Contract #25.14 ? New Hopkins Gymnasium and Addition & Alteration to J.F. Tatem Elementary School

Location:	New Jersey
Posted:	Aug 13, 2026
Due:	Sep 17, 2026
Agency:	Haddonfield Board of Education
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	Y - Construction of Structures and Facilities
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HADDONFIELD BOARD OF EDUCATION

REQUEST FOR BIDS

Contract #25.14 – New Hopkins Gymnasium (HG), and

Addition & Alteration to J.F. Tatem Elementary School (TES)

Bid Advertisement

The Haddonfield Board of Education of Haddonfield, New Jersey, hereby advertises for competitive

bids in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-21(a) (b) for a single overall contract in accordance with

NJSA 18A:18A-18(b) (2):

Contract:

#25.14A - Single Overall Contract for

Title of Bid: New Hopkins Gym

Contract:

#25.14B - Single Overall Contract for

Title of Bid: Addition & Alterations to J.F. Tatem ES

Contract:

#25.14C - Single Overall Contract for

Title of Bid: New Hopkins Gym and Addition & Alterations to J.F. Tatem ES

Bidders shall be prequalified by the New Jersey Division Property Management and Construction in the

trade categories listed below, or name such prequalified subcontractors:

Trade Category #

C008 or C009

Title

General Construction or General Construction/Alterations and Additions

J.F. Tatem Elementary School: The scope of work for the Alterations at J.F. Tatem Elementary School

includes but is not limited to: Alterations to convert an existing Library into multiple Classrooms including

all new finishes, wall partitions, electrical power & lighting, suspended acoustic tile ceilings, and

modifications & upgrades to the existing HVAC system. Work also includes the installation of a wall with

door access for the existing nurse’s suite, a renovation of the existing cafeteria kitchen and pantry, and

addition of a new office within the existing music room. The scope also includes the new construction of a

two story media center and classroom addition. The addition includes a 2-story exterior stair. The addition

will be freestanding and attached to the building through a connecting corridor on both stories with floor,

wall and roof expansion joints. The exterior envelope will closely match the existing facade materiality of

brick and will include the use of metal panels, and glass curtain wall.

Hopkins Gym: The Hopkins Gym parcel is a new gymnasium building to be built on the existing

Haddonfield High School lot. This new construction will be an A-3 assembly occupancy. This building will

be constructed as slab-on-grade with concrete and block foundations and footings. The exterior envelope

will feature brick masonry, cast-stone details, and translucent daylighting sandwich panels. Bearing CMU

and steel columns will support the steel joist roof, metal deck, and partial modified bitumen roof/partial

standing seam metal roof over continuous insulation. The construction type will be II-B and the full

building will be sprinklered. The program of this building includes a high school basketball gym, a

wrestling gym with an office, locker rooms, trainer’s room, toilet rooms, shower room, electrical and

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J.F. Tatem Elementary School

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plumbing room, and a couple of storage rooms. The site work on this cleared and developed site will

include a parking lot that will serve the new gym, site lighting, and landscaping.

Bid Docs available on Thursday, August 13th, 2026

The bid documents have been prepared by the firm LAN Associates Engineering, Planning,

Architecture, Surveying, Inc. (LAN). All necessary bid specifications and bid forms are available (via an

electronic web link) between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on business days by LAN’s office. Bid

documents shall be made available via a web link by emailing biddocs@lanassociates.com with copy to

chloe.letteri@lanassociates.com. Email requests must reference the New Hopkins Gymnasium, and

Addition & Alteration to J.F. Tatem Elementary School and must include Bidder’s Company, Company

Address, Point of Contact, Telephone and if applicable, Facsimile numbers, and Bidder’s email address.

Physical copies/prints of documents will not be sent.

All questions, comments, and inquiries shall be submitted to LAN (Attention: Mr. Jeff Potter at

jeff.potter@lanassociates.com, with copy to Ms. Chloe Letteri at chloe.letteri@lanassociates.com) in

writing and will be responded through Addenda sent to all bidders via email.

Bidders are requested to submit in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A: 18A – 18(b)(2) one Lump Sum Bid for

all work and materials. Bids must be sealed and delivered to the Haddonfield Board of Education Offices

(Office of the School Business Administrator/Board Secretary, Michael Catalano) located at 95 Grove

Street, Haddonfield, New Jersey on or before date and time indicated below. It is recommended that

bidders send their responses through the US Postal Service certified mail or overnight mail which provides

certification of delivery to the sender or to hand deliver bids between 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM daily. The

Board shall not be responsible for bids lost in transit, delivered to the wrong address, or otherwise not hand-

delivered to the address provided. The envelope to bear the following information:

Title: Contract #25.14 – New Hopkins Gymnasium (HG), and

Addition & Alteration to J.F. Tatem Elementary School (TES)

Name and Address of the Bidder

Date: September 17th, 2026

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Please note that the bid opening process will begin on the above advertised date at 2:00 p.m. All attendees

shall report to the Board of Education Offices and will be escorted to a meeting space by the Owner. Bids

may also be submitted to the School Business Administrator/Board Secretary, Mr. Michael Catalano, or his

designee at the bid opening meeting, prior to the advertised date and time. On the advertised date and

time, the School Business Administrator shall publicly receive and open all bids and announce the names

of the vendors and their prices. Bids may be viewed by interested parties on the advertised bid date and

time.

