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-C02
Contract Name:                  New K-8 Elementary School
District:                               Orange
County:                                Essex
No. of Schools:                  1 (New Main Street E.S.)
Estimated Package Cost:  $ 21,000,000

Brief description of work: Construction of new K-8 school approximately 123,768 sf, 4 stories above grade and full basement level parking garage.

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):

General Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C006 or C008 who will be required to also have the following DPMC specialty trades or required to engage a subcontractor classified in the following DPMC specialty trades if not possessed by the General Contractor:

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

Bids will be received until October 16, 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:    September 17, 2002
Pre-Bid Time:   9:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:   Orange District Office 451
                            Lincoln Boulevard
                            Orange, New Jersey 07050

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained for a deposit of $200.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

Yezzi Associates
18 Washington Street
Toms River, New Jersey 08754
732-240-3433

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”.