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.:                        ET-0003-C01
Contract Name:                    New Long Branch Middle School
District:                                 Long Branch
County:                                 Monmouth
No. of Schools:                    1 (Long Branch Middle School)
Estimated Package Cost:    $ 46,956,382

Brief description of work: New 246,000 SF Middle School, built on existing Middle School and High School campus. New school includes full service kitchen, auditorium, gym, labs and classrooms.

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. The PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT will be issued as an addendum prior to the bid due date.

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 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

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

Bids will be received until August 7,2003 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:       March 31, 2003
Pre-Bid Time:       2:00 PM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Long Branch Board of Ed.
                             540 Broadway
                             Long Branch, NJ 07740

Any firms that attended the March 7, 2003 mandatory pre-bid do not need to attend the March 31, 2003 mandatory pre-bid.

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 2:00 PM (local time) on April 7, 2003 to Anna Marie Sanford 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 Second Floor (First Union 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 $250.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

Gilbane Bldg. Co.
3301B Route 66
Neptune, NJ 07753
732-918-0587

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 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”.