RESEARCH CONSULTANTS

PROFESSIONAL EVALUATION CONSULTANTS

ACCOUNTING FIRMS

 

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

TO

DEVELOP A SET OF PROTOCOLS TO SELECT

AND MONITOR PROJECTS PLACED UNDER

PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS

 

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) is seeking to develop a

research base and protocols for identifying projects, developing Project Labor

Agreements (PLA’s), and evaluating the effectiveness of utilizing PLA’s on school

projects built under the New Jersey School Financing and Construction Act. The Act

authorizes the EDA to initiate approximately eight billion dollars of school construction

over the next 10 years.

 

EDA is seeking proposals for consulting services to conduct research on Project Labor

Agreements, make recommendations for project selection criteria and procedures, and

development of a framework for data collection to evaluate the use of PLA’s. Proposals

will be evaluated based upon the following criteria:

 

Understanding of the Project

Experience on Similar Projects

References from Similar Projects

Proposed Staffing

Experience of Key Team Members

Approach to the Project

Schedule

Fee Proposal

 

Copies of the RFP will be available at the NJEDA offices, 1 West State Street, 2 nd Floor,

Trenton, New Jersey, beginning at 8:30 Tuesday, June 11, 2002.

 

A mandatory pre-proposal conference will be held on Thursday, June 20, 2002 at

10 AM, at the NJEDA offices, 36 West State Street, Trenton, New Jersey.

 

Proposals are due on Monday, July 8, 2002 by 2:00 PM at the NJEDA offices, 1 West

State Street, 2 nd Floor, Trenton, New Jersey.