New Jersey § 52:32-2

§ 52:32-2.

a. The Legislature further finds that there are projects for the construction, renovation

or restoration of public buildings that must employ construction management personnel,

engineers, architects and contractors whose skills and expertise will identify, display

and protect the historical, architectural, cultural and artistic significance of those

public buildings; and that buildings of this nature have the highest priority in

being constructed, renovated and restored in the most timely manner and with the highest

managerial, professional and technical expertise when they house the seat of the State

Government and are to provide for its continuous operation and when these buildings

are some of the most architecturally or historically significant of the State's structures. The Legislature declares that the State House, the State House Annex and ancillary

structures , the War Memorial, the Old Barracks, the Kelsey Building and the townhouses adjacent

to the Kelsey Building are the buildings or constitute the project which are subject to the provisions of

subsection b. of this section. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 52:32-2 and section 11 of P.L.1981, c. 120 ( C.52:18A-78.11 ) to the contrary, in the case of the erection, construction, alteration or repair

of the State House, State House Annex and ancillary structures , the War Memorial, the Old Barracks, the Kelsey Building and the townhouses adjacent

to the Kelsey Building , as public buildings or a project of the New Jersey Building Authority, if the board,

body or person authorized by law to award contracts for the work on the public building,

or the authority for the work on the project, finds that such a building or project: (1) requires a unique application of specialized planning, management and operational

strategies, skills and techniques; (2) requires that construction management personnel, engineers, architects and contractors

whose skills and expertise will best identify, display and protect the historical,

architectural, cultural and artistic significance of the building or project be employed

for its planning, design and construction, renovation or restoration; and (3) must be completed in the most efficient and timely manner, then the board, body

or person authorized by law to award the contracts, or the authority, may (a) by advertising

and receiving bids in the form of a single contract, multiple branch contracts, or

both, award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders, as determined

by the board, body, person, or authority; or (b) in order to further the purposes

of this section, by inviting bids for the single contract, multiple branch contracts,

or both, from among a list of qualified bidders, in a manner that will promote full

and free competition whenever practicable, award the contract or contracts to that

responsible bidder from among the invited bidders whose bid, conforming to the invitation

for bids, will be most advantageous to the State, price and other factors considered.