Sealed bid proposals will be received by the Director of Contract Procurement of the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation (“NJSCC”) at their offices at One W. State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625, second floor, for construction of the following work:

Contract No.:                        HS-0037-C03
Contract Name:                    Window Replacement
District:                                 Newark
County:                                 Essex
No. of Schools:                     1 (Vailsburg M.S.)
Estimated Package Cost:    $ 1,700,000

Brief description of work: Windows and doors replacement.

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-
Window Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C012.

Bids will be received until November 18, 2002 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:       October 29, 2002
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Vailsburg Middle School
                              107 Ivy Street
                              Newark, NJ 07106

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained for a deposit of $100.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

Bovis Lend Lease
744 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102
973-353-8800

Deposits 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.njeda.com”.