33:1-19.4 - Bids; notice and invitation; publication; contents; announcement of qualified applicants - New Jersey Statutes

33:1-19.4.  Bids;  notice and invitation;  publication;  contents; announcement of qualified applicants
    If a governing body determines to conduct a sale pursuant to this act notice  thereof and an invitation to bid shall be published in a newspaper circulating  generally in the municipality by not less than two insertions, to be published  not less than 1 week apart, and none to be published less than 30 days prior to  the date of the sale.  The notice shall also specify that any prospective  bidder shall apply and qualify for a license prior to the sale, that proof of  qualification for a license shall be included with the bid, and that all bids  shall be sealed.  The notice shall also specify, as determined by governing  body resolution, the minimum acceptable bid, any special requirements for  prospective licensees, general conditions of sale including the statement that  the municipality reserves the right to reject all bids where the highest bid is  not accepted.  The notice shall specify the time and place at which bids shall  be received and opened and that all prospective bidders shall qualify no later  than 5 business days prior to the opening of bids.  The agent for the municipal  governing body, municipal board of alcoholic beverage control, or municipal  excise commission, as the case may be, shall 5 days prior to opening the bids,  publicly announce those applicants who meet the qualifications for bidding as  fixed by law, rules and regulations, and resolution.  No bid shall be opened  from or on behalf of any prospective bidder who does not qualify.  No bid shall  be considered which does not contain proof of qualification.

     L.1981, c. 416, s. 2, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.