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

Contract No.:                        HS-0040-C01 RB1
Contract Name:                   Health & Safety Improvements
District:                                 Bridgeton
County:                                 Cumberland
No. of Schools:                     2 (Cherry St., Indian Ave.)
Estimated Package Cost:    $ 1,585,098

Brief description of work: Windor replacement at both schools; Door repair and replacement at both 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 C006 or C008 or C009 who will be required to also have the following DPMC Specialty Trades or required to engage a subcontractor classified in the following DPMC Specialty Trades if not possessed by the General Contractor:

HVAC:            C039
Electrical:       C047
Asbestos Removal:   C092
Lead Paint Abatement:   C096

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

Bids will be received until March 27, 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:       March 20, 2003
Pre-Bid Time:       3:00 PM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:       Indian Avenue School
                                399 Indian Avenue
                               Bridgeton, NJ 08302

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained for a deposit of $50.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

URS Corporation
340 Scotch Road
Trenton, NJ 08618
609-883-5444

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”.