COUNTY OF MORRIS
LEGAL NOTICE
Separate SEALED BIDS will be received by the Purchasing Agent of the County of Morris on October 24, 2025 at 11:00am, Eastern Standard Time in the Office of Purchasing, Morristown, New Jersey for the respective project as follows:
REPLACEMENT OF BRIDGE 14M1403
THREE RIVERS DRIVE OVER WELDON BROOK
IN THE TOWNSHIP OF JEFFERSON, MORRIS COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
BID# B25-129
Bids are available for downloading FOR FREE from http://www.morriscountybidsystem.com/, or may be picked up FOR A FEE OF $50.00 on or after September 26, 2025 in the office of Engineering and Transportation at 30 Schuyler Place, 3rd Floor – Room 333, Morristown, NJ 07963 during regular business hours. The County of Morris shall not be responsible for full or partial sets of Contract Documents, including addenda, obtained from any other source.
Replacement of Bridge 14M1403 Three Rivers Drive over Weldon Brook in the Township of Jefferson, Morris County, New Jersey consisting of, but not limited to, 1 LS-Performance & Payment Bond; 1 LS-Mobilization; 1 Unit-Field Office Setup, Type C; 1 LS-Construction Layout; 1 LS-Clearing Site, Roadway & Bridge; 400 SF -Construction Signs; 90 LF-Construction Barrier Curb; 20 Units-Breakaway Barricades; 300 LF-Silt Fence; 120 LF-Floating Turbidity Barrier; 1 Unit-Inlet Filter; Allowance-Herpetologist; 12 Unit-Sand Inertial Barrier; 2 Units-Portable Variable Message Sign; 50 CY-Excavation, Test Pits; 850 CY-Excavation Unclassified; 350 CY-Excavation Regulated; 600 Ton-Disposal of Regulated Material; 1 LS- Permanent Cofferdam; 95 CY-Concrete Footing; 20 CY-Concrete Pedestal; 60 CY-Concrete Wingwall; 12,000 Lbs.-Reinforcement Steel, Epoxy Coated; 30 LF-Precast Concrete Culvert; 5 CY-Concrete Bridge Header; 5 CY-Concrete Bridge Parapet; 100 SY-Membrane Waterproofing; 32 LF-Steel 4-Bar Bridge Railing; 88 CY-Coarse Aggregate Layer Wrapped in Geotextile Fabric; 600 CY-Fill Materials (I-9 & I-11); 10 CY-Clay Soil Mix for Artificial Bank; 100 SY-Rip Rap Stone Slope & Channel Protection; 40 LF-9”x20” Concrete Vertical Curb; 90 SY-HMA Driveway, 6” Thick; 290 SY-DGABC, 6”Thick; 30 SY-DGABC, 12” Thick for Artificial Bank; 90 Tons-HMA Base Course; 110 Tons-HMA Surface Course; 54 LF-Sawing & Sealing Joints in HMA Overlay; 4 Units-Pre-Stained Galvanized Tangent Guide Rail Terminal; 4 Units-Pre-Stained Galvanized Approach Guide Rail; 90 SY-Non-Vegetative Surface, Broken Stone; 1 Unit-Reset Existing Casting; 300 LF-Caution Fence; 130 LF-Chain Link Fence, 10 Ft. High; 30 SF-Regulatory & Warning Signs; 1 LS-Watermain Replacement; ALLOWANCE-Police Traffic Directors; and 300 SY-Topsoil, Fertilize-Seed & Mulch.
Bids shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to the County of Morris and marked with the name and address of the Bidder and the Contract Title and Number. Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) (not to exceed $20,000.00) of the total bid, payable to the County of Morris, as a guarantee that if the contract is awarded to the Bidder they will enter into a contract and provide the necessary bonds, and insurance as required by the County and the Division of Risk Management.
Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27-1 et seq.
Bid proposals shall be delivered to the Purchasing Agent either in person at the hour designated, or previous thereto, by delivery or mail, at the Morris County Purchasing Division, Room 517, 5th Floor, Administration & Records Building, PO Box 900, Morristown, New Jersey, 07963 0900. No bids shall be accepted after the designated time, and Morris County will not assume responsibility for bids forwarded by mail or delivery service, nor any other conveyance.
The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond, Payment Bond and Maintenance Bond as specified in the Contract Documents. EACH BID MUST BE ACCOMPANIED WITH A CONSENT OF SURETY which states that the surety company will provide the Bidder with the performance bond specified in the Contract Documents in the event the Bidder is awarded the Contract.
The vendor shall maintain all documentation related to products, transactions or services under this contract for a period of five years from the date of final payment. Such records shall be made available to the New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller upon request.
Anthony Aponte
Purchasing Agent
The County of Morris
A bid review and provision of unit prices will be posted online once available.
Bidders/Respondents are encouraged to MAIL in bids and responses. If they must be hand delivered, the County of Morris Purchasing Office is located on the 5th floor of the Administration and Records Building, 10 Court Street, Morristown, New Jersey.
TABULATION SHEET: Available on Bidnet within 1 week AFTER close of bid. Award of contract by the Board of County Commissioners will be made within 60 days.
1T 9/26/2025
