NRB Tissue Culture Room HVAC Modifications

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKArchitectural & Engineering SolicitationProject Number and Title: 151223/1529 – NRB Tissue Culture Room HVAC ModificationsSUNY Upstate Medical University is seeking qualifications for full design services (programming, design,construction documents, bidding, and construction administration) from an Architectural/Engineering teamfor HVAC Modifications to Tissue Culture Rooms located in the Neuroscience Research Building at 505Irving Ave., Syracuse, NY 13210.There will be no formal site visit nor will tours of the facility be given prior to the receipt of responses to theRFQ.A minimum ten (10) years’ experience in the design of academic medical research laboratory HVAC systems isrequired.Request for Qualifications (RFQ) are attached below and may be download by all firms interested inresponding to this advertisement.Responses to the RFQ should describe the consultant's experience and qualifications to undertake this workas described therein. The successful firm will be required to provide evidence demonstrating that the firm andany of the firms' engineering, land surveying, architectural or landscape architectural sub-consultants, arelegally authorized by the NYS Education Department to do business in NY State. All firms must also provideproof of New York State Worker's Compensation Insurance and Disability Insurance coverage.Qualifications must be submitted as five (5) complete qualification packages, three (3) of which musthave original signatures, the other two (2) should be on separate flash drives and may be delivered tothe location below. Any submission not including five (5) complete qualification packages (three (3)hard copies and two (2) separate flash drives will be rejected. Qualifications must be received by 2:00PM onWednesday, November 6, 2024.Contact - mailing & delivery address:Mrs. Jeanie Pender & Miss Ivy LopezContracts & Campus PurchasingSUNY-Upstate Medical University650 South Salina Street, Room 2050Syracuse, New York 13202All questions to be by fax or email (email is preferred) to each: Jeanie Pender (contact@example.gov) and NickSteffen (contact@example.gov). The RFQ is due 2:00 PM on Wednesday, November 6, 2024. The date andtime for the last questions to be considered is 5:00 PM on Monday, November 4, 2024. All questions will beanswered by 5:00 PM on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. These will be issued as an Addendum.Effective 1/1/06, in accordance with State Finance Law Section §139 j&k, AKA the Lobbying Law, all questionspertaining to this procurement shall be made formally to the following Designated Staff: Mrs. Jeanie Pender,Contracts Administrator and Contracts Administrator and Miss Ivy Lopez, Contracts Administrator,Phone: +1 (555) 000-0000, email contact@example.gov and contact@example.gov. Contact made to other staffregarding this procurement may disqualify the firm and affect future procurements with government entities inthe State of New York. Please refer to the OGS’(www.ogs.state.ny.us/aboutogs/regulations/defaultAdvisoryCouncil.html) for more information on this law.NYS Executive Law Article 15-A and University policy require campuses, and the consultants with whom theydo business, to make a good faith effort to procure materials, supplies, equipment and services (includingprinting) from NYS certified minority- or women-owned businesses (M/WBEs) and meet University establishedgoals for M/WBE participation in contracts. State University of New York goals are: 14% MBE participationand 16% WBE participation of the total contract value and 6% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businessparticipation goal.State University of New York also has a goal for the Work Force participation: EEO 10% WBE and EEO 10%MBE of total work force on the project. The selected consultant will be required to comply with M/WBErequirements.The State University of New York Upstate Medical University reserves the right to reject any or all Qualificationpackages.The estimated schedule for this project is as follows:Design Start Date ........................... 3/14/2025Design Completion Date ................ 9/14/2026Construction Start Date .................. 2/14/2026Construction Completion Date ..... 11/14/2026 Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Set Aside: No Minority Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 14% Women Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 16% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Contracting Goal: 6% Due date:11/06/2024 2:00 PM Contract term: 24 months County(ies): All NYS counties Location: 750 East Adams Street Business entities awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: Stantec Architecture Dwyer Architecture