Bid Package

BOROUGH OF LEONIA
NOTICE TO BIDDERS

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE  that on June 14, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.  in the Conference  room at the Leonia Municipal Building, 312 Broad Avenue, Leonia, New Jersey, the Borough Administrator will accept sealed bids for lease rights to a portion of the premises known as Block 102, Lot 3, located at 1 Overpeck Drive North, Leonia, New Jersey 07605.

1. The leased premises will consist of the area located at Block 102, Lot 3 – 1 Overpeck Drive North, Leonia, NJ. Access to the site will be provided to the Borough of Leonia during the term of this Lease for its operations that will not interfere with this Lessee’s rights to utilize the area under this Lease.
2. The Lease shall be in the form attached to this Notice.
3. The term of the Lease shall be one (1) year, with the Borough’s option to renew for four (4) one (1) year periods.
4. The minimum annual rent acceptable to the Borough shall be One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) for the first year with 5% annual increases for each option year; and shall include and require the successful bidder utilizing the facility to transport and dispose of all of the vegetative waste collected by the Borough of Leonia which shall be at no additional cost to the Borough.
5. There shall be required a security deposit in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). The security deposit will be held by the Borough in accordance with the terms of the lease document and will be required at time of lease commencement.
6. Bidders will be furnished a copy of the bid specifications, which will include the form of sample lease, at the office of the Borough Clerk, 312 Broad Avenue, Leonia, New Jersey 07605 during regular business hours.
7. Bids must be made on the prescribed official bid forms in the manner designated therein and must be enclosed in sealed envelopes being the name and address of the bidder and the name of the project “Lease of Block 102, Lot 3 – 1 Overpeck Drive North, Leonia, NJ for the Purposes of Operating a Leaf compost facility” on the outside and addressed to the Borough Administrator of the Borough of Leonia, 312 Broad Avenue, Leonia, New Jersey.
8. Said Lease rights will be let to the bidder(s) in accordance with the provision of
   N.J.S.A. 40A:12-14 and 24, with reservation of the right to reject any and all bids in the sole discretion of the Governing Body of Leonia.
9. The Mayor and Council reserve the right to waive any informalities or to REJECT ALL BIDS.
   
   
   By order of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Leonia.