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

Contract No.:                        ST-0037-C01
Contract Name:                    New Trenton Early Childhood Center
District:                                 Trenton
County:                                 Mercer
No. of Schools:                     One
CCE :                                    $13,091,897.00

Brief description of work: New Early Childhood Center consisting of approximately 37,500 GSF of building, 6,200 SF of playground area, and 27,600 SF of faculty/visitors parking. It is to accommodate 294 Pre-K and Kindergarten students ranging from age 3 to 6 years old in the Trenton School District.

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. The PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT will be included in the contract and is available at the NJSDA web site www.njsda.gov.

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS LISTED, IT IS REQUIRED THAT AT THE TIME OF SUBMITTAL OF THE PROJECT RATING PROPOSAL THE BIDDER MUST BE CLASSIFIED WITH THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, DIVISION OF MINORITY & WOMEN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, AS A SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE WITH AN AGGREGATE RATING OF $10 MILLION OR GREATER. "AGGREGATE RATING" MEANS THE LIMIT OF THE DOLLAR VALUE OF ALL CONTRACTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, THAT A FIRM MAY PERFORM AT ANY GIVEN TIME, AS DETERMINED BY THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, DIVISION OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION.

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 NJSDA in the following trade(s):

General Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C006 or C008 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:

Structural Steel:                  C029
HVAC:                                C039
Plumbing:                            C030
Electrical:                            C047

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

Bids will be received until December 30, 2009 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. Sealed bid proposals shall be delivered to the NJSDA at the following address:

If U.S. Mail:
NJSDA
P.O. Box 991
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0991

If Fed Ex, UPS, Courier, Hand Delivery:
NJSDA
1 West State Street
First Floor (Wachovia Bank Building)
Trenton, NJ 08625-0991

A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held as follows:

Pre-Bid Date:        October 22, 2009
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      NJ Schools Development Authority
                              1 West State Street, Board Room
                              Trenton, NJ 08625

In the event that the NJSDA determines, at its sole discretion, that additional pre-bid meetings need to be held in order to increase the pool of bidders, it shall schedule subsequent pre-bid meetings.

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 Proposal (PRP) evaluation form by 5:00 PM (local time) on October 27, 2009 to Harriet Maguire at the below NJSDA address:

If U.S. Mail:
NJSDA
P.O. Box 991
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0991

If Fed Ex, UPS, Courier, Hand Delivery:
NJSDA
1 West State Street
First Floor (Wachovia Bank Building)
Trenton, NJ 08625-0991

Copies of the Project Rating Proposal forms are available here.

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained as of October 22, 2009 for a non-refundable fee of $350.00 for each set of documents, at the pre-bid meeting or during regular business hours, from:

Hill International, Inc.
150 Clove Road, Suite 1103
Little Falls, New Jersey 07424
973-774-3526

Checks shall be made payable to the NJSDA.

A firm shall be precluded from being eligible for award of this contract if such firm or any affiliated firm is engaged under a prime contract with NJSDA to provide services as a project management firm or construction management firm, or engaged as a subconsultant to a current project management firm or construction management firm on an NJSDA project. Such firms shall also be ineligible to participate in this engagement as subconsultants or subcontractors.

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 NJSDA requires the contractor to provide opportunities to SBE firms to participate in the performance of this engagement, consistent with NJSDA’s SBE Set-Aside Goals of 25% (5% to Category 4, 5% to Category 5, 5% to Category 6, and the remaining 10% to be allocated among Categories 4, 5 and/or 6). The NJ Small Business Set Aside Program sets the employee size at 100 or less per NJ Statute, as well as sets its revenue standards based on the federal guidelines established at 13 C.F.R. 121.201.

In addition to all other requirements listed above, the NJSDA requires all subcontractors of any tier in the DPMC Trade Classifications listed below whose contract is in an amount which is equal to or greater than $500,000 be pre-qualified by the NJSDA.

C006 - CM as Constructor
C007 - Design Build
C008 - General Contractor
C009 - GC/Alterations & Additions
C019 - Concrete/Foundation/Footings/Masonry work
C021 - Demolition
C029 - Structural Steel
C030 - Plumbing
C039 - HVAC
C045 - Sprinkler Systems
C047 - Electrical
C066 - Roofing-Membrane EPDM
C067 - Roofing-Membrane PVC/CPE/CSPE
C068 - Roofing-Membrane Modified Bitumen
C069 - Roofing-Urethane
C070 - Roofing-Built Up
C071 - Roofing-Metal
C072 - Roofing-Tile/Slate/Shingles
C092 - Asbestos Removal/Treatment
C093 - Asbestos Removal/Mechanical
C096 - Lead Paint Abatement

For further information on NJSDA, please visit us at “www.njsda.gov”.
DATE ADVERTISED: October 14, 2009