No bids shall be received after the time designated in the advertisement. (N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-21(b)).

The Board of Education does not accept electronic (e-mail) submission of bids.

There will be a pre-bid meeting on Tuesday, August 25th, 2026, at 10:00 AM. While attendance is not

mandatory, all prospective bidders are strongly encouraged to attend this important meeting, which will be

starting at the Haddonfield Board of Ed office, located at 95 Gove St, Haddonfield, NJ 08033. It is the intent

of the Pre-Proposal Meeting to offer all interested bidders access to the project site following the pre-

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proposal meeting. Failure to attend the Pre-Bid meeting will not excuse any bid mistake and/or omission

due to bidder’s ignorance of information disseminated at the meeting.

Additional time sensitive dates for the project are:

Final Day for Questions to the Architect:

Date of Issuance of Addendum (if necessary):

Receive Bids:

Notice of Award/Notice to Proceed, on or about:

Site Mobilization:

Substantial Completion:

Tuesday, September 1st, 2026, by 5:00 PM

Thursday, September 3rd, 2026, by 5:00 PM

Thursday, September 17th, 2026, by 2:00 PM

Thursday, September 24th, 2026

Monday, November 2nd, 2026

Thursday, December 23, 2027 (Tatem ES)

Friday, March 3, 2028 (Hopkins Gym)

All bidders are required to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq., Affirmative Action

Against Discrimination (N.J.A.C. 17:27-1 et seq.) An Initial Project Workforce Report will be required from

the successful contractor. (Form AA-201).

Contractors bidding on this project are to comply with the requirements of the Prevailing Wage Rate

Determination pursuant to N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.25.

A bidder on a public works project for a Board of Education where the cost of the work exceeds $20,000.00

must first have been qualified by the Department of the Treasury, Division of Property Management and

Construction, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-27 through 33, and shall submit with his bid a Prequalification

Affidavit, a copy of a valid and active NOTICE OF CLASSIFICATION, a certified copy of a Total Amount of

Uncompleted Contracts Form and an Affidavit that subsequent to the latest such statement submitted by

him, there has been no material adverse change in his qualification information except as set forth in said

Affidavit. Failure to submit these forms may result in the disqualification and rejection of the bid.

Each bid shall be accompanied by a bid bond, cashier’s check or certified check made payable to

the Haddonfield Board of Education, for ten percent (10%) of the amount of the total bid, however,

not to exceed $20,000.

Bidders are required to provide a Consent of Surety stating that if awarded the bid, said surety will provide

a performance bond for 100% of the contract amount.

Corporate bidders are required by law (Chapter 33, Laws of 1977) to submit a list of names and addresses

of all stockholders owning 10% or more of their stock.

The bid package will also include other documents that must be completed and returned with the bid.

Failure to comply with Instructions to Bidders and to complete and submit all required forms, may be cause

for disqualification and rejection of the bid.

All contractors named in this proposal, shall possess a valid Contractor’s Registration Certificate pursuant

to N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.48 et seq., at the time the proposal is received by the Board of Education.

No bids may be withdrawn, except in accordance with the Public School Contracts Law, for a period

of sixty (60) days after the date set for opening of bids.

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New Hopkins Gymnasium and

Addition & Alteration to

J.F. Tatem Elementary School

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The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-18,

N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-2(s), (t), (x), (y), 18A:18A-4(a-c), and N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-22, and to waive any informalities

that may be in the best interest of the board.

CONFIDENTIALITY OF ELECTRONIC FILE TRANSMISSIONS

The Drawings, renderings, photographs, blueprints, specifications, and bidding documents are

considered proprietary and confidential property of the Haddonfield School District. All electronic file

transfers of this information to the bidders and/or contractors is specifically designated as “confidential”

and “business proprietary,” the receiving party shall keep such information strictly confidential and shall

not disclose it to any other person except to (1) its employees, (2) those who need to know the content of

such information in order to perform services or construction solely and exclusively for the Project, or (3)

its consultants, contractors and subcontractors whose contracts include similar restrictions on the use of

such confidential and proprietary information. The information transmitted in the bidding documents

relates to a school construction project and the security and confidentiality of those documents is critical

to the health and safety of the children. Therefore, any bidder and/or contractor and/or subcontractor

discovered to have published or disseminated this information in the public domain, unless pursuant to

the exceptions stated above, shall be subject to significant penalty and may not be permitted to bid on the

instant project.

As a condition precedent to receipt of the Bid Documents, all bidders must agree to dispose of, destroy

and/or return the information forwarded to it within three (3) days of the Bid submission date.

Michael Catalano

School Business Administrator / Board

Secretary

Haddonfield Board of Education

95 Grove Street

Haddonfield, New Jersey 08033

Fax: 856-429-6015

Email: mcatalano@haddonfield.k12.nj.us

Haddonfield BOE/Cont. #25.14 –

New Hopkins Gymnasium and

Addition & Alteration to

J.F. Tatem Elementary School

#2.20277.25.14

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