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: Mirna Quintana, Project Officer for the following work:

Contract No.:                        EL-0024-C02
Contract Name:                    Fire Alarm System
District:                                 Elizabeth
County:                                 Union
No. of Schools:                    1 (#81 Elizabeth H.S. Main Complex)
Estimated Package Cost:    $ 922,121

Brief description of work: Removal and replacement of existing 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):

Electrical Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C047.
Bid proposals must list the names of the firms who meet the above classifications.

Bids will be received until May 16, 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:       May 6, 2003
Pre-Bid Time:       2:00 PM (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 evaluation form and submit the completed project rating evaluation form by 2:00 PM (local time) on May 16, 2003 to:

New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation 1 West State Street Second Floor Trenton, NJ 08625 Attention: Mirna Quintana
Copies of the project evaluation forms are available from the PMF or the NJSCC.

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained for $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 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”.