Sealed bid proposals will be received by the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation (“NJSCC”) at their offices at One W. State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625, second floor, attention: Maria Povacz, Project Officer for construction of the following work:

Contract No.:                        HS-0057-C02
Contract Name:                    Health & Safety
District:                                 Long Branch
County:                                 Monouth
No. of Schools:                    2 (Long Branch M.S. & H.S.)
Estimated Package Cost:    $ 1,147,539

Brief description of work: Health and Safety repairs that include: replacement/rebuilding of existing HVAC equipment with controls, repair electrical feeds to mechanical equipment, and fire alarm repair.

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 Trades or required to engage a subcontractor classified in the following DPMC Specialty Trades if not possessed by the HVAC Contractor:
Electrical:              C047
Fire Alarm:              C049
Bid proposals must list the names of the firms who meet the above classification.

Bids will be received until February 13, 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:       January 30, 2003
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Long Branch Board of Ed.
                               540 Broadway
                               Long Branch, NJ 08302

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained for a deposit of $150.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

Gilbane
3301B Route 66
Neptune, NJ 08003
732-918-0587

Deposits 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”.