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Dateot Adt/Dtilm January 17, 2002
AWARDING BID FOR
SEWAGE TREATI~IENT PLANT DEI~IOLITION TO DOUBLE EDGE
CONTRACTING~ LLC
WHEREAS, on November 27, 2001, the Borough of Carteret
received bids for the Sewage Treatment Plant Demolition, Contract No.:
01-8; and
WHEREAS, the lowest bid for said contract was received from
Double Edge Contracting, LLC, of East Hanover, New Jersey, in the
amount of $195,675.00; and
WHEREAS, the bid PrOposal from Double Edge Contracting did not
include a copy of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
UST Certifications and proof of pollution liability insurance in the minimum
amount of $500,000.00, as directed in the bid specifications; and
WHEREAS, Double Edge Contracting has submitted proof to the
Borough Attorney that the Certifying Officer for All Environmental &
Construction Service, :[nc., the proposed US-i- subcontractor for Double
Edge, was cei-cified as required by the Department of Environmental
Protection as of October 30, 2001, and has also provided proof that, on
December 6, 2001, All Environmental was also certified to perform said
work as required by N.J.S.A. 58:10A-24.1 et seq. and N2.A.C. 7:14B-14;
and
WHEREAS, Double Edge Contracting has provided evidence of the
required pollution liability insurance; and
WHEREAS, the bid specifications for the Sewage Plant Demolition
Contract provides that the Borough may wave any informalities in said bid
proposals; and
WHEREAS, under existing law, the Borough may wave minor
defects in public bids submitted pursuant to the Local Public Contracts
Law, ND.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq., where the effect of said waiver would not
deprive the municipality of its assurance that the contract would be
performed pursuant to its specified requirements and where the nature of
the defect so waved would not adversely affect the competitive bidding
process; and
WHEREAS, the Borough Attorney has advised the Governing Body
that the above described irregularities in Double Edge's bid proposal are
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minor and thus wavable pursuant to the aforementioned iegal standard;
and
WHEREAS, the Borough's Consulting Engineer for this project,
T&M Associates, has indicated that a review of references supplied by
Double Edge Contracting have indicated that it has had a satisfactory past
job performance and the Engineer has not discovered any information
which would justify the rejection of Double Edge's bid based upon its past
job performance; and
WHEREAS, the Governing Body has considered the advantages to
the Borough of awarding the Sewer Plant Demolition Contract to Double
Edge Contracting whose bid is approximately $90,000.00 less than the
second lowest bid submitted; and
WHEREAS, funds are or will be available for said project.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Carteret, County of Middlesex, State of New Jersey, as
fo]iOWS:
1. The bid of Double Edge Contracting, LLC, East
Hanover, New Jersey, in the amount of $195,675.00 for the Sewer
Treatment Plant Demolition, Contract, No. 01-8, in conformance with the
bid specifications and contract documents is hereby approved.
2. This award is contingent upon the review and
approval of the contract documents by the Borough Attorney, and the
approval of the NJ Department of Labor, Division of Wage and Hour
Compliance.
3. The Hayor and Borough Clerk are hereby authorized
to execute said contract on behalf of the Borough.
Adopted this 17th day of January, 2002
and certified as a true copy of the
original on January 18, 2002.
KATHLEMN M. BARNEY, RMC,/CMC
Municipal Clerk
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Adopted at a mecting of the Municipal Council
January 17, 2002
CLERK