NOTICE TO BIDDERS

DATE:                        March 19, 2008

MEMO TO:    All Prequalified Bidders

FROM:           Suzanne Ivans, Chief School Administrator

                        Stockton Borough Board of Education

                        19 South Main Street, Stockton, NJ  08559

Tel 609-397-2012    

Fax 609-397-2602

SUBJECT:      Phase I Project at Stockton Borough School

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the STOCKTON BOROUGH Board of Education, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, will receive sealed bids for Phase I Project at Stockton Borough School on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 4:00 pm (prevailing time) at the Office of the Chief School Administrator, 19 South Main Street, Stockton, New Jersey 08559.  The sealed bids will be publicly opened and read immediately thereafter.

The project includes but is not limited to facilities/temporary controls (including scaffolding), selective demolition, heavy timber structural repairs and replacement, traditional carpentry (including the repair and replacement of architectural millwork and clapboard siding), masonry restoration (repointing of stone), exterior painting and limited electrical work.  The Stockton Borough Schoolhouse is listed on the New Jersey State and National Registers of Historic Places.  In addition, this project may receive grant funding from the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund, which is administered by the New Jersey Historic Trust. Work is to be carried out to comply with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (Rev. 1995).

In order to be considered a prequalified bidder, prospective contractors must appear on the State of New Jersey’s list of Classified Contractors for Historical Restoration (C024) as promulgated by the Department of the Treasury’s Division of Property Management and Construction with an Aggregate Rating appropriate to the estimated aggregate construction cost. This project is estimated to have an aggregate construction cost of approximately $445,000.  See also:

www.state.nj.us/treasury/dpmc/contractors/contract_search.html

Each bid when submitted shall be accompanied by a Bid Bond drawn to the order of The Stockton Borough Board of Education, on the form furnished with the Bid Documents, for a sum of 10% of the total bid amount (not to exceed $20,000).

The STOCKTON BOROUGH Board of Education reserves the right to accept any bid meeting specifications regardless of price.  The Board also reserves the right to accept any portion of the bid, waive any irregularities in bidding, and to proceed in any manner considered in its best interest.

No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the opening thereof.

The right is reserved to reject any or all bids or to waive informality in the bidding if it is in the interest of the Board of Education to do so, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-1 et seq.

Bidding shall be in conformance with the applicable requirements of N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-1 et seq., pertaining to the “Public School Contracts Law.”

All Bidders are subject to various statutory and regulatory provision of New Jersey law, including but not limited to:  N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.25 et seq. (P.L.1963 c.150); (Prevailing Wages); and N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. (P.L.1975, c.127) (Non-Discrimination); P.L. 1975, c. 127 (N.J.A.C. 17:27), N.J.S.A. 10:5-31, et seq. and P.L. 1999, c. 238, “The Public Works Contractor Registration Act.”

Bid Documents for the above listed contract (consisting of drawings and Project Manual including specifications) will be available at a pre-bid meeting to be held on March 24, 2008 at 8:30 AM (rain or shine) at the STOCKTON BOROUGH BOARD OF EDUCATION offices at 19 NORTH MAIN STREET, STOCKTON, NEW JERSEY.  A walk-through of the building will immediately follow the pre-bid meeting.  The pre-bid conference will begin promptly. A $75.00 non-refundable payment for Bid Documents must be in the form of a company check or money order made payable to the Historic Building Architects, LLC. Subsequent visits to the site must be arranged in advance by appointment only by contacting Suzanne Ivans, CSA, School Administrator (as noted above).

After the pre-bid meeting, Bid Documents will be available for review or purchase from either the Clerk’s Office, Stockton Borough Hall, 2 South Main Street, Stockton, NJ 08559, tel 609-397-0070 (Attention: Lynne Tuzik, Deputy Clerk, or Barbara Mudryk), Monday through Thursday, 8:30 am to 1:30 pm or from Historic Building Architects, LLC during regular business hours (as noted above).

Bid proposals must be received at the Stockton Borough Board of Education by no later than Tuesday, April 22 at 4:00 pm, at which time a public opening of the bids will be held.

Provided that a bona-fide proposal within the project budget is received, the Stockton Borough Board of Education intends to award a contract for construction as soon at their regularly scheduled meeting to be held Thursday, April 24, 2008.

Construction must occur during a ten-week period starting at the end of June 2008 and be thoroughly completed in time for the 2008-2009 school year by the end of August 2008.

Questions are to be directed in writing via fax to:

Michael Calafati, AIA, Principal-in-Charge

Historic Building Architects, LLC

312 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08618

tel 609-393-3999  

fax 609-393-4333

BY ORDER OF

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE

            STOCKTON BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

HUNTERDON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

Suzanne Ivans, Chief School Administrator