Sealed bid proposals will be received by the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation (“NJSCC”) at their offices listed below for the following work:

Contract No.:                        JE-0016-C01
Contract Name:                    PS #3 Elem. School & MS #4 Middle School
District:                                 Jersey City
County:                                 Hudson
No. of Schools:                    2 (PS #3 E.S. & MS #4 M.S.)
Estimated Package Cost:    $ 68,250,000

Brief description of work: construction of a new 116,000 square foot elementary school and 166,000 square foot middle school on shared campus.

This work will be bid and constructed as a single overall contract (one lump sum for all trades).

This contract will be subject to the terms of a PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT. The PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT will be issued as an addendum prior to the bid due date.

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:

Structural Steel:   C029
HVAC:                     C039
Plumbing:              C030
Electrical:              C047

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

The date for the submission of bids is August 8, 2003. Please note that all interested bidders must have attended the below referenced mandatory pre-bid conference. Currently 65% construction drawings are available.

A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held as follows:

Pre-Bid Date:       February 27, 2003
Pre-Bid Time:       1:00 PM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      URS Site
                             75 Montgomery Street, FL 4
                             Jersey City, NJ 07302

In addition to the mandatory pre-bid conference, all bidders on this project wil be required to complete a project rating evaluation form and submit the completed project rating evaluation form by 2:00 PM (local time) on March 6, 2003 to Kim Banegas at the below NJSCC address:

If U.S. Mail:
NJSCC
P.O. Box 991
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0991
If Fed Ex, UPS, Courier, Hand Delivery:

NJSCC 1 West State Street Second Floor (First Union Bank Building) Trenton, NJ 08625-0991 Copies of the project evaluation forms are available from the PMF or the NJSCC.

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

URS Corp.
75 Montgomery Street, FL 4
Jersey City, New Jersey 07302
201 761-0555

Checks 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”.