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-0022-C02
Contract Name:                    Early Site/Demo Package
District:                                 Irvington
County:                                 Essex
No. of Schools:                    1 (Augusta St. Kindergaten School)
CCE Range:                        $ 475,000 - $700,000

Brief description of work: General Construction work including providing temporary facilities, site work, electrical and plumbing demolition. Work will require close coordination with other Primes: (1)Building Demolition and (2)Abatement

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 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:

Electrical:         C047
Plumbing:         C030

Bid proposals must list the names of the firms who meet the above classifications.

Bids will be received until July 22, 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:       July 6, 2004
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Augusta Elementary School
                             97 Augusta Street
                             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 July 13, 2004 to Kim Banegas 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 by June 25, 2004 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 requires 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.

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: June 24, 2004