272-22 Exhibit A-Thorguard.pdf

SPECIFICATIONS It is the intent of this specification to provide for the purchase and installation of one (1) lighting prediction and warning system for Stagg Field and Rock Spring Golf Club. The product shall feature technology that measures the changes and shifts in the earth's electrostatic atmosphere, provide audible warning and safe return to play notifications through the use of integrated air horn clusters. The product shall also provide visual warnings of danger through the use of strobe lights and have the ability to communicate warnings to multiple alarm stations through the RF frequencies or better. The following specification is based upon a Thorguard TG360 system. The Township's Recreation Department has evaluated different types of lightning prediction systems and has determined that this product is best suited for the Township's needs in safety, quality, performance, and standardization. This specification is not to be interpreted as restrictive, but rather as a measure of the safety, quality and performance against which all lightning prediction systems bid will be compared. In comparing proposals, consideration will not be confined to price only. Contract will be awarded for the product which best serves the interests of the Township when cost, product, safety, quality and delivery are considered. The Township of West Orange reserves the right to reject any or all bids or any part thereof, and to waive any minor technicalities. A contract will be awarded to the bidder submitting the lowest responsible bid meeting the requirements. LOCATION OF INSTALLATION AND EQUIPMENT NEEED * Rock Spring Golf Course: 90 Rock Spring Road, West Orange, NJ 07052 One (1) Notification Unit * Stagg Field: 385 St. Cloud Avenue, West Orange, NJ 07052 One (1) Control Unit and Notification Unit EQUIVALENT PRODUCT Bids will be accepted for consideration on any make or model that is equal or superior to the lightning prediction system specified. Decisions of equivalency will be at the sole interpretation of the Township of West Orange's Recreation Department. A blanket statement that equipment proposed will: meet alll 7

requirements will not be sufficient to establish equivalence. Original manufacturer's brochures of the proposed unit are to be submitted with the proposal. All modifications made to the standard production unit described in the manufacturer's brochures must be certified by the manufacturer and submitted with the bid, or the bid will be deemed "non-responsive" and rejected without further review. Ifa bidder proposes equipment that varies from the equipment specified, the bidder must provide, deliver, and retrieve a demonstrator unit similar to the one proposed at no cost to the Township within thirty (30) days of the bid opening for an evaluation period of no less than five (5) business days. INTERPRETATIONS In order to be fair to all bidders, no oral interpretations will be given to any bidder as to the meaning of the specification documents or any part thereof. Every request for such a consideration shall be made in writing to the Township Purchasing Agent. Based upon such inquiry, the Township may choose to issue an Addendum in accordance with NJSA 40A:11-23. GENERAL This specification states the minimum requirements of the Township. All bids must be regular in every respect. Unauthorized conditions, limitations, or provisions shall be cause for rejection. The Township will consider as "irregular" or “non-responsive” any bid not prepared and submitted in accordance with the bid document and specification, or any bid lacking sufficient technical literature to enable the Township to make a reasonable determination of compliance to the specification. It shall be the bidder's responsibility to carefully examine each item of the specification. Failure to offer a completed bid or failure to respond to each section of the technical specification (COMPLY: YES NO) will cause the proposal to be rejected without review as "non-responsive". All variances, exceptions and/or deviations shall be fully described in the appropriate section. Deceit in responding to the specification will 4. LIGHTNING PREDICTION SYSTEM NO 1.1 Uses electrostatic atmospheric analysis for prediction 1.2 System also detects lightning strikes including distance and direction 1.3 Site specific storm data used for prediction and data retrained | < Ix be [> 14 Generates an emergency notification system 8

1.5 Provides heat index alerts 1.6 Provide site’s wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, dew point and rainfall measurements 1.7 Minimum 3 Year warranty on assembly unit 1.8 Installation of units and services included 2, WARNING SYSTEM 2.1 Notifications communicated through the use of air horns 2.2 Notifications visually communicated through strobe lights 2.3 Able to communicate to multiple stations via RF system 2.4 Minimum 2 year warranty on the product 3. MANUALS 3.1 A parts manual shall be provided 3.2 An operation and maintenance manual shall be provided 3.3 All manuals shall be originals; photocopies are not acceptable 4. EXCEPTIONS AND DEVIATIONS | x |< ]* < ES P| Pe xX x x NO Bidder shall fully describe every variance, exception and/or deviation. Additional sheets may be used if required. N/A

Business Registration Certification and Public Works Contractor Registration Certification Effective September 1, 2004, the State has expanded its Contractor Registration Program to local Government contracts, P.L. 2004, 57. All business organizations that do business with a local government agency are required to be registered with the State. The business must provide proof of that registration to the local government agency before that local government agency can enter into a contract with the business. A copy of the Business Registration Certificate must also be on file before any purchase ordet/voucher or other contracting document can be issued. Contractors are responsible for notifying subcontractors. Further information and registration can be obtained online from the NJ Treasury, Division of Revenue or by calling (609) 292-1730. Se RC aC i i ke sca sok kk a aca ak P.L. 1999 Chapter 238, The Public Works Contractor Registration Act specifies that no contractor or subcontractor shall bid on or engage in any contract (or part thereof) for public work which is subject to the provisions of the “New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act”, P.L, 1963 C. 150 (c. 34:11-56.25 et seq.) for the construction, reconstruction, demolition, alteration, repair, or maintenance of a-public building regularly open to and used by the general public or public institution, and includes any subcontractor or lower tier subcontractor of a contractor unless they are registered with the Commissioner of Labor 4 10

