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.:                        JE-0004-C02
Contract Name:                    Installation of New Boilers
District:                                 Jersey City
County:                                 Hudson
No. of Schools:                    1 (Lincoln H.S.)
Construction Cost Estimate:    $ 312,191

Brief description of work: Demolition and removal of two (2) existing boilers and the furnishing and installation of one (1) new 400 BHP boiler.

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):

HVAC Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C039 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 HVAC Contractor:

Plumbing:        C030
Electrical:        C047
Asbestos:        C092

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

Bids will be received until July 11, 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:       June 17, 2003
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      URS
                             75 Montgomery Street
                             Jersey City, NJ 07302

In addition to the mandatory pre-bid conference, all bidders on this project will be required to complete a project rating evaluation form and submit the completed project rating evaluation form by 5:00 PM (local time) on June 25, 2003 to Ed Pniewski 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 Second Floor (First Union 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 for $100.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

URS
75 Montgomery Street
Jersey City, NJ 07302
201-761-0555

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 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”.