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-0070-C04
Contract Name:                    Exterior Wall Repairs Package
District:                                 Jersey City
County:                                 Hudson
No. of Schools:                    2 (PS 6 & PS 15)
Estimated Package Cost:    $ 3,484,073

Brief description of work: Masonry restoration & repairs, waterproofing, lintel repair or replacement, plaster repairs and asbestos abatement.

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 Trade or required to engage a subcontractor classified in the following DPMC Specialty Trade if not possessed by the General Contractor:

Asbestos Removal/Treatment:     C092

-OR-
Masonry Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C019 who will be required to also have the following DPMC Specialty Trade or required to engage a subcontractor classified in the following DPMC Specialty Trade if not possessed by the Masonry Contractor:

Asbestos Removal/Treatment:    C092

Bids will be received until June 12, 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:       May 31, 2002
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      PS 6
                             100 St. Pauls Avenue
                             Jersey City, NJ 07303

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

URS Corp.
75 Montgomery Street
Jersey City, NJ 07303
201-761-0555

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”.