Sealed bid proposals will be received by the Director of Contract Procurement of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (“NJEDA”) at their offices at One W. State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625, second floor, for construction of the following work:

Contract No.:                        HS-0093-C03
Contract Name:                    Health & Safety Upgrades
District:                                 Irvington
County:                                 Essex
No. of Schools:                    1 (Madison Ave.)
Estimated Package Cost:    $ 229,140

Brief description of work: Masonry repairs, doors replacement and window 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 NJEDA in the following trade(s):

General Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C008 or C009.

Bids will be received until October 18, 2002 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:       October 11, 2002
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Madison Avenue E.S.
                               Madison Avenue
                               Irvington, NJ 07111

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained for a deposit of $100.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

Parsons Brinckerhoff+3D/International
2 Gateway Center, Floor 18
Newark, NJ 07102
973-565-4822

Deposits shall be made payable to the NJEDA.

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 NJEDA reserves the right to waive any non-material defects or to reject any or all bids.

For further information on NJEDA, please visit us at “www.njeda.com”.