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Statutes > New-jersey > Title-18a > Section-18a-64 > 18a-64-76-1

18A:64-76.1  Advertisements by contracting agent for bids; award of contracts.2.  a.  Whenever the entire cost for the construction, alteration or repair of any building by a State college will exceed the amount determined pursuant to subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.1986, c.43 (C.18A:64-54), the contracting agent shall  advertise for and receive in the manner provided by law: 

(1)separate bids for the following categories of work:

(a)the plumbing and gas fitting work;

(b)the heating and ventilating systems and equipment;

(c)the electrical work, including any electrical power plants;

(d)the structural steel and ornamental iron work;

(e)all other work and materials required for the completion of the project, or

(2)bids for all work and materials required to complete the entire project if awarded as a single contract, or

(3)both (1) and (2) above.

All bids submitted shall set forth the names and license numbers of all subcontractors to whom the bidder will subcontract the work described in the foregoing categories (a) through (e).

b.Contracts shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder whose bid, conforming to the invitation for bids, will be the most advantageous to the State college.  Whenever two or more bids of equal amounts are the lowest bids submitted by responsible parties, the college may award the contract to any of the parties, as, in its discretion, it may determine.

L.1992, c.61, s.2; amended 2005, c.369, s.13.