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-0002-P01
Contract Name:                    General Construction
District:                                 Newark
County:                                 Essex
No. of Schools:                    1 (New 1st Avenue School)
CCE Range:                        $ 1,400,000 - $1,800,000

Brief description of work: This work involves demolishing of an existing warehouse/office facility on the proposed site for the New 1st Avenue School. The site is situated between 1st & 2nd Avenue and 7th & 8th Street in Newark, New Jersey. The work also includes recycling of the building materials from the facility.

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 C006 or C008 or C009

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS LISTED, IT IS REQUIRED THAT PRIOR TO THE AWARD OF THIS PROJECT, THE RESPONSIVE, LOW BID GENERAL CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO BE CLASSIFIED WITH THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AS A CATEGORY 4 OR CATEGORY 5 SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.

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

Bids will be received until February 20, 2004 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 12, 2004
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation
                             375 McCarter Highway, 1st Floor
                             Newark, NJ 07114

In addition to the mandatory pre-bid conference, all bidders on this project will be required to complete a project rating proposal and submit the completed project rating proposal by 5:00 PM (local time) on January 21, 2004 to Bill Mahan 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 (Wachovia 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 as of January 20, 2004 for a non-refundable deposit of $75.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

Parsons Brinkerhoff
Two Gateway Center, 18th Flr
Newark, NJ 07102
973-353-9100

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”.
DATE ADVERTISED: December 29, 2003