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.:                        HU-0006-P01 RB1
Contract Name:                    Demolition of Existing structures to build new PS #3
District:                                 West New York
County:                                 Hudson
No. of Schools:                    1 (PS #3)
CCE Range:                        $820,000 - $1,000,000

Brief description of work: Demolition of existing structures and site elements and site improvements for new Elementary School PS #3.

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 C008 or C009

- OR -

Demolition Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C021

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

Date to be determined for Bids to be received 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:       March 16, 2005
Pre-Bid Time:       1:00 PM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      West New York BOE Office
                             6028 Broadway Avenue
                             West New York, NJ

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 (PRP) by 5:00 PM (local time) on March 21, 2005 to Aaron Goss 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 First Floor (Wachovia Bank Building) Trenton, NJ 08625-0991

Copies of the Project Rating Proposal forms are available from the PMF or the NJSCC at the Pre-Bid meeting.

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained as of March 16, 2005 for a non-refundable fee of $350.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

Turner Construction Company
70 Hudson Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030
201-386-0480

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 requires 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: March 7, 2005