Notice to Bidders: Amphitheater Improvements at the Community Arts Center

Township of East Brunswick Phone: (732) 390-6850
1 Civic Center Drive Fax: (732) 238-8848
East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816-1081 www.eastbrunswick.org
TOWNSHIP OF EAST BRUNSWICK
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
[CONTRACT # 2026-10]
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that sealed bids will be received by the Municipal Clerk of
the Township of East Brunswick, New Jersey, County of Middlesex, in the Large Conference Room
at the Municipal Building, 1 Jean Walling Civic Center, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816 for:
AMPHITHEATER IMPROVEMENTS AT THE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER
BID OPENING DATE: OCTOBER 14, 2026 TIME: 11:00 A.M.
The start date for construction of this project will be no later than November 2, 2026, and the
completion date will be no later than One Hundred Eighty Calendar Days from the date of Notice
to Proceed.
This project consists of minor site clearing, grading and earthwork for the construction of seating
terraces with cast-in-place seat walls, expansion of stage area with new cast-in-place walls, stepped
concrete sidewalk, other concrete flatwork, concrete coating systems for exposed wall faces, metal
re-painting, site lighting and electric, installation of sod and turf restoration, and installation of
other various site amenities as indicated in the plan documents.
The project entails the following general quantities:
Mobilization, (Lump Sum); Soil Erosion and Sediment Control (Lump Sum); Clearing Site
(Lump Sum); Grading and Earthwork (Lump Sum); Stepped Concrete Sidewalk (Lump Sum);
Reinforced Concrete Seat Wall (400 LF); Concrete Pit Stage (Lump Sum); Concrete Stage
Repair (Lump Sum); Wall Coating System (Lump Sum); Exterior Metal Repainting (Lump
Sum); Concrete Sidewalk, 4" Thick (25 SY); Metal Privacy Screens (Lump Sum); Non-
Illuminated Steel Guard, 3'-6" High (Lump Sum); Wall-mounted Handrail (Lump Sum);
Furnish and Install Lighting (Lump Sum); Furnish and Install Lighting Controls (Lump Sum);
Furnish and Install Switchgear (Lump Sum); Topsoil Spreading, 4" Thick (1,100 SY)
Fertilizing and Seeding (220 SY); Straw Mulching (220 SY); Fertilizing and Sodding (880
SY)
Contract Documents and Plans for the proposed work prepared by Suburban Consulting Engineers,
Inc, may be examined at the Department of Planning and Engineering, Public Works Complex, 4
Harts Lane, East Brunswick, New Jersey and may be obtained by prospective bidders for a non-
refundable fee of $15.00 during the hours of 7:30 A.M. and 3:30 P.M. until 48 hours prior to the
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time set for the bid opening. Proposals must be made on the Standard Proposal Forms in the manner
designated in Section 102 of the Contract Documents, must be hand delivered or mailed by
certified mail, must be enclosed in sealed envelopes bearing the name and address of the Bidder
and the name of the work on the outside, must be addressed to the Township of East Brunswick,
and must be accompanied by a statement of Consent of Surety from a surety company authorized
to do business in the State of New Jersey and acceptable to the Township of East Brunswick.
Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check or cash in the amount of not less than ten
(10%) percent, except that the amount shall not exceed $20,000.00, of the bid payable without any
conditional endorsement as a guarantee that, in case the Contract is awarded to the bidder, he will,
within 5 Municipal Business Days thereafter, execute such Contract and furnish satisfactory
performance bond. Upon failure to do so he shall forfeit the deposit as liquidated damages and the
acceptance of the bid will be contingent upon the fulfillment of this requirement by the bidder. No
interest shall be allowed upon any such certified check or cash. A bid bond in the amount of ten
(10%) percent of the bid may be substituted for certified check or cash.
All bid security except the security of the three apparent lowest responsible bidders shall be
returned, unless otherwise requested by the bidder, within 10 days after the opening of the bids.
Sundays and holidays excepted, and the bids of such bidders shall be considered as withdrawn.
Within 3 days, Sundays and holidays excepted, after the awarding and signing of the contract and
the approval of the contractor's performance bond, the bid security of the remaining unsuccessful
bidders shall be returned to them.
Each bid must also be accompanied by a certificate from a bonding company licensed to do
business in the State of New Jersey and acceptable to the Township guaranteeing that, if the
proposal of the bidder be accepted, they will furnish the bond set forth in Subsection 103.05 of the
General Conditions of the Contract and the acceptance of the bid will be contingent upon the
fulfillment of this requirement.
Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq and N.J.A.C.
17:27.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A-27, as it may apply to this Contract, all bidders may be required
to meet with qualifications established with the Department of Treasury, Division of Building and
Construction.
The successful bidder shall be required to comply with the provisions of the New Jersey Prevailing
Wage Act, N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.25 et seq.
A corporation submitting a bid, in response to this advertisement, shall accompany such bid with
a resolution authorizing its proper officers to submit such a bid and authorize said officers to
execute a contract in the event its bid is accepted.
The Township of East Brunswick reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids or to waive any
formalities, minor irregularities and immaterial variances in the form of bids if, in its opinion, it is
in the best interest of the Township to do so.
Attorneys in fact who sign contract bonds must file with each bond a certified and effectively dated
copy of their power of attorney.
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BY ORDER of the Township Council of the Township of East Brunswick.
Tamar Lawful, RMC, CMR, QPA
Municipal Clerk
TOWNSHIP OF EAST BRUNSWICK
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Notice was advertised on the East Brunswick website on October 1, 2026.
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