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.: ET-0012-T01
Contract Name: Neptune Shark River ES IT
District: Neptune
County: Monmouth
No. of Schools: 1 (Neptune Shark River ES)
CCE Range: $ 167,650 - $189,000
Brief description of work: Network Hardware, Servers, Computers, Peripherals, and Audio Visual Equipment as prescribed in the Approved Recommended IT Plan.
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):
IT Integrator Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C051
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 COMMERCE AS A CATEGORY 4 OR CATEGORY 5 SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.
Bid proposals must list the names of the firms who meet the above classifications.
Bids will be received until
January 4, 2006 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.
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mandatory pre-bid conference will be held as follows:
Pre-Bid Date: December 6, 2005
Pre-Bid Time: 2:00 PM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place: Shark River Hills Elementary School
312 Brighton Avenue
Neptune, NJ 07753
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 December 13, 2005 to Jim McElhenny 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.
Initial set of plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained as of November 14, 2005 and are free for eligible bidders only. Additional copies are available for a non-refundable fee of $50. They can be picked up during regular business hours, from:
Gilbane Building Company
3301-C State Route 66
Neptune, NJ 07728
732-634-8925
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 a firm engaged by the NJSCC as a project management firm (“PMF”) to bid as a prime or act as a sub-contractor for this NJSCC managed project. Subconsultants to the PMFs are prohibited from working as primes or subcontractors in the region(s) for which they are on a PMF team.
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: November 21, 2005