Group 40625 Heavy Equipment (Statewide) Phase: Snow & Ice

All bid documents and attachments are available for viewing and downloading at:https://ogs.ny.gov/procurement/bid-opportunities .     The New York State (“NYS”) Office of General Services (“OGS”), Procurement Services seeks to establish a set of new Centralized Contracts for various types of Heavy Equipment by piggybacking various cooperative contracts, and housing these piggyback contracts, and subsequent additional or replacement Heavy Equipment piggyback contracts, perpetually under a single contract award number 23345.  This will allow Authorized Users to make purchases, including any emergency purchases, faster and more efficiently, and obtain more reasonable pricing.    This Piggyback Contract Opportunity (“Solicitation”) will be in recruitment cycles (“Phases”):   This Phase:   This Phase shall be limited to the solicitation of the following type(s) of Heavy Equipment: -              equipment and related supplies or accessories designed or principally intended for moving, removing, and controlling snow and ice.   Under this Phase, OGS will piggyback Sourcewell Contract Number 062222 for Snow and Ice Handling Equipment, Supplies, and Accessories (“Sourcewell Master Contract”) and NASPO ValuePoint Contract for Truck Bodies, Seasonal Maintenance Equipment & Upfitting Services, RFP 210000000535 (“NASPO Master Contract”).  For this Phase, only a prospective Contractor (“Bidder” or “Vendor”) holding a Sourcewell Master Contract or a NASPO Master Contract, who meets the minimum qualifications listed below in Section 2, Bidder Qualifications, is eligible for a Contract award. If a Bidder holds both a Sourcewell Master Contract and a NASPO Master Contract, OGS at its sole discretion will determine which of Bidder’s two Master Contracts will receive an award for a Piggyback Contract (see also Section 2, Bidder Qualifications).     This Solicitation outlines the terms and conditions and all applicable information required for submitting a Bid. Bidders should pay strict attention to the Bid submission date and time to prevent disqualification.  Bidders are strongly encouraged to read the language of this Solicitation thoroughly and to precisely follow the instructions included in the Solicitation and all attachments and appendices. OGS may conduct future periodic recruitments for equipment and related supplies or accessories designed or principally intended for moving, removing, and controlling snow and ice in accordance with Section 5.2, Periodic Recruitments.   The recruitment period under this Phase will be six (6) weeks, beginning on the “Bid Opening/Due Date for Bids for this Phase” date and ending on the “Closing Date for this Phase” date indicated in Section 1.4, Key Events/Dates for this Phase. Bids received during this Phase shall be reviewed and processed in accordance with Section 5.1, Method of Award. OGS reserves the right to extend the “Closing Date for this Phase” date.   Future Phases:   Future Phases of this Solicitation will involve the subsequent solicitation of various types of Heavy Equipment, which may include previously solicited types of Heavy Equipment and Master Contracts, through Periodic Recruitments in accordance with Section 5.2, Periodic Recruitments.   Vendors wishing to review bid solicitations may visit the OGS Bid Calendar at: https://ogs.ny.gov/procurement/bid-opportunities.   A vendor must register with the New York State Contract Reporter in order to receive bidder notifications and updates by: Navigating to the “I want to find contracts to Bid on” page to register for their free account. In order to receive ads of interest, the vendor must create an opportunity profile. An opportunity profile allows the vendor to set preferences for contracting categories, location and ad type. Profile results are displayed on their homepage and in their daily eAlert email notifications. In order for a vendor to receive email notifications regarding updates to the content or status of a particular solicitation, the vendor must choose the option “bookmark the ad” located in the upper right-hand side of the ad, then return to their account, view their list of bookmarked ads, and then select the “send me notification updates” option listed to the right of the ad. NOTE: Submission of responses by a vendor to a solicitation that does not account for updated information may result in their bid/offer being deemed non-responsive. Vendors are strongly encouraged to review the advertised solicitation in full prior to submitting a bid in order to ensure inclusion of any updated information. Additionally, if the vendor does not opt-in to receive notification updates regarding a particular solicitation, they will not receive e-mail notifications regarding updates, including e-mail notifications regarding the posting of the question and answer documents and updates to solicitation documents. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Set Aside: No Minority Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0% Women Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Contracting Goal: 0% Disadvantaged Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0% Due date:08/07/2024 1:30 PM Bid Opening / Due Date for Bids for this Phase is August 7, 2024. Closing Date for this Phase is September 18, 2024. Contract term: Upon OSC approval through expiration or termination of Sourcewell Master Contract 062222 or NASPO Master Agreement for Truck Bodies, Seasonal Maintenance Equipment, & Upfitting Services RFP 210000000535, as applicable. County(ies): All NYS counties Location: Statewide * These goods or services have been purchased from an out-of-state/foreign vendor within the past three years. Business entities awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: https://online.ogs.ny.gov/purchase/spg/awards/4062522792Can.htm