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.:                        ST-0022-C03
Contract Name:                    Cumberland Regional H.S. Renovations
District:                                 Cumberland
County:                                 Cumberland
No. of Schools:                     1 (Cumberland Regional H.S.)
CCE Range:                        $ 225,000 - $240,000

Brief description of work: Complete removal of existing tennis courts and sub-base. Provision of new sub-base, court surface and posts with nets.

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 -
Athletic Field/Tracks/Courts Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C060

Bid proposals must list the names of the firms who meet the above classification(s).

Bids will be received until June 8, 2006 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.

ANY FIRMS THAT ATTENDED THE May 12, 2006 MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE AND HAVE RECEIVED A PROJECT RATING LIMIT FROM THE NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND THE May 23, 2006 MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE. A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held as follows:

Pre-Bid Date:       May 23, 2006
Pre-Bid Time:       10:00 AM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      Cumberland BOE Office
                              65 Love Lane
                              Seabrook, NJ 08302

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 May 30, 2006 to Jim McElhenny 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 First Floor (Wachovia Bank Building) Trenton, NJ 08625-0991

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

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained as of May 12, 2006 for a non-refundable fee of $250.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

URS Corp. MS1 Site Trailer
688 North Mill Road
Vineland, New Jersey 08361
609-278-2590

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 requires the contractor to provide opportunities to SBE firms to participate in the performance of this engagement, consistent with NJSCC’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 NJSCC will not permit a firm engaged by the NJSCC as a project management firm (“PMF”) to bid as a prime or act as a sub-contractor for this NJSCC 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.

The NJSCC 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 NJSCC.

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 NJSCC, please visit us at “www.njscc.com”.
DATE ADVERTISED: May 3, 2006