Sealed bid proposals will be received by the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation (“NJSCC”) at their offices listed below for the following work:

Contract No.:                        WT-0004-C07 RB1
Contract Name:                    Trenton Central High School Excavation/Backfill/Footings and Foundations at G and H Additions
District:                                 Trenton
County:                                 Mercer
No. of Schools:                    1 (Trenton Central H.S.)
CCE Range:                        $ 1,770,000 - $2,200,000

Brief description of work: The scope of work for this contract includes excavation/backfill and reinforced concrete footings and foundations at new building #3 (Addition G) and new building #2 (Addition H) associated with the work of these contract documents. This will include the excavation and footings for the stairs and ramps attached to both of these new additions. Sidewalks and curbing are not included in this scope of work and remains in the general contract (WT-0004-C02).

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS LISTED, IT IS REQUIRED THAT AT THE TIME OF BID SUBMITTAL, THE RESPONSIVE LOW BIDDER MUST BE CLASSIFIED, WITH THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AS A CATEGORY 4 OR CATEGORY 5 SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.

This work will be bid and constructed as a single overall contract (one lump sum for all trades).

This contract will be subject to the terms of a PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT.

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 C008 or C009-OR-

Concrete/Foundations/Masonry Work with a DPMC Classification of C019

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

Bids will be received until December 2, 2004 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:       October 21, 2004
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Trenton Central HS
                             400 Chambers Street
                             Trenton, NJ 08608

In addition to the mandatory pre-bid conference, all bidders on this project will be required to complete a project rating proposal and submit the completed project rating proposal by 5:00 PM (local time) on October 28, 2004 to Michael Corboy at the below NJSCC address:

If U.S. Mail:
NJSCC
P.O. Box 991
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0991
If Fed Ex, UPS, Courier, Hand Delivery:

NJSCC 1 West State Street Third Floor (Wachovia Bank Building) Trenton, NJ 08625-0991
Copies of the project evaluation forms are available from the PMF or the NJSCC.

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained as of October 12, 2004 for a non-refundable fee of $75.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

Hill International, Inc.
144 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08608
609-278-2380

Checks 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 urges the contractor to provide opportunities to SBE firms to participate in the performance of this engagement, consistent with NJSCC’s SBE Set-Aside Goals of 25% (5% to Category 4, 10% to Category 5, and the remaining 10% to be allocated among Category 4 and/or Category 5). To be registered in Category 4, a business must have gross revenues that do not exceed $1 million. To be registered in Category 5, a business must have gross revenues exceeding $1 million. The Small Business Administration size standards are established at 13 C.F.R. 121.201.

The NJSCC will not permit the Regional PMF or the sub-consultants to the Regional PMF, who provide services to the NJSCC for the above school district, to be engaged as a prime or subcontractor for this engagement. The Regional PMF or the sub-consultants to the Regional PMF, who provide services to the NJSCC for the above school district, shall not submit or be named in a bid for this engagement.

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”.
DATE ADVERTISED: November 18, 2004