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

Contract No.:                        EP-0068-C01
Contract Name:                    Emergent Boiler Replacement - Ridge St ES
District:                                 Newark
County:                                 Essex
No. of Schools:                     1 (Ridge St Elementary School)
CCE :                                    $731,826

Brief description of work:

Demolish the existing boilers and ancillary equipment and install 2 boilers based on the District's estimate of heat load required for the facility. This includes design, demolition and installation including but not limited to freight, rigging, secure storage, building alterations, and providing factory authorized start-up personnel for the equipment.

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 NJSDA in the following trade(s):

HVAC Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C039 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 HVAC Contractor:

General Construction:                           C008 or C009
Electrical:                        C047
Architecture:     P001      OR      HVAC Engineering:     P003
Abatement(ACM/Mercury):                C092

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS LISTED, IT IS REQUIRED THAT AT THE TIME OF SUBMISSION OF THE PROJECT RATING PROPOSAL THE BIDDER MUST BE CLASSIFIED WITH THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, DIVISION OF REVENUE, AS A CATEGORY 4, CATEGORY 5 OR CATEGORY 6 SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.

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

Bids will be received until December 20, 2012 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. Sealed bid proposals shall be delivered to the NJSDA at the following address:

If U.S. Mail:
NJSDA
P.O. Box 991
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0991

If Fed Ex, UPS, Courier, Hand Delivery:
NJSDA
1 West State Street
First Floor (Wells Fargo Bank Building)
Trenton, NJ 08625-0991

A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held as follows:

Pre-Bid Date:       November 29, 2012
Pre-Bid Time:       11:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Ridge St Elementary School
                              735 Ridge Street
                              Newark, NJ

In the event that the NJSDA determines, at its sole discretion, that additional pre-bid meetings need to be held in order to increase the pool of bidders, it shall schedule subsequent pre-bid meetings.

Immediately following the Mandatory pre-bid there will be a Mandatory site visit.

In addition to the mandatory pre-bid conference and site visit, all bidders on this project will be required to complete a Project Rating Proposal (PRP) form and submit the completed Project Rating Proposal form by 5:00 PM (local time) on December 5, 2012 to Daryl Johnson at the below NJSDA address:

If U.S. Mail:
NJSDA
P.O. Box 991
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0991

If Fed Ex, UPS, Courier, Hand Delivery:
NJSDA
1 West State Street
First Floor (Wells Fargo Bank Building)
Trenton, NJ 08625-0991

The Project Rating Proposal form is available here.

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained as of November 29, 2012 for a non-refundable fee of $50.00 for each CD/DVD at the address below during the hours 9am-12noon and 1pm-3pm, from:

NJSDA
1 West State Street
Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Attn: Howard Winsor
(609)341-5921

Checks shall be made payable to the NJSDA.

Any questions concerning this procurement can be directed to Daryl Johnson at 609-292-8775 or djohnson@njsda.gov

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 NJSDA requires the contractor to make good faith efforts to ensure that small business enterprises (SBEs) have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in the performance of this engagement. A 25% target has been established pursuant to N.J.A.C.17:14 et seq.

A firm or person or an affiliate thereof may not serve as a general contractor or as a subcontractor or as a subconsultant on an authority project for which the firm or person serves as the construction manager or as a subcontractor or as a subconsultant to the construction manager.

In addition to all other requirements listed above, the NJSDA 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 NJSDA.

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 NJSDA, please visit us at “www.njsda.gov”.
DATE ADVERTISED: November 21, 2012