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-0104-C02
Contract Name:                    Health & Safety Upgrades
District:                                 Phillipsburg
County:                                 Hunterdon
No. of Schools:                     4 (Green Street, Barber, Freeman, Andover)
Estimated Package Cost:    $ 3,249,663

Brief description of work: Door & window replacement, electrical system upgrades, egress & emergency lighting, fire alarm system upgrade, masonry repairs.

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 C006 or C008 or C009 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 General Contractor:

HVAC:              C039
Electrical:       C047

Bids will be received until October 15, 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:       September 24, 2002
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Green Street
                              100 Green Street
                              Phillipsburg, NJ

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

Bovis Lend Lease
744 Broad St., Suite 1420
Newark, NJ
973-353-8800

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”.