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-0046-C01 RB1
Contract Name:                    Plainfield Health & Safety/Evergreen & Hubbard Sidewalks Pkg.
District:                                 Plainfield
County:                                 Union
No. of Schools:                    2 (Evergreen E.S. & Hubbard M.S.)
CCE Range:                        $160,000 - $170,000

Brief description of work: Removal and replacement of concrete curbs and sidewalks at Evergreen Elementary and Hubbard Middle Schools.

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 C008 or C009.
-OR-

Concrete Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C019.

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

Bids will be received until April 12, 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:       March 29, 2004
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Epic Management, Inc.
                             136 Eleventh Street
                             Piscataway, NJ 08854

ANY FIRMS THAT ATTENDED THE MARCH 3, 2004 MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND THE MARCH 29, 2004 MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE.

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 April 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 February 23, 2004 for a non-refundable deposit of $150.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

Epic Management, Inc
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 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 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.

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS LISTED, IT IS REQUIRED THAT PRIOR TO THE AWARD OF THIS PROJECT,THE RESPONSIVE, LOW BID PRIME CONTRACTOR MUST BE CLASSIFIED WITH THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AS A CATEGORY 4 or 5 SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.

If a Firm wishes to participate in the selection process for future projects but is not presently prequalified by the NJSCC, please submit a NJSCC Form 100, which may be found at www.njscc.com

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: February 24, 2004