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-0018-C01
Contract Name:                    Plainfield High School Window Replacement
District:                                 Plainfield
County:                                 Union
No. of Schools:                    1 (Plainfield High School)
CCE Range:                        $ 765,000 - $935,000

Brief description of work: Replace windows with Aluminum Architectural Windows

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):

Windows Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C012

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

Bids will be received until December 8, 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.

ANY FIRMS THAT ATTENDED THE NOVEMBER 10, 2004 MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND THE NOVEMBER 22, 2004 MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE.

A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held as follows:

Pre-Bid Date:       November 22, 2004
Pre-Bid Time:       1:00 PM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Epic Management
                             136 Eleventh Street
                             Piscataway, NJ 08854

In addition to the mandatory pre-bid conference, all bidders on this project will be required to complete a project rating proposal and submit the completed Project Rating Proposal (PRP) by 5:00 PM (local time) on November 29, 2004 to Susan Brown 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
Copy of your firm’s Business Registration Certificate MUST be submitted with the PRP.

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

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained as of November 3, 2004 for a non-refundable fee of $150.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

Epic Management
136 Eleventh Street
Piscataway, NJ 08854
732-752-6100

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 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% (5% to Category 4, 10% to Category 5, and the remaining 10% to be allocated among Category 4 and/or Category 5). To be registered in Category 4, a business must have gross revenues that do not exceed $1 million. To be registered in Category 5, a business must have gross revenues exceeding $1 million. The Small Business Administration size standards are established at 13 C.F.R. 121.201.

The NJSCC will not permit the Regional PMF or the sub-consultants to the Regional PMF, who provide services to the NJSCC for the above school district, to be engaged as a prime or subcontractor for this engagement. The Regional PMF or the sub-consultants to the Regional PMF, who provide services to the NJSCC for the above school district, shall not submit or be named in a bid for this engagement.

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: November 18, 2004