BID NOTICE

Wildwood City School District

Cape May County, New Jersey

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Wildwood City School District Board of Education will receive bids for HVAC Renovations to Wildwood High School/Middle School, together with all work incidental thereto, in accordance with the requirements of the drawings and specifications prepared by Fraytak Veisz Hopkins Duthie, P.C. (FVHD), Architects-Planners, FVHD Project #5342. 

Bids will be received for:  Single Overall Contract (C032 with C009, C047, C068)

Sealed Bids are due by Tuesday, January 13, 2022, 2:00 PM, to the Wildwood City Board of Education, Attn:  Jason Fuscellaro, Business Administrator/Board Secretary, 4300 Pacific Avenue, Wildwood, NJ 08260, and will be publicly opened and read immediately thereafter.  Any Bid received after that time shall be rejected. 

Prebid Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, December 16, 2021, 2:30 PM, at the Wildwood High School, 4300 Pacific Avenue, Wildwood, NJ 08260. Attendance at the prebid meeting is recommended. 

Due to COVID-19 virus and New Jersey Executive Orders EO107 and LFN2020-10, Contractors are required to provide their own face masks/personal protection equipment, practice social distancing and hand washing at all times and assume all risks associated with their presence on District premises.  Wearing a face mask is required at all times.  Construction on this project shall proceed in accordance with Executive Orders 122 and 142.

Bid Documents for the proposed Work are on file at the office of the Architect, FVHD, 1515 Lower Ferry Road, Trenton, NJ 08618, and may be obtained by prospective bidders electronically via direct download (pdf format), electronic file on disc, or printed paper set.  Information about the Project can be found on our website: www.fvhdpc.com under CONTRACTOR, BID LISTING.  To obtain bid documents, please download and fill out the “Bidder Registration Form,” available at https://fvhdpc.com/bids/bidlisting, and fax or email the completed form to the Architect’s Office.  Downloadable Electronic Bid Documents are available without fee.  Bid Documents by disk will be available for a non-refundable fee of $25.00, or by paper set for a non-refundable fee of $250.00 for each paper set.  Checks for disks and paper sets are payable in advance to Fraytak Veisz Hopkins Duthie, P.C.  Upon receipt of payment, disk or paper sets will be shipped, or made available for pick-up.  If contractor requests shipping, a direct shipping account number must be provided to the Architect and for paper sets, a separate non-refundable handling fee of $25 per set payable in advance.   Bidders should only rely on original digital and paper versions of the bidding contract documents obtained directly from the Architect's office.  Any bidder should contact the Architect’s office at (609) 883-7101 to confirm availability of documents.  All requests for information (RFI) must be submitted by December 29, 2021, and sent via facsimile at (609) 883-2694 or via common carrier to the Architect with the Architect Project Name and Project Number referenced.  RFI request submitted to the Architect via E-mail will not be accepted or responded to.

Bid Proposal shall be submitted in duplicate (one original and one copy) in a sealed envelope, addressed to the Owner, bearing the name and address of the bidder, and clearly marked “BID” with the contract title and/or bid number on the outside of the envelope and must be accompanied by a Certified Check, Cashier's Check or Bid Bond drawn to the order of the Owner in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid, but in no case in excess of $20,000; and must be delivered to the above place on or before the hour named.  The Board of Education and the Architect assume no responsibility for bids mailed or misdirected in delivery.

If the bid exceeds $20,000 bidder must be pre-qualified by the New Jersey Division of Property Management and Construction (DPMC), prior to the date that bids are received.  Any bid submitted under the terms of New Jersey statutes not including a copy of a valid and active Pre-qualification/ Classification Certificate shall be rejected as being non-responsive to bid requirements.

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-25, each proposal shall be accompanied by a Proposition of Surety from a Surety Company stating it will provide each bidder with separate Performance and Payment Bonds, each in the amount of 100% of the contract sum.  Also, Surety agrees to furnish bidder with a Maintenance Bond in required form.  The Proposition of Surety shall be executed by an approved surety company authorized to do business in the State of New Jersey and in accordance with N.J.S.A. 2A:44-143, and 2A:44-144 and with the three highest rating categories of rating companies nationally recognized.

This project is subject to the New Jersey State Prevailing Wage Act, N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.27 et seq.

Pursuant to "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act", N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.48 et seq., bidders and their subcontractors are required to be registered with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and to possess a current certificate by said Department indicating compliance with the Act prior to the time and date that bids are received. 

All bidders must comply with N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq., N.J.A.C. 17:27 et seq. and N.J.S.A. 10:2-1.  An Initial Project Workforce Report will be required from the successful bidder (Form AA-201).

No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the opening thereof.  The right is reserved to reject all bids pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-22 and to waive minor informalities in the bidding in accordance with applicable law.

By Order of the Wildwood City Board of Education

Jason Fuscellaro, Business Administrator/Board Secretary

June 4, 2020

 WPS Statement on Equity and Equality

Wildwood Public Schools have been and will always be committed to issues of equity and equality. This commitment is made even more relevant as the nation has united in protest over the past few days, and will fuel and inspire our efforts as we continue in pursuit of this goal until it is met.  

Our work toward this goal is well documented.  It can be found in our testimony regarding the pipeline issues that negatively impact the preparation of minority teaching candidates, the negative impacts of standardized assessments and high school graduation, and the negative effects of funding inequities on our students.  

We have never just talked the talk, but have returned to the district to develop programs that address the issues that we travel to Trenton to call into question.  Some evidence of this work includes the following:   

• We have partnered with Stockton University to develop a teacher preparation program as a response to the minority pipeline issue.  
• We worked with our Chief of Police to build a CTE Law Enforcement program in response to the small pool of minority candidates applying to our local police department. 
• We petitioned the NJDOE to be admitted into the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program as a response to how the program impacts our funding and our demographics, as our district is the only high school district in the county that does not have choice seats.
• We have been members of the New Jersey Network of Superintendents, an organization committed to equity in schools.  Participation guided us to completely overhaul how students gain access to our Advance Placement and Honors courses, which has resulted in more minority students sitting for this higher level coursework.
• Our board has approved a resolution to become a party to the most recent desegregation lawsuit against the state of New Jersey.  Only two districts in the state are included as plaintiffs and Wildwood is one of them.

 Our actions and commitment to the work speak for themselves.  We feel that all of our efforts and an explanation of what we are advocating for needs to be a living resource on our website, as we need a forum to highlight our efforts, and it can now be found on the designated page known as “Equity and Advocacy”.  As stated earlier, we will continue the pursuit of equity and equality for our students until the goal is met as our students deserve nothing less.

Sincerely,

J. Kenyon Kummings

Superintendent

LET YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE KNOW

YOU DO NOT SUPPORT THESE BUDGET CUTS!

TO SIGN OUR PETITION - CLICK HERE!

Click on the link below to read a letter from Wildwood Public Schools Superintendent, Kenyon Kummings regarding state aid funding cuts to our district.  

 Community State Aid Support Letter ENGLISH

Community State Aid Support Ltr. - SPANISH

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