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: Kimberli Banegas for construction of the following work:

Contract No.:                        JE-0003-C01
Contract Name:                   Utility Relocation Work
District:                                 Jersey City
County:                                 Hudson
No. of Schools:                     1 (PS #3)
Estimated Package Cost:    $ 338,700

Brief description of work: Removal of water, sewer & gas lines and installation of new water line at Blocks 340, 341 & vacated streets and disposal of all material in conformance with all applicable environmental rules and regulations.

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 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:

Sewer Piping & Storm Drains:       C056
Site Work:       C054

-OR-
Sewer Piping & Storm Drains Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C056 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 Sewer Piping & Storm Drains Contractor:

Site Work Contractor:   C054

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

Bids will be received until February 5, 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:       January 15, 2003
Pre-Bid Time:       1:30 PM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:       Construction Entrance
                                360 Grand Street (Santora Park)
                               Jersey City, NJ 07302

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

URS Corporation
75 Montgomery Street
Jersey City, NJ 07307
201-761-0555

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”.