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-0061-C04
Contract Name:                    General Construction
District:                                 Hoboken
County:                                 Hudson
No. of Schools:                     1 (Joseph F. Brandt M.S.)
Estimated Package Cost:    $ 2,867,544

Brief description of work: Replace exterior door/frames & boiler room door/frames, electrical fire alarm and emergency systems, upgrade egress corridor, lobby & stairs, renovates stairways, provide fire suppression system, renovate gym office, home economics and art room, replace existing elevator.

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):

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:

HVAC:                  C039
Plumbing:               C030
Electrical:               C047

Bids will be received until June 27, 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 14, 2002
Pre-Bid Time:       1:00 PM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Hoboken BOE
                              1115 Clinton Street
                              Hoboken, NJ 07030

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained for a deposit of $150.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

Turner Construction
265 Davidson Avenue
Somerset, NJ 08873
732-627-8300

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”.