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: Anne Sanford, Procurement Project Officer for the following work:

Contract No.:                        HS-0107-C03
Contract Name:                    Health & Safety Work
District:                                 Pemberton
County:                                 Burlington
No. of Schools:                    1 (Helen Fort M.S.)
Estimated Package Cost:    $ 97,050

Brief description of work: Repair of existing concrete walkways and the restoration of a basketball court with new backboards and game stripping including but is not limited to, soil erosion and sediment control, demolition activities of existing asphalt and concrete surfaces, construction of concrete work, construction of asphalt work and the restoration of disturbed turf areas as specified contract documents. Each or portion of the five work locations indicated on the contract drawings will require controlled inspections for sub-grade, soil compaction and concrete.

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 C008 or C009
-OR-
Concrete/Foundation Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C019 -OR-
Site Work Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C054 -OR-
Road Construction & Paving Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C059 -OR-
Athletic Fields/Track/Court Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C060

Bid proposals must list the names of the firms who meet the above classifications.

Bids will only be accepted from Contractors with New Jersey Commerce & Economic Growth Commission Certification as Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) or Women Business Enterprise (WBE) and currently pre-qualified with the NJSCC.

Bids will be received until February 19, 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:       February 5, 2003
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (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 $50.00 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.njscc.com”.