SCC Awards Contract for New H.B.Wilson School in Camden
(May 2007) - The SCC Board of Directors awarded a $21.9 million contract to Ernest Bock & Sons, Inc.,
of Philadelphia, to construct a new H.B. Wilson Elementary School in Camden at a special May 21, 2007 meeting.
This contract was originally awarded for $21.4 million to SGRA Contractors, LLC, of Vineland, at the Board’s April 25, 2007 meeting.
The award was protested by Bock, the second-lowest bidder. The SCC, acting on the advice of the Attorney General’s Office, found SGRA’s bid
to be defective and upheld the protest. As a result, the SCC rejected the award to SGRA and made the new award.
The new facility will accommodate up to 598 students in pre-kindergarten through 6th grades. It will help to ease overcrowding
in the district, enhance academic achievement for elementary students and provide early childhood education for 3- and 4-year-olds.
The SCC board approved the contract award at its April 25 meeting.
The new H.B. Wilson Elementary at 8th and Woodland streets will be an 89,332-square-foot, two-story community-based facility with such features as a gym, library/media center
and playground accessible to students and neighborhood residents alike. One wing of the school will be designated as an emergency shelter.
During construction, students will continue to attend the existing H.B. Wilson School at nearby 9th and Florence streets. It will be razed after the new school is ready for occupancy, scheduled for early 2009.
Gensler Associates of Morristown is the design firm. The SCC will select a Construction Management Firm to oversee the day-to-day construction and building-related aspects that impact the cost, schedule and successful completion of the project. Those duties include contractor and design invoices, change-order submissions and payments.
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