Sealed bid proposals will be received by the Director of Contract Procurement of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (“NJEDA”) at their offices at One W. State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625, second floor, for construction of the following work:

Contract No.:                      ES-0003-C01
Contract Name:                  Demolition Work
District:                               Orange
County:                                Essex
No. of Schools:                  1 (Colgate School)
Estimated Package Cost:  $ 317, 000

Brief description of work: Demolition of existing three-story building with basement, plus site demolition, regarding and fencing.

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 NJEDA in the following trade(s):

Demolition Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C021
Bids will be received until May 21, 2002 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 23, 2002
Pre-Bid Time:   10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:   Begin at Colgate School
                            Cleveland & Main Street
                            Orange, New Jersey 07050
               - AND - Finish at Orange Board of Education
                            Administration Building
                            451 Lincoln Avenue
                            Orange, NJ 07050

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained for a deposit of $125.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

Yezzi Associates
451 Lincoln Avenue
Orange, New Jersey 07050
(732) 240-3433 or (732) 300-3057

Deposits shall be made payable to the NJEDA.

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 NJEDA reserves the right to waive any non-material defects or to reject any or all bids.

For further information on NJEDA, please visit us at “www.njeda.com”.