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

Contract No.:                        HS-0053-C02
Contract Name:                    Roofing & Masonry Package
District:                                 Elizabeth
County:                                 Union
No. of Schools:                     3 (Winfield Scott #2, Lincoln E.S. #14, Woodrow Wilson #19)
Estimated Package Cost:    $ 1,738,833

Brief description of work: Roofing and masonry work.

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 NJEDA in the following trade(s):

Roofing Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C068 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 Roofing Contractor:

Plumbing:       C030
Electrical:             C047
General Contractor:       C008 or C009
Concrete/Foundation/Footings/Masonry work or Historical Restoration: C019 or C024

-OR-
General Contractor with a DPMC Classification of 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:

Roofing-Membrane Modified Bitumen:   C068
Plumbing:       C030
Electrical:       C047
Concrete/Foundtion/Footings/Masonry Work or Historical Restoration: C019 or C024

Bids will be received until July 3, 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:       June 26, 2002
Pre-Bid Time:       9:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Bovis Lend Lease
                              505 North Broad Street
                              Elizabeth, NJ 07208

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
505 North Broad Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07208
908-354-3600

Deposits shall be made payable to the NJEDA.

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 NJEDA reserves the right to waive any non-material defects or to reject any or all bids.

For further information on NJEDA, please visit us at “www.njeda.com”.