Sealed bid proposals will be received by the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation (“NJSCC”) at their offices at P.O. Box 991, One W. State Street, Second Floor, Trenton, NJ 08625, Attention: Susan Brown, Procurement Project Officer for the following work:

Contract No.:                        EL-0022-C01
Contract Name:                    General Construction/Fire Alarm
District:                                 Elizabeth
County:                                 Union
No. of Schools:                     1 (Peterstown School #3)
Estimated Package Cost:    $ 1,072,198

Brief description of work: Removal and replacement of exterior & interior doors, removal and replacement of windows, removal and replacement of built-up, provide miscellaneous masonry repairs, remove and replace fire alarm system.

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:

Roofing-Membrane Modified Bitumen:  C068
Electrical:   C047

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

Bids will only be accepted from Contractors with New Jersey Commerce & Economic Growth Commission Certification as Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) or Women Business Enterprise (WBE) and currently pre-qualified with the NJSCC.

Bids will be received until April 30, 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:       April 16, 2003
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Bovis Lend Lease
                              288 N. Broad Street
                              Elizabeth, NJ 07208

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained for a 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

Deposits 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”.