Renovation of an educational facility in Jersey City, New Jersey. Completed plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

Hudson County Community College Mixed-Use Academic Building, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, and delivered to the Director of Contracts and Procurement between the hours 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. on official business days at or before the opening of bids. No bid will be received thereafter. Bids must be submitted on the applicable proposal forms in the manner designated. Each bid must be accompanied by: (1) cashier's check, certified check or bid bond payable to "Hudson County Community College" in the sum equal to ten percent (10%) of the bid pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:64A-25.16, (2) a certification by surety and consent of surety from a surety company authorized to do business in New Jersey that such company will provide the bidder with a Performance Bond and Payment Bond(s) as called for in the Bid Specification pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:64A-25.17, (3) Statement of Ownership Disclosure as required by N.J.S.A. 52:25-24.2, and (4) all other forms (signed and notarized as appropriate) required by the Bid Specification which may include, but shall not be limited to, the bid proposal form, bid document submission checklist, acknowledgment of receipt of changes to bid documents, certificate of subcontractor's scope of work, affirmative action certification, certification of bidder's experience and financial responsibility, non-collusion affidavit, minority subcontractor information, vendor's lobbyist/consultant disclosure statement form, and certification of non-retention of lobbyist/consultant. The successful bidder will be required to enter into a Project Labor Agreement ("PLA") pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:38-1, et seq., for the contract work in the form provided with the Bid Specification, and the provisions of the PLA shall govern all labor under the contract. All bidders must include as part of their bid a fully executed Acknowledgement Of Project Labor Agreement Required For The Project. In the event that any provision(s) of the PLA should conflict with any of the requirements specified elsewhere in this Notice To Bidders and/or the Bid Specification, the provisions of the PLA shall control. No contract shall be awarded to a bidder unless the bidder has provided proof of compliance with "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act", N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.48, et seq. and Business Registration pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:32-44, and any contract so awarded is contingent upon conformance with these conditions throughout the course of performance. Bidders should submit for themselves and their subcontractors the Public Works Contractor Registration Certificates and Business Registration certificates with their bids. It is required that no less than the Prevailing Wage salary rates of pay as provided for by the New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act, N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.25, et seq., shall be paid for labor under the contract. Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31, et seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27-1.1, et seq., regarding Equal Employment Opportunity and with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. 12101, et seq. Attention of bidders is called to the existence of statutes and regulations relative to the safety of workmen, hours of labor, workman's compensation insurance, preference for and prohibition of certain types of labor and other particular statutes and regulations affecting the proposed public work together with regulations, rules and ordinances of the municipality in which the work is to be done. Once submitted, no bid can be withdrawn without the consent of the College. The College reserves the right to reject any and all bids and/or to waive minor informality in the bidding, pursuant to the laws governing same. Bids may be held by the Hudson County Community College for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of opening of the bids for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the qualifications of the bidders, unless the Hudson County Community College obtains consent from the bidders to extend such time. In the event a prospective bidder desires clarification of any details or provisions of the Bid Specification or Plans, in order to receive consideration, requests for such clarifications must be made in writing to the College's Director of Contracts and Procurement in time to be received at least ten (10) business days before the scheduled opening of bids. Any response deemed necessary or desirable by the College will be made in writing for the benefit of all prospective bidders. Any prospective bidder who wishes to challenge a provision of the Bid documents (including the Bid Specification and Plans) shall file such challenge(s) in writing with the College's Director of Contracts and Procurement no less than three (3) business days prior to the opening of the bids. Challenges filed after that time shall be considered void and as having no impact on the College or the award of the contract. The acceptance of any bid and award of a contract by the Hudson County Community College is contingent upon the Chief Financial Officer's certification that the funds are available. The site of the proposed new academic building is currently an asphalt paved parking lot located between two parallel streets, Enos Place and Jones Street, and is approximately 200 feet north of Newkirk Street. Prior to the site being developed as a parking lot in the 1970's the site supported various building structures that were demolished to allow construction of the parking lot. The proposed building site is enclosed by three (3) adjacent existing multi-story buildings which we understand have basements. The depth of these basements are unknown to us at this time. The general location of the project site is shown on the Site Location Map in Appendix A of this report. Based on information provided by the Architect and Structural Engineer, the proposed academic building will consist of a twelve (12) story steel framed structure with non-load bearing walls. The steel frame will use steel columns and beams placed in the column bay grid, with a 2-story exterior steel truss system utilized between the 4th and 6th floors. The building will not have a basement with the ground level being used for offices and parking under the building's foot print. The typical floor construction for the building's upper level floors will consist of light weight concrete over composite metal floor decks. The building footprint at the ground level will be approximately 16,445 square feet. The maximum vertical column loads are anticipated to be in the range of 1,200 kips with two columns having vertical loads ranging from 1,800 to 2,000 kips. The uplift and shear loads on the columns are anticipated to be 150 kips and 120 kips, respectively. These column loads were provided to us by the project's Structural Engineer. The final site grades were not available to us; however, they are not anticipated to change significantly from those that presently exist at the site. The Bidder shall carefully study and compare the Bidding Documents with each other, and with other work being bid concurrently or presently under construction to the extent that it relates to the Work for which the Bid issubmitted, shall examine the site and local conditions, and shall at once report to the Architect errors, inconsistencies or ambiguities discovered. Bidders shall provide written notification to the Architect at its main place of business via email. Bidders requiring clarification or interpretation of the Bidding Documents shall make a written request to the Architect, with copy to the Owner, at least ten (10) days, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excepted, prior to the date for receipt of Bids. The required written notifications may be made through email to the Architect (Robert Harker, NK Architects) at HCCC-bid docs@nkarchitects.com and to the Owner (Hudson County Community College, Jeff Roberson, Jr., Director of Contracts and Procurement) at jrobersonjr@hccc.edu.