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

Contract No.:                        HS-0108-C01
Contract Name:                   Health & Safety Improvements
District:                                 Vineland
County:                                 Cumberland
No. of Schools:                     2 (Vineland H.S. South, Vineland H.S. North)
Estimated Package Cost:    $ 2,413,741

Brief description of work: Electrical upgrades including fire alarm replacement and emergency lighting improvements at both schools and primary electrical service replacement at the South High School.

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):

Electrical Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C047 who will be required to also have the following DPMC Specialty Trade or required to engage a subcontractor classified in the following DPMC Specialty Trade if not possessed by the Electrical Contractor:

Waste Removal Toxic/Hazardous:   C094

Bids will be received until November 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:       October 22, 2002
Pre-Bid Time:       3:00 PM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:       Vineland H.S. South
                                2880 E. Chestnut Avenue
                               Vineland, NJ 08361

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained for a deposit of $75.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

URS Corporation
340 Scotch Road
Trenton, NJ
609-883-5444

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 NJEDA, please visit us at “www.njeda.com”.