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-0014-C02
Contract Name:                    Boiler Replacement
District:                                 Newark
County:                                 Essex
No. of Schools:                    4 (Speedway, Boylan, Peshine, Roseville Ave)
Construction Cost Estimate:    $ 985,000

Brief description of work: Mechanical and plumbing piping, insulation, valves, supports, electrical lighting, wiring, controls, fire detection, miscellaneous structure.

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:

HVAC:                   C039
Electrical:                 C047

-OR-
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:

General Contractor:   C008 or C009
Electrical:               C047

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

Bids will be received until August 7, 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 30, 2003
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Parson Brinckerhoff
                             2 Gateway Center, 18th Floor
                             Newark, NJ 07102

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 August 7, 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 26, 2003 for $100.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

PB + 3D1
2 Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
973-353-7639

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”.