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-0024-C01
Contract Name:                    HVAC Upgrade
District:                                 Jersey City
County:                                 Hudson
No. of Schools:                    1 (Ferris H.S.)
Construction Cost Estimate:    $ 1,600,000

Brief description of work: Solicitations of contractor qualifications for the renovation of the refrigeration plant at Ferris High School. Construction scheduled to begin fourth quarter 2003.

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):

HVAC Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C039 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 HVAC Contractor:

Electrical Contractor:  C047
General Contractor:      C008 or C009

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

Bids will be received until August 12, 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:       June 6, 2003
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      NJSCC Regional Office
                             333 Washington Street
                             Jersey City, NJ 07302

In addition to the mandatory pre-bid conference, all bidders on this project will be required to complete a project rating evaluation form and submit the completed project rating evaluation form by 5:00 PM (local time) on June 12, 2003 to Ed Pniewski 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.

Currently plans and specifications are not available for purchase. When available, bidders may be inspected or obtained for $100.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

Bovis Lend Lease
744 Broad Street
Suite 1420, 14th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
973-353-8800

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”.