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-0016-C03
Contract Name:                    Victor Mravlag School #21
District:                                 Elizabeth
County:                                 Union City
No. of Schools:                     1 (Victor Mravlag School #21)
CCE Range:                        $ $17,500,000 - $18,500,000 -

Brief description of work: This project consists of a partial demolition of the existing school building and its gut renovation. The front façade of the building will be preserved and protected during the duration of the job. A 65,000 sq ft. 1-3 story addition will be constructed for a finish school approx. 80,000 sq ft., along with new play areas and general site work.

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

This contract will be subject to the terms of a PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT. The PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT will be included in the contract and is available at the NJSCC web site www.njscc.com.

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 C006,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:

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

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

Bids will be received until August 31, 2006 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:       July 24, 2006
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Bovis Lend Lease
                              288 North 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 evaluation form and submit the completed Project Rating Proposal (PRP) evaluation form by 5:00 PM (local time) on July 28, 2006 to Bill Mahan 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 First Floor (Wachovia Bank Building) Trenton, NJ 08625-0991

Copies of the Project Rating Proposal forms are available from the PMF or the NJSCC at the Pre-Bid meeting.

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained as of July 24, 2006 for a non-refundable fee of $250.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

Bovis Lend Lease
288 North Broad St.
Elizabeth, New Jersey 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 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.

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: July 12, 2006