New Jersey's Treasury Division of Property Management and Construction put Phase 1 of the Absecon Lighthouse Restoration out for bid, with proposals due December 8. The work is in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey.
The job is listed under solicitation number P1369-01. The posting carries an estimated value of $1,141,976 but does not specify a trade classification beyond "restoration." This is an out-of-area job for New York contractors — it's a New Jersey state solicitation, and bidders need to be licensed to work in New Jersey to be eligible.
Before you touch this one, find out exactly what New Jersey requires to bid state work. The facts here don't list a specific contractor classification, prequalification tier, or set-aside requirement for this phase — check the full P1369-01 solicitation documents directly, since DPMC rules on classification and licensing change and this listing doesn't spell them out.
The background on this project shows the state already hired an architecture firm, HMR Architects, PA, in March 2026 for $657,190 to design the complete restoration — meaning the plans for this work have already gone through a professional design phase. The full restoration project was estimated at $5,000,000 when the state solicited architects for it, which gives a sense of scale for what Phase 1 construction is a piece of.
A masonry or historic-restoration contractor with New Jersey licensing should treat this as real, designed work — not a conceptual study — since an architect has already been through the proposal and award process on it. Pull the full P1369-01 package, confirm your New Jersey eligibility, and get a bid in before December 8.
On the record: Absecon Lighthouse Restoration Phase 1 - Atlantic City, Atlantic County, NJ, issued by NJ Treasury – Division of Property Management & Construction (DPMC). Solicitation P1369-01. Bids are due December 8, 2026 (Proposals due 12/08/2026.). The listing on NJ Treasury DPMC: https://www.nj.gov/treasury/dpmc/Assets/Files/advertisements/project-construction-advertisements/P1369-01.pdf. Full record on The RFI Wire's board: https://therfiwire.com/rfi/RFI-003410.html.