Board approves $104,461,500 contract for Interdisciplinary Science Building

Montclair State University trustees voted unanimously May 15 to approve a $104,461,500 contract award to Epic Management, Inc. for an Interdisciplinary Science Building, Board Chair Kent Sluyter said during a special meeting conducted via Zoom.

The motion, presented by Board Chair Kent Sluyter, was made “subject to the resolution of any and all bid protests,” and was seconded and approved unanimously. The action is recorded as Resolution No. 3583 in the meeting minutes.

The minutes list 12 trustees as present for the special meeting and four as absent. The contract amount appears in the motion text as $104,461,500; the minutes do not record further discussion of project scope, schedule, or funding sources.

The motion’s approval was conditioned on resolving bid protests, and the minutes do not indicate any protests pending at the time of the vote. The minutes do not identify the member who seconded the motion or provide a roll-call vote listing individual yes/no votes; they record only that the motion was seconded and approved unanimously.

The meeting was recorded in the public minutes as a special meeting held May 15, 2026, conducted via Zoom. The minutes do not include further public comment or staff presentation text about the project.