Sealed bid proposals will be received by the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation (“NJSCC”) at their offices at P.O. Box 991, One W. State Street, Second Floor, Trenton, NJ 08625, Attention: Mirna Quintana, Procurement Project Officer for the following work:

Contract No.:                        EL-0009-C02
Contract Name:                    ECC #45
District:                                 Elizabeth
County:                                 Union
No. of Schools:                    1 (ECC #45)
Construction Cost Estimate:    $ 12,100,000

Brief description of work: Construction of a new 55,000 sq. ft. Early Childhood Center.

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 issued as an addendum prior to the bid due date.

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 C006 or C008 or C009 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:

Roofing-Tile/Slate/Shingles: C072
Structural Steel:   C029
HVAC:                     C039
Plumbing:              C030
Electrical:              C047

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

Bids will be received until September 29, 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:       August 21, 2003
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Bovis Lend Lease
                             288 North Broad St.
                             Elizabeth, NJ 07208

Any firms that attended the July 17, 2003 mandatory pre-bid, do not need to attend the August 21, 2003 mandatory pre-bid.

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 August 28, 2003 to Mirna Quintana 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 after August 15, 2003 for a deposit of $100.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

Bovis Lend Lease LMB 288 North Broad St.
Elizabeth, NJ 07208
908-354-3600

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”.