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

Contract No.:                        NE-0053-C01
Contract Name:                    Emergent Repairs at Avon Avenue School
District:                                 Newark
County:                                 Essex
No. of Schools:                     1 (Avon Avenue School)
CCE :                                    $1,081,195

Brief description of work: : Reconstruct main entrance stairs, new steel exit stair, structural remediation below grade adjacent to gymnasium, waterproofing, replace exterior doors, resurface playground, service and parking areas..

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 NJSDA in the following trade(s):

General Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C008 or C009

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS LISTED, IT IS REQUIRED THAT AT THE TIME OF SUBMITTAL OF THE PROJECT RATING PROPOSAL THE BIDDER MUST 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 classification(s).

Bids will be received until November 20, 2007 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:       October 30, 2007
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Avon Avenue School
                              219 Avon Ave.
                              Newark, NJ 07105

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 Proposal (PRP) evaluation form by 5:00 PM (local time) on November 2, 2007 to Martin Taylor at the below NJSDA address:

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

NJSDA 1 West State Street First Floor (Wachovia Bank Building) Trenton, NJ 08625-0991

Copies of the Project Rating Proposal forms are available from the PMF or the NJSDA at the Pre-Bid meeting.

Initial set of plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained as of October 30, 2007 and are free for eligible bidders only. Additional copies are available for a non-refundable fee of $100.00. They can be picked up at Pre-Bid or during regular business hours, from:

NJSDA Newark Regional Office
375 Mc Carter Highway
Newark, New Jersey 07114
973-648-8335

Checks shall be made payable to the NJSDA.

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 NJSDA requires the contractor to provide opportunities to SBE firms to participate in the performance of this engagement, consistent with NJSDA’s SBE Set-Aside Goals of 25% (5% to Category 4, 10% to Category 5, and the remaining 10% to be allocated among Category 4 and/or Category 5). To be registered in Category 4, a business must have gross revenues that do not exceed $1 million. To be registered in Category 5, a business must have gross revenues exceeding $1 million. The Small Business Administration size standards are established at 13 C.F.R. 121.201.

The NJSDA will not permit a firm engaged by the NJSDA as a project management firm (“PMF”) to bid as a prime or act as a sub-contractor for this NJSDA managed project. Subconsultants to the PMFs are prohibited from working as primes or subcontractors in the region(s) for which they are on a PMF team.

In addition to all other requirements listed above, the NJSDA requires all subcontractors of any tier in the DPMC Trade Classifications listed below whose contract is in an amount which is equal to or greater than $500,000 be pre-qualified by the NJSDA.

C006 - CM as Constructor
C007 - Design Build
C008 - General Contractor
C009 - GC/Alterations & Additions
C019 - Concrete/Foundation/Footings/Masonry work
C021 - Demolition
C029 - Structural Steel
C030 - Plumbing
C039 - HVAC
C045 - Sprinkler Systems
C047 - Electrical
C066 - Roofing-Membrane EPDM
C067 - Roofing-Membrane PVC/CPE/CSPE
C068 - Roofing-Membrane Modified Bitumen
C069 - Roofing-Urethane
C070 - Roofing-Built Up
C071 - Roofing-Metal
C072 - Roofing-Tile/Slate/Shingles
C092 - Asbestos Removal/Treatment
C093 - Asbestos Removal/Mechanical
C096 - Lead Paint Abatement

For further information on NJSDA, please visit us at “www.njsda.gov”.
DATE ADVERTISED: October 12, 2007