The New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation(“NJSCC”) randomly selected a short list of firms for the following work:

Contract No.:                        CA-0012-C02
Contract Name:                    Pedestrian Protection Scaffolding
District:                                 Camden
County:                                 Camden
No. of Schools:                     1 (Camden High School
CCE Range:                        $175,000

Brief description of work: Contractor to provide drawings and or details for the installation of pedestrian protection scaffolding at the entrances/exits to the building. In addition the actual erection of the scaffolding system is required.

This work will be bid and constructed as a single overall contract (one lump sum for all trades).


Bid proposals for the above work will be received from bidders registered with the Division of Revenue and Department of Labor, and classified by the Department of Treasury, Division of Property Management and Construction and the NJSCC in the following trade(s):

Historical Restoration Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C024 who will be required to also have the following DPMC Specialty Trade(s) or required to engage a subcontractor classified in the following DPMC Specialty Trade(s) if not possessed by the General Contractor:

Electrical                            C047

Bid proposals must list the names of the firms who meet the above classification(s).

Bids will be received until March 22, 2007 at 2:00 PM (local time) at which time the bids will be publicly opened and the lump sum base bid price submitted by each bidder will be read. Any bid proposal received after this date and time will be returned unopened.

A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held as follows:

Pre-Bid Date:       March 13, 2007
Pre-Bid Time:       1:00 P.M. (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Camden Board of Ed
                              201 N. Front St.
                              Camden, NJ 08102

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained at the pre-bid meeting.

Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of P.L. 1975, c. 127 (N.J.A.C. 17:27), pertaining to affirmative action and equal employment opportunity.

The NJSCC requires the contractor to provide opportunities to SBE firms to participate in the performance of this engagement, consistent with NJSCC’s SBE Set-Aside Goals of 25% (5% to Category 4, 10% to Category 5, and the remaining 10% to be allocated among Category 4 and/or Category 5). To be registered in Category 4, a business must have gross revenues that do not exceed $1 million. To be registered in Category 5, a business must have gross revenues exceeding $1 million. The Small Business Administration size standards are established at 13 C.F.R. 121.201.

The NJSCC will not permit a firm engaged by the NJSCC as a project management firm (“PMF”) to bid as a prime or act as a sub-contractor for this NJSCC managed project. Subconsultants to the PMFs are prohibited from working as primes or subcontractors in the region(s) for which they are on a PMF team.

In addition to all other requirements listed above, the NJSCC requires all subcontractors of any tier in the DPMC Trade Classifications listed below whose contract is in an amount which is equal to or greater than $500,000 be pre-qualified by the NJSCC.

C006 - CM as Constructor
C007 - Design Build
C008 - General Contractor
C009 - GC/Alterations & Additions
C019 - Concrete/Foundation/Footings/Masonry work
C021 - Demolition
C029 - Structural Steel
C030 - Plumbing
C039 - HVAC
C045 - Sprinkler Systems
C047 - Electrical
C066 - Roofing-Membrane EPDM
C067 - Roofing-Membrane PVC/CPE/CSPE
C068 - Roofing-Membrane Modified Bitumen
C069 - Roofing-Urethane
C070 - Roofing-Built Up
C071 - Roofing-Metal
C072 - Roofing-Tile/Slate/Shingles
C092 - Asbestos Removal/Treatment
C093 - Asbestos Removal/Mechanical
C096 - Lead Paint Abatement

For further information on NJSCC, please visit us at “www.njscc.com”.
DATE ADVERTISED: March 9, 2007