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-0049-P01
Contract Name:                    Emerson Temporary Swing Phase II - Demolition Package
District:                                 Plainfield
County:                                 Union
No. of Schools:                    1 (Emerson)
Construction Cost Estimate:    $ 552,000

Brief description of work: Interior demolition of a 64,000 SF one story laboratory building.

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):

Demolition Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C021 who will be required to also have the following DPMC Specialty Trade(s) or required to engage a subcontractor classified in the following DPMC Specialty Trade(s) if not possessed by the Demolition Contractor:

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 September 16, 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:       September 3, 2003
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Emerson Temporary School (Former National Starch Bldg.)
                             1700 W. Front St.
                             Plainfield, NJ 07060

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 5:00 PM (local time) on September 9, 2003 to Ed Pniewski 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 on or after September 2, 2003 during regular business hours, from:

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

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”.