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.:                        ET-0001-C01
Contract Name:                    New Long Branch Elementary School
District:                                 Long Branch
County:                                 Monmouth
No. of Schools:                     1 (New E.S.)
Estimated Package Cost:    $ 18,180,000

Brief description of work: New three-story 94,000 sq. ft. elementary school with piles, brick and block veneer, metal, asphalt shingle and built-up roofing, HVAC, electrical, fire protection, sprinkler and plumbing.

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 9, 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 18, 2002
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Long Branch Board of Education
                              540 Broadway
                              Long Branch, NJ 07740

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

Gilbane Building Company
1815 Garden Avenue
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
856-424-4071

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”.