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: Ed Pniewski for construction of the following work:

Contract No.:                        HS-0107-C02
Contract Name:                    Health & Safety
District:                                 Pemberton
County:                                 Burlington
No. of Schools:                    2 (Harker-Wylie E.S., Marcus W. Newcomb)
Estimated Package Cost:    $ 4,655,500

Brief description of work: New windows with slab upgrade and masonry walls below, abatement of VAT and replacement with VCT, ADA compliance work including chairlifts at corridors, replacement of unit ventilators, replacement of boilers, new emergency generator tied into critical building systems, power and controls for new HVAC equipment, new exit signs and new emergency lighting.

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):

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
Plumbing:              C030
Electrical:              C047

Bids will be received until December 27, 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:       December 9, 2002
Pre-Bid Time:       1:00 PM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Helen Fort M.S.
                               301 Fort Dix Road
                               Pemberton, NJ 08068

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

Heery International, Inc.
50 West State Street, Suite 1000
Trenton, NJ 08608
609-392-2922
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.njeda.com”.