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.:                        NE-0001-P01 RB2
Contract Name:                    Demolition and Site Preparation
District:                                 Newark
County:                                 Essex
No. of Schools:                    1 (Science Park High School)
Construction Cost Estimate:    $4,280,000

Brief description of work: Involves hazardous material abatement and demolition of the Marcus Garvey School and other residential properties on the proposed site for the New Science Park HS. The scope of work also includes the removal of salvaged building components for the Marcus Garvey School as well as the removal of USTs and contaminated soil.

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):

Demolition Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C021 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 Demolition Contractor:

Asbestos Removal:  C092

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

Bids will be received until July 16, 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:       July 10, 2003
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Marcus Garvey School
                             131 13th Avenue
                             Newark, NJ 07103

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 2:00 PM (local time) on July 16, 2003 to Anna Marie Sanford 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 after July 2, 2003, for $100.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

Parson Brinckerhoff
2 Gateway Center (18th Floor)
Neark, NJ 07102
973-353-7608

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”.