Sealed bid proposals will be received by the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation (“NJSCC”) at their offices listed below for the following work:

Contract No.:                        EL-0007-P01
Contract Name:                    Site Demo/Remediation
District:                                 Elizabeth
County:                                 Union
No. of Schools:                    1 (School #31)
Construction Cost Estimate:    $ 4,800,000

Brief description of work: Demolish existing warehouse, construct new loading docks and construct (2) new utility rooms with distribution for existing Strip Mall and Early Childhood Center #50.

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):

General Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C008 or C009 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:

Structural Steel:         C029
HVAC:         C039
Plumbing:         C030
Electrical:         C047

Bid proposals must list the names of the firms who meet the above classifications.

Bids will be received until October 3, 2003 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:       August 1, 2003
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Bovis Lend Lease
                             288 N. Broad Street
                             Elizabeth, NJ 07208

In addition to the mandatory pre-bid conference, all bidders on this project will be required to complete a project rating proposal and submit the completed project rating proposal by 5:00 PM (local time) on August 15, 2003 to Susan Brown at the below NJSCC address:

If U.S. Mail:
NJSCC
P.O. Box 991
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0991
If Fed Ex, UPS, Courier, Hand Delivery:

NJSCC 1 West State Street Second Floor (Wacovia Bank Building) Trenton, NJ 08625-0991
Copies of the project evaluation forms are available from the PMF or the NJSCC.

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained September 8, 2003 for $150.00 (non-refundable) for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

Bovis Lend Lease
288 N. Broad Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07208
908-354-3600

Checks shall be made payable to the NJSCC.

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 reserves the right to waive any non-material defects or to reject any or all bids.

For further information on NJSCC, please visit us at “www.njscc.com”.