(REVISED 4/10) EXHIBIT A MANDATORY EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY LANGUAGE N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. (P.L. 1975, C. 127} N.J.A.C, 17:27 GOODS, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND GENERAL SERVICE CONTRACTS During the performance of this contract, the contractor agrees as follows: The contractor or subcontractor, where applicable, will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality or sex. Except with respect to affectional or sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, the contractor will ensure that equal employment opportunity is afforded to such applicants in recruitment and employment, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gander identity or expression, disability, nationality-or sex. Such equal employment opportunity shall include, but not be limited to the following: employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layaff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. The contractor agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided by the Public Agency Compliance Officer setting forth provisions of this nondiscrimination clause. The contractor or subcontractor, where applicable will, in all solicitations or advertisements for employees placed by or on behalf of the contractor, state that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality or sex. The contractor or subcantractorwill send toeachlaborunion, with which it-has-a. —_—_—_—_—employment- collective bargaining agreement, a notice, to be provided by the agency contracting officer, advising the labor union of the contractor's commitments under this chapter and shall post copies of the notice in conspicuous places available to employees and applicants for The contractor or subcontractor, where applicable, agrees to

actor's commitments under this chapter and shall post copies of the notice in conspicuous places available to employees and applicants for The contractor or subcontractor, where applicable, agrees to comply with any regulations promulgated by the Treasurer pursuant to N.J.S.A, 10:5-31 et seq,, as amended and supplemented from time to time and the Americans with Disabilities Act. 1.

(continued) The contractor or subcontractor agrees to make good faith efforts to meet targeted county employment goals established in accordance with N.J.A.C. 17:27-5.2. The contractor or subcontractor agrees to inform in writing its appropriate recruitment agencies including, but not limited to, employment agencies, placement bureaus, colleges, universities, and labor unions, that it does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality or sex, and that it will discontinue the use of any recruitment agency which engages in direct or indirect discriminatory practices. The contractor or subcontractor agrees to revise any of its testing procedures, if necessary, to assure that all personnel testing conforms with the principles of job-related testing, as established by the statutes and court decisions of the State of New Jersey and as established by applicable Federal law and applicable Federal court decisions. In conforming with the targeted employment goals, the contractor or subcontractor agrees to review all procedures relating to transfer, upgrading, downgrading and layoff to ensure that all such actions are taken without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality or sex, consistent with the statutes and court decisions of the State of New Jersey, and applicable Federal law and applicable Federal court decisions. The contractor shall submit to the public agency, after notification of award but prior to execution of a goods and services contract, one of the following three documents: Letter of Federal Affirmative Action Plan Approval Certificate of Employee Information Report Employee Information Report Form AA302 (electronically provided by the Division and distributed to the public agency through the Division’s website at www,state.nj.us/treasury/contract, compliance) requested by the office from time to time in order to-carry out the purposes-of these ———__________ The contractor and its subcontractors shall furnish such reports or other documents to the Division of Public Contracts Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance as may be regulations, and public agencies shall furnish such

subcontractors shall furnish such reports or other documents to the Division of Public Contracts Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance as may be regulations, and public agencies shall furnish such information as may be requested by the Division of Public Contracts Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance for conducting a compliance investigation pursuant to Subchapter 10 of the Administrative Code at N.J.A.C. 17:27. 12

REQUIRED EVIDENCE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION REGULATIONS NJ]. S.A. 10:5-31, et seq. (N.LA. C. 17:27) If awarded a contract, the Bidder will be required to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5- 31, et seg., andNJ.A.C_ 17:27. Within five (5) days after receipt of the notification of intent to award the contract, the Bidder shall present one of the following: 1. Appropriate evidence that the Contractor is operating under an existing federally approved ot sanctioned affirmative action program, or 2, A Certificate of Employee Information Report Approval issued in accordance with NLJ.A.C. 17:27-4; or 3. An initial Employee Information Report consisting of forms provided by the : Affirmative Action Office and completed by Contractor in accordance with NJA.C, 17:27-4. : ‘The Bidder must submit no later than three (3) days after the signing of the Contract an Initial ! Project Manning ‘Yable consisting of forms provided by the Affirmative Action Office and \ completed by Contractor in accordance with N,J.A.C. 17:27-7. Bidders are refetred to the Bidder's Information Section of the Bid Packet for a further i description of the above requirements. NO BIDDER MAY BE ISSUED A CONTRACT UNLESS THEY COMPLY WITH "THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION REGULATIONS OF NJ.S.A. 10:5-31, et seq, ‘The following questions must be answered by all Bidders: 1, Do you have a fedetally-approved or sanctioned Affirmative Action Progtam? - As (Pe GSI con bacd 3 SAW veqisretion Yes_ yar yes, submit a copy of such approval.) No 2, Do you have a State Certificate of Employee Information Report approval? Wehavé NO-NO Employes ‘Yes {fyes, submit a copy of such approval.y Wen ‘The undersigned Bidder certifies that he is aware of the commitment to comply with the requirements of NJ.S.A. 10:5-31, et seq., and agrees to furnish the requi'ed documentation pursuant to the law. COMPANY: __ THOR GUARD, ING __ Nam, _ 28800 Wolk SIGNATURE: NA (4 ‘rrrpy, Director of Finance NOTE:A bid must bd rejected as non-tesponsive if a Bidder fails to comply with requirements of NJ.S.A. 10:5-31, et seq., within stipulated time, 13

‘7iep/2024 NJ. Department of Treasury» Division of Revenue, On-Line Inquiry STATE OF NEW JERSEY BUSINESS REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE Taxpayer Name: THOR GUARD, INC. Trade Name: Address: 1193 SAWGRASS CORPORATE PARK WAY SUNRISE, PL 33323-2847 Certificate Number: 1122230 Effective Date: January 25,2005 Date of Issuance: July 28, 2021 For Office Use Only: 20210728153134089 titles //neww1 state. nius/TYTR BRC/serialcaramon/BRCLogin 4A