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-0008-C02
Contract Name:                    School #30 Pre-K - 8
District:                                 Elizabeth City
County:                                 Union
No. of Schools:                    1 (#30 Pre-K - 8)
CCE Range:                        $ 400,000 - $430,000

Brief description of work: Telephone Systems Equipment, Cabling Infrastructure including (Data, Telecom wiring, raceways, and equipment) in conformance with the District Wide Technology Plan and as specified by the specific Scope and Specs. Issued for this project. The building will be approximately 120,000 Sq. Ft. with an 18 month construction schedule. The cabling firm must coordinate and conform to the construction schedule established for this project and as directed by the PMF in cooperation with the GC prime. The bidder must be enrolled in the USAC, School and Library Division E-Rate program as a service provider and have an active Service Providers Identification Number (SPIN) by the time of award.

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):

Telecommunications Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C051

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

Bids will be received until December 17, 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:       November 26, 2003
Pre-Bid Time:       11:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Bovis Lend Lease
                             288 N. Broad Street
                             Elizabeth, NJ 07208

ANY FIRMS THAT ATTENDED THE NOVEMBER 6, 2003 MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND THE NOVEMBER 26, 2003 MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE.

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 December 4, 2003 to Ed Pniewski 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 (Wachovia 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 as of November 6, 2003 for a non-refundable deposit of $100.00 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 encourages 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% with 5% to businesses registered in the category of gross revenues that do not exceed $1 million; and 10% of businesses registered in the category of having gross revenues exceeding $1 million consistent with the standards established at 13 C.F.R. 121.201; and 10% to businesses in either category.

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”.
DATE ADVERTISED: November 24, 2003