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: Kim Banegas, Procurement Project Officer for the following work:

Contract No.:                        JE-0004-P01
Contract Name:                    Selective Demolition & Abatement
District:                                 Jersey City
County:                                 Hudson
No. of Schools:                     1 (2 Harrison Ave. Freshman Academy)
Estimated Package Cost:    $ 680,071

Brief description of work: Selective demolition (interior) and selective abatement and disposal of all hazardous materials of a three (3) story, 15,000 sf building.

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 Trade(s) or required to engage a subcontractor classified in the following DPMC Specialty Trade(s) if not possessed by the General Contractor:

Electrical:         C047
Asbestos Removal/Treatment:  C092
Lead Abatement:              C096
Demolition:                C021

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

Bids will be received until April 10, 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:       March 21, 2003
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      2 Harrison Avenue
                              (Vacant building on Lincoln H.S. site)
                              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 Corp.
75 Montgomery Street, FL4
Jersey City, NJ 07302
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.njscc.com”.