N.J. Admin. Code § 19:38-3.11

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 19:38-3.11 - Irregular bids

(a) Bids will be considered irregular and may be rejected for failure to comply with the bid and contract documents for reasons that may include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. If the bid is on a form other than that furnished by the Authority or if the form is altered or any part thereof is detached or incomplete;

2. If the bid is not properly signed or sealed;

3. If the bid is not typed or completed in ink;

4. If there are unauthorized additions, conditions or alternate bids, or irregularities of any kind that may tend to make the bid incomplete, indefinite, or ambiguous as to its meaning;

5. If the bid contains any provisions reserving the right to accept or reject an award, or in any way submits a contingent bid to enter into a contract pursuant to any award. The prohibition does not include a reservation limiting the maximum gross amount of awards acceptable to any one bidder at any one bid letting. However, the Authority will make the selection of which contract or contracts are to be awarded to such bidder within the maximum gross amount reserved;

6. If the bid contains any alterations to any prices or amounts that have been established by the Authority in the bid and contract documents;

7. If the Price Proposal fails to contain a price for an alternate or allowance required by the bid and contract documents;

8. If the Price Proposal is not accompanied by a bid bond as required by the bid and contract documents;

9. If the firm fails to acknowledge addenda, letters, and other notices required to be acknowledged that have been sent by the Authority or the PMF;

10. If the firm fails to name in the bid proposal identify subcontractors required to be named by the bid and contract documents;

11. If the firm submits a bid that exceeds the firm's Project Rating or its Aggregate Rating;

12. If the bidder submits a bid which exceeds its Project Rating in the trade classification to bid the package or its aggregate limit; or

13. If the Authority deems it advisable to do so in the interest of the State or the public interest.

N.J. Admin. Code § 19:38-3.11

Amended by R.2014 d.001, effective 1/6/2014.
See: 45 N.J.R. 1592(a), 46 N.J.R. 131(a).
Substituted "Authority" for "Corporation" throughout; and in (a)9, inserted a comma following "letters".