State of New Jersey - NJ Schools Development Authority
Contract No. Contract Name & Location School District
ES-0011-C01 Mount Vernon Elementary School Irvington
Sealed bid proposals will be received by the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation (“NJSCC”) at their offices listed below for the following work:

Contract No.:                        ES-0011-C01
Contract Name:                    Early Site Package
District:                                 Irvington
County:                                 Essex
No. of Schools:                    1 (New Mt. Vernon ES)
CCE Range:                        $ 1,500,000 - $2,100,000


Brief description of work: Early Site Development package including Geothermal Borefield.

This work will be bid and constructed as a single overall contract (one lump sum for all trades).

This contract will be subject to the terms of a PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT

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):

General Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C006 or C008 or C009 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 General Contractor:
Demo/site clearing:         C021
Asbestos Removal/Treatment:         C092
Plumbing:         C030
Electrical:         C047
Sitework:         C054
Bid proposals must list the names of the firms who meet the above classifications.

Bids will be received until May 12, 2004 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 21, 2004
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Mt. Vernon ES
                             36 Mt.Vernon Avenue
                             Irvington, NJ 07111
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 5:00 PM (local time) on April 28, 2004 to Bill Mahan at the below NJSCC address:

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

If Fed Ex, UPS, Courier, Hand Delivery:

NJSCC
1 West State Street
Third Floor (Wachovia Bank Building)
Trenton, NJ 08625-0991

Copies of the project evaluation forms are available from the PMF or the NJSCC.

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained for a non-refundable fee of $100.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:
Bovis Lend Lease
333 Washington Street, 3rd Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07302
201-324-1953
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 bidder agrees it shall make a good faith effort to meet the requirements of the SBE Utilization Attachment contained in the Contract Documents in order to ensure that small business enterprises, as defined in that attachment and in applicable regulation, have the maximum opportunity to compete for and perform subcontracts.

The NJSCC encourages the contractor to provide opportunities to SBE firms to participate in the performance of this engagement, consistent with NJSCC’s SBE set aside goals of 25% with 5% to businesses registered in the category of gross revenues that do not exceed $1 million; and 10% of businesses registered in the category of having gross revenues exceeding $1 million consistent with the standards established at 13 C.F.R. 121.201; and 10% to businesses in either category.

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS LISTED, IT IS REQUIRED THAT PRIOR TO THE AWARD OF THIS PROJECT, THE RESPONSIVE, LOW BID GENERAL CONTRACTOR AS WELL AS THE NAMED SUBCONTRACTORS MUST BE CLASSIFIED WITH THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AS A SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.

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”.
DATE ADVERTISED: April 14, 2004

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