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-0041-C01
Contract Name:                    Thurgood Marshall E.S.
District:                                 Asbury Park
County:                                 Monmouth
No. of Schools:                    1 (Thurgood Marshall E.S.)
CCE Range:                        $ 335,000 - $360,000

Brief description of work: Voice and data cabling (horizontal and backbone), associated hardware, Cisco VolP/LAN Equipment, installation, testing, training. Contractor must have EDA pre-qualification and NJ State Contract. The bidder must be enrolled in the USAC, School and Library Division E-Rate program as a service provider and have an active Service Providers Identification Number (SPIN) by the time of award.

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):

Telecommunication Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C051:

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

Bids will be received until January 16, 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:       December 22, 2003
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Gilbane
                             3301-C Route 66
                             Neptune, NJ 07753

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 by 5:00 PM (local time) on January 5, 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 Second 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 as of December 22, 2003 for a non-refundable deposit of $50.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

Gilbane
3301 Route 66
Neptune, NJ 07753
732-643-8925

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 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.

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: December 15, 2003