Demolition, site work and addition to an educational facility in Penns Grove, New Jersey. Completed plans call for the addition of a educational facility; for the demolition of a educational facility; and for site work for a educational facility.

Paul W. Carleton Elementary School 2025 Pre-K Classroom Addition. a. Site Work – This Project includes site improvements related to the proposed building addition and will include but is not limited to, earthwork, potential soil replacement, utility and stormwater improvements, asphalt construction and reconstruction, curbing, sidewalks, retaining walls and a new playground. Construction of a ramp shall be included but refer to architecture plans for details. All improvements include the necessary restoration where construction activities have taken place. This project will also include 3 Alternates. Alternate #2 and Alternate #3 pertain to Site Work. Alternate #2 is for construction of a new parking lot with utility and stormwater improvements, and Alternate #3 is for purchase and installation of a shade structure near the playground. See Site Drawings for details. b. General Construction Work – The project work includes providing a new twelve (12) classroom addition with support spaces to the existing school. Each classroom includes its own toilet room. Support spaces include. Front office, two (2) additional offices, nurses’ room, faculty room, and mechanical and storage rooms. Included with the work is to tie into the existing school and convert a storage room to a smaller storage room and a sensory separation room. See Drawings for details. c. Mechanical Construction Work – The Project work includes two (2) new variable volume rooftop units with hot water heating coils and VAV boxes fed from a new hot water heating boiler system with new pumps and piping serving the spaces within the addition. Other mechanical equipment includes exhaust fans and hydronic heaters. The Contractor shall integrate all new equipment into the facility’s Building Management Control System. d. Plumbing Construction Work – The Project work includes all items required to construct fourteen (14) single occupant toilet rooms as part of the new addition including a new domestic hot water heater. As part of the new addition, the existing gas service under the new addition shall be removed and new underground gas piping shall be installed to avoid the new addition. Additionally, a new gas connection is to be made and piping provided for a new hot water heating boiler in the existing mechanical room. e. Fire Detection / Alarm System Work – See the Drawings and Specifications for the detailed Scope of Work. f. Electrical Construction Work – See the Drawings and Specifications for the detailed Scope of Work. It is expressly understood that the Bidder is responsible for getting the bid to the Business Administrator by the time and date set for the bid opening. Bids shall be addressed to the Owner whose name appears in Paragraph 1a of the Instructions to Bidders; they shall be mailed or delivered to the address stated herein, enclosed in an opaque sealed envelope, clearly marked with the name of the Bidder and the name of the Project and the Bid# as described in this Notice to Bidders; and must be received by not later than the time designated in this Notice to Bidders. No responsibility will attach to Architect or Owner for premature opening of a bid which is not properly identified. Any bid received after 3:00 PM will be returned unopened. The Bidders shall submit, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-18(b)(2), one Lump Sum Bid for all the work and materials. Bidders must be pre-qualified by the New Jersey Department of Treasury, Division of Property Management and Construction (DPMC) with at least the DPMC classification associated with the work they intend to directly perform or, if Bidder will not directly perform any work, with DPMC classification C006, C008, or C009. Bidders' Prime Subcontractors, defined as those listed in N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-18, must be pre-qualified by DPMC with the DPMC classification associated with the work they intend to directly perform or subcontract. The Bidder and named Prime Subcontractors must be pre-qualified prior to the date that bids are received. Bids must be accompanied by a certified check, bank cashier's check, treasurer's check or Bid Bond in the form provided in the Contract Documents, with corporate surety satisfactory to the Owner, in an amount of 10% of the Base Bid, but in no case in excess of $20,000.00, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-24, naming as payee or obligee, as applicable, Penns Grove Carneys Point Regional Board of Education, to be retained and applied by the undersigned as provided in the Contract Documents in case the successful Bidder defaults in executing the Agreement or furnishing the bonds and insurance certificates as required by the Contract Documents. Prospective Bidders are advised that this Project is one which will be subject to and will be governed by provisions of New Jersey law, including, but not limited to, those regarding (a) Prequalification of Bidders (N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-26 et seq.); (b) Prevailing Wage Rates (N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.25 et seq.); (c) Use of Domestic Materials, (N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-20); and (d) Ownership Disclosure Certification, (N.J.S.A. 52:25-24.2) The Owner is requesting that copies of the Registrations for Bidder and its Named Prime Subcontractors be included in the Bidder's Bid Package, but the Bidder must provide proof of such Registrations prior to the award of the Contract. In addition, each Bid Package must include a certificate from a surety company stating it will provide said Bidder with a bond in such sum as required by N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-25. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the dates set for the opening thereof. The right is reserved to reject all bids pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-22 or to waive minor informalities, defects, and non-material exceptions. Bidders are required to comply with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27-1.1 et seq The Time Schedule for the project is as follows: Monday 11/11/24 Bid packages available via Electronic Delivery Wednesday 11/27/24 Deadline for Questions to Garrison Architects (email questions to jminniti@garrisonarch.com) Monday 12/02/24 Addendum Issued to the Plan Holders, if required