Contract No.
PA-0031-M01
Contract Name
STEAM High School
School District
Paterson
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The New Jersey Schools Development Authority (“NJSDA”) is seeking the services of a Construction Manager ("CM") to manage
the design-build construction of a new STEAM High School in the Paterson Public School District.
The Request for Qualifications/Request for Proposals (“RFQ/RFP”) defines the steps needed for participation in the
procurement, and is issued pursuant to the NJSDA's regulations governing the procurement of professional services
consultants, N.J.A.C. 19:38C-1 et seq.
The RFQ/RFP package is available at the following link: click here to view RFQ/RFP.
Brief Description of Work:
Construction Management Services for a new STEAM High School in Paterson, NJ. The project is planned to be an
approximately 266,000 square foot facility designed to educate 1,564 students in grades Nine through Twelve
Procurement Overview:
This is a "Price and Other Factors" solicitation for Construction Management Services. This solicitation seeks responses from
interested firms in the form of a simultaneous submission of:
1. A Qualifications and Technical Proposal, which provides information regarding the firm’s past experience and
qualifications for evaluation by a Selection Committee charged with evaluation and scoring of the submittals with
reference to the non-price "Other Factors" criteria identified in the RFQ/RFP. The "Other Factors" to be
considered, and their relative weights, are as follows:
• Responsive Firm's CM Experience on Comparable Projects (40 Points)
• Key Team Members' Experience on Comparable Projects (60 points)
2. A sealed Price Proposal, which will remain sealed until completion of the "Other Factors" evaluation and scoring,
and which states the firm's Total Compensation Amount price for the services required for the project. The Price
Proposal will be subject to scoring in accordance with the terms of the RFQ/RFP.
Responsive firms will be evaluated and scored by a Selection Committee on the basis of their written Qualifications and
Technical Proposal submissions. The responsive firms will be ranked on the basis of such scores, and a shortlist of the six (6)
most highly-ranked firms will be determined. The shortlisted firms will participate in interviews with the Selection Committee
and will be separately scored on the basis of the interview using the same criteria and point values used to evaluate the
Qualifications and Technical Proposal. The scores for the written submission and the interview will be combined into a total
"Non-Price Score."
Once all the Non-Price Scores for all shortlisted firms have been calculated, the Authority will open the sealed Price Proposals
and will review them for responsiveness, and determine a Price Score for each responsive Price Proposal. The lowest responsive
Price Proposal shall be scored by awarding the maximum number of points for the price component, which shall be 100. All
other Price Proposals shall be scored by awarding points based on the percentage that each proposal exceeds the lowest Price
Proposal.
The Non-Price Scores will be adjusted by a weighting factor of 60% and the Price Scores will be adjusted by a weighting factor
of 40%, before being combined in a Final Combined Score. The Authority will recommend award of the contract to the
responsive firm with the highest Final Combined Score.
Procurement Requirements:
Any firm responding to the RFQ/RFP must be prequalified by both the Department of the Treasury-Division of Property
Management and Construction (“DPMC”) and the NJSDA in the Construction Management (P029) discipline as of the due date
for Responses to the RFQ/RFP.
The NJSDA also requires NJSDA prequalification for all subconsultants, of any tier, in the DPMC Disciplines listed below, whose
contract is in an amount which is equal to or greater than $500,000.
• P001 Architecture
• P002 Electrical Engineering
• P003 HVAC Engineering
• P004 Plumbing Engineering
• P005 Civil Engineering
• P007 Structural Engineering
• P011 Environmental Engineering
• P015 Land Surveying
• P029 Construction Management
• P038 Asbestos Safety Control Monitoring
• P066 - P103 Materials Testing Laboratories
Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of N.J.A.C. 17:27 et seq. and N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. pertaining to
affirmative action and equal employment opportunity.
At the time of award, the NJSDA will require the selected firm to provide opportunities to Small Business Enterprise (“SBE”)
firms and Disabled Veteran Owned Business (“DVOB”) firms to participate in the performance of the work, consistent with the
NJSDA’s 25% SBE and 3% DVOB Set-Aside Goals.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:7G-41.1, a firm shall be precluded from submitting a proposal for this procurement if such firm
or any affiliated firm is engaged under a prime contract with NJSDA to provide work and services as the general contractor for
this project, or is engaged as a subcontractor to the general contractor for this project.
No firm may propose as a Key Team Member any person who has assisted the Authority by materially participating in the
preparation of an RFQ/RFP for this Construction Management Services procurement or for the Design-Build Services
procurement for the Project. “Materially participating in the preparation of an RFQ/RFP” shall mean the preparation of the RFP
or RFQ/RFP themselves, as well as the preparation of plans, specifications, reports or other documents that are produced with
the intent to be incorporated into a Project Manual or Design-Build Information Package that is part of that RFP or RFQ/RFP.
Failure to observe this prohibition shall result in disqualification of the conflicted person from the Proposed Team, and
rejection of the entire proposal that includes the ineligible person.
Procurement Submission Dates and Deadlines:
A. Notice of Intent to Participate:
The NJSDA will not hold a traditional pre-proposal conference for this procurement. Any firm wishing to submit a
proposal must provide timely notice of their intent to participate in the procurement by sending an e-mail message
indicating such intent to Dave Kutch at dkutch@njsda.gov no later than 2:00 PM on January 12, 2026. This notice is
required in order to submit a proposal but does not bind a prospective proposer in any way. Failure to timely submit
the notice of intent will result in NJSDA rejecting any proposal later submitted.
B. Questions from Interested Firms:
Firms may submit written questions regarding this procurement to the NJSDA by sending them by e-mail to Dave
Kutch at dkutch@njsda.gov no later than 2:00 PM on January 12, 2026. The questions and NJSDA answers will be
provided via an addendum to the RFQ/RFP to each firm that submitted a timely e-mail message to Dave Kutch at
dkutch@njsda.gov indicating their intent to participate in the procurement. See RFQ/RFP for details regarding
advertisement and distribution of addenda.
C. Submission of Proposals:
A firm must submit one (1) unbound original of its Qualifications and Technical Proposal, accompanied by one (1)
unbound original, separate, signed, sealed Price Proposal no later than 2:00 PM on February 2, 2026. Submission of
proposals through USPS postal services is not permitted, as delivery will be made to a post office box and timely
receipt cannot be validated. Submissions will only be accepted when delivered to NJSDA’s physical office by hand
delivery or trackable courier services such as Federal Express, UPS or similar, at the following address:
NJSDA
32 East Front Street
Trenton, NJ 08608
Attention: Dave Kutch, Sr. Procurement Specialist
Subject: Construction Management Services Proposal, Package No. PA-0031-M01
D. Opening of Price Proposals:
The sealed Price Proposals will be publicly opened and read at a bid opening at the NJSDA office at 2:00 PM on
February 25, 2026.
For further information on NJSDA, please visit us at www.njsda.gov.
DATE ADVERTISED: December 23, 2025
This page summarizes the opportunity, including an overview and a preview of the attached documents.