, cashier's check, or bid bond made payable to the Township of West Windsor
in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the bid, but not to exceed $20,000.00, must accompany each
proposal as a security, which may be forfeited and retained by the Township in lieu of its other legal remedies, if a
successful bidder's proposal is accepted by the Township and he shall fail to execute and return to the Township the
required contract and/or bonds within ten (10) days after delivery of the prepared contract and/or bond form to him by the
Township.
The Township Council reserves the right to reject all proposals in whole or in part or to waive minor informalities as may
be permitted by law. Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of P.L. 1975, C. 127 and N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et
seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27.
Marlena Schmid, Business Administrator, West Windsor Township