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: Mirna Quintana, Procurement Project Officer for the following work:

Contract No.:                        HS-0076-C13
Contract Name:                    Emergency Lighting & Electrical Work
District:                                 Paterson
County:                                 Passaic
No. of Schools:                     1 (Dale School)
Estimated Package Cost:    $ 1,076,000

Brief description of work: Emergency lighting, fire alarm and electrical work, general construction.

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

Electrical:       C039- OR -

Electrical Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C047 who will be required to also have the following DPMC Specialty Trade(s) or required to engage a subcontractor classified in the following DPMC Specialty Trade(s) if not possessed by the Electrical Contractor:

General:       C006 or C008 or C009

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

Bids will be received until March 14, 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:       February 25, 2003
Pre-Bid Time:       3:30 PM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Dale School
                              21 Dale Avenue
                              Paterson, NJ 07505

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

Jacobs - Program Management Firm
80 Ward Steet
Paterson, NJ 07505
973-247-7611

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.njscc.com”.