Kitchen, Servery and Dining Areas Design

The Long Island State Veterans Home (LISVH) will receive Request for Qualification (RFQs) for Architectural Design Services for project number 013124KITCHEN titled Long Island State Veterans Home (LISVH) Kitchen, Servery and Dining Areas Design until 3:00 p.m. local time on Friday, February 23, 2024 at Long Island State Veterans Home, 100 Patriots Road, Stony Brook, NY 11790 in the Purchasing Department of the East Pavilion. RFQs may be hand delivered or mailed to the above location and must be received at such time. Any RFQ received, whether hand delivered or mailed, after the opening time will not be accepted and will be returned unopened to the Consultant.   Scope of work to include:   The Long Island State Veterans Home (LISVH) is located on 25 wooded acres on the campus of Stony Brook University across from the University Medical Center. Opened in 1991, the LISVH serves a predominantly male geriatric population. The LISVH is a 350-bed skilled nursing facility as well as 50 slot Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) program providing service for honorably discharged Veterans, their spouses and Goldstar parents.   The LISVH is seeking a firm to re-design its food preparation kitchen, servery & dining area. The current kitchen, associated storage areas and offices occupies roughly 8,000 square feet on the basement level in the LISVH. The current kitchen produces approximately 1,200 patient and public meals per day with expenditures reaching approximately $6M annually. The kitchen functions from 5am to 9pm daily and serves the resident units, servery & dining areas on 1st floor including staff, visitors, volunteers, students & ADHC registrants. The kitchen also produces meals for the 4,000 square foot cafeteria and dining area located on level 1 of the LISVH.   LISVH Food Service projects a growth of 1% annually over the next several years and the proposed design solutions shall need to address that growth projection.   The approved firm will evaluate the current kitchen and respective storage area and provide several design options for production and efficiency and will be evaluated by the LISVH Food Service staff, LISVH Admin, LISVH Engineering and Construction Project Manager.   Project Budget is approximately $4,100,000.00   Six (6) copies of the RFQs must be submitted in accordance with the instructions contained in the Information for RFQs. It is the policy of the State of New York and the State University of New York to ensure usage of Minority (MBE) and Women-Owned Business (WBE) enterprise participation in this project by contractors, subcontractors and suppliers, and all bidders are expected to cooperate in implementing this policy in order for the LISVH to be in compliance with the Governor’s directive for increased participation of 20% (10% MBE, 10% WBE). A portion of the project funding is Veterans Administration related therefore requiring the completion and submission of Federal Debarment forms with each proposal.   In accordance with State Finance Law 139-j, Procurement Lobbying Law, all inquiries regarding this procurement must be made to Michael Giambalvo at +1 (555) 000-0000. Contacts made to other staff regarding this procurement may disqualify the firm and affect future procurement with government entities in the State of New York. Please refer to the Office of General Services website (http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/aboutogs/regulations/advisoryCouncil/sfl139-j.htm) for more information on this law.   It is the policy of the State of New York and the State University of New York to encourage minority business enterprise participation in this project by contractors, subcontractors and suppliers, and all bidders are expected to cooperate in implementing this policy. The State University of New York reserves the right to reject any or all bids.   Proposals are due by February 23, 2024 at 3 p.m.   Michael Giambalvo, Director Purchasing Long Island State Veterans Home 100 Patriots Road Stony Brook, New York 11790 Phone:             +1 (555) 000-0000 Fax:                 +1 (555) 000-0000 Email:              contact@example.gov   Anyone interested in providing a submission for the above service, please contact the person(s) listed above within 15 business days of this advertisement notice. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Set Aside: No Minority Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 10% Women Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 10% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Contracting Goal: 6% Due date:02/23/2024 3:00 PM Contract term: 5/1/24 – 4/30/29, with a mutual thirty (30) day cancellation clause. County(ies): Suffolk Location: 100 Patriots Road, Stony Brook, NY 11790 Business entities awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: NONE