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-0005-C01
Contract Name:                    Renovations
District:                                 East Orange
County:                                 Essex
No. of Schools:                    1 (Wahlstrome Early Childhood Center)
Estimated Package Cost:    $ 815,000

Brief description of work: Roof and boiler replacement, new exterior ADA ramp, brick repair, misc. electrical work.

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 C008 or C009 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:

Roofing-Membrane EPDM:     C066
HVAC or Boilers:                  C039 or C033
Electrical:                               C047

Bids will be received until July 12, 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:       June 28, 2002
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Wahlstrome E.C.C.
                               340 Prospect Street
                               East Orange, NJ 07019

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained for a deposit of $100.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

The Vaughn Collaborative
42 West LaFayette Street
Trenton, NJ 08625
609-695-7411

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”.