The New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation (NJSCC), a subsidiary of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (Authority), seeks to engage a provider (the Provider) of communications services to help implement a comprehensive communications program (the Communications Program), to be applied as needed on a State-wide or narrowly targeted basis, to advance the purposes of the School Construction Program. The Communication Program's chief target audience shall be residents, including parents and students, and school personnel in the school districts where the NJSCC finances or constructs school facilities projects pursuant to the Educational Facilities Construction and Financing Act, P.L . 2000, c . 72 (principally codified at N.J.S.A . 18A:7G-1 et seq .). The services will have two major components: (1) communications design, and (2) printing and distribution.

The NJSCC is seeking to obtain such services on a statewide basis for a one-year engagement at a cost not to exceed $1,000,000 for the term of the engagement, which includes but is not limited to the firm's compensation, production, distribution and postage. The NJSCC may, at it's option, exercise two one-year renewals.

A Request for Proposals (RFP) for these services will be available for pick-up starting at noon on Tuesday, April 6, 2004, and continuing between the hours of 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM at the reception desk of the offices of the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation, First Floor, 1 West State Street (the Wachovia Bank Building), Trenton, New Jersey 08625.

A mandatory pre-proposal conference for firms wishing to submit proposals is scheduled for Thursday, April 15, 2004 at 10:00 AM. The conference will be held at the NJSCC's Offices, 1 West State Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08625 .

Completed responses to the RFP must be received by 2:00 PM EST on the closing date of Wednesday, April 21, 2004, and may be mailed or hand delivered as set forth below.

Mailing Address:

New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation
Attn: Mr. Sandor Havran, Project Officer
Contract Procurement & Administration
P.O. Box 991
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0991

Hand Delivery Address:

New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation
Attn: Mr. Sandor Havran, Project Officer
1 West State Street (the Wachovia Bank Building), 1 st Floor
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0991

FAXED OR E-MAILED SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED AFTER THE ABOVE DATE AND TIME WILL BE RETURNED UNOPENED.

Eligibility: The services sought in the RFP are not subject to NJSCC pre-qualification requirements. Selections shall be based on qualifications presented.

Set Asides: A firm engaged pursuant to the RFP shall be required to set forth its approach to meeting the overall 25% S mall Business Enterprise (SBE) set-aside target established in New Jersey Commerce and Economic Growth Commission (the Commission) rules, at N.J.A.C . 12A:10-1.1 et seq., and in Executive Order No. 71 (McGreevey 2003), as fully explained in the RFP.

Office of Government Integrity: Firms shall be required to submit a completed questionnaire for review by the Office of Government Integrity created under section 70 of the Act to investigate and ensure the integrity of all School Construction Program activities.

Selection Process: Non-responsive submissions will be rejected without evaluation. A Selection Committee will evaluate responsive submissions based on the following evaluation criteria:

Firms will receive a final technical ranking based on the above-described evaluation process, except that, at its sole option, the NJSCC may conduct interviews. Following the interviews, if any, the final technical scores and rankings shall be determined, based on the evaluation criteria.

Fee Negotiations: Following the final rankings, if any, Fee Proposals will be opened and evaluated by NJSCC Staff. Using the Fee Proposals as a guide, NJSCC Staff shall negotiate with the highest ranked firm. Should the NJSCC be unable to negotiate satisfactorily with the highest-ranked firm, negotiations will be terminated and started with the second ranked firm and so on until terms are successfully negotiated. After award of contracts, all firms may be afforded a debriefing.

The NJSCC has no obligation to make an award pursuant to the RFP, and reserves the right to waive any non-material defects, reject any Proposals for any reason, or terminate the selection process in part or in its entirety at any time.