Raise the Age Specialized Detention Construction Manager

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) is seeking proposals from firms to provide professional construction management services (RFP#7612) for the Design Phase, Construction Phase, and the Administration of General Condition of a new Secure/Specialized Secure Youth Detention Facility at Westchester County. The Construction Manager will serve as an owner’s representative on behalf of DANY as well as a technical advisor providing support to DASNY and the client. Services shall include the review of the Bridging consultant’s final design package, analyzing and reconciling the final cost estimate, managing the biding process of the Design/ Build teams, assisting in project scheduling, informing State and County client of all site activity, running bi-weekly progress meeting, reviewing and directing RFI, shop drawing document, assisting in coordination of transition from old facility into new facility, monitoring demolition of existing facility, monitoring activity required to create new parking and recreational area, and managing the punch listing and final sign-off of the project. This project is in Westchester County on the grounds of the existing Woodfield Cottage Facility located at 20 Hammond House Road, Valhalla, NY 10595. The new facility will contain a maximum of 80 beds for juveniles. The juvenile correctional facility design shall encourage rehabilitation by focusing on juvenile correctional facility design principles that are restorative, such as daylighting, and calming acoustics which create spaces in which young people can thrive. It is assumed that the facility will serve male and female youths subject to detention by Family Court or an Adolescent Court Judge, including Juvenile Delinquents (JD), Juvenile Offenders (JO) and Adolescent Offenders (AO).   Interested Proposers should review Section 2.2- Qualification and Certification Requirements- of the RFP to determine eligibility.   DASNY contributes to the economic development of New York State by assisting and supporting Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses (SDVOB) through its procurement process. As part of this EOI, and consistent with New York State Executive Law 15-A and Article 3 of the New York State Veteran Services Law, DASNY encourages all firms to consider submitting proposals that utilize partnerships, joint ventures or other similar arrangements with a New York State certified MWBE/SDVOB firm on this contract. For technical assistance identifying certified MWBE firms contact Empire State Development at www.esd.ny.gov or visit DASNY’s MWBE Registry at www.dasny.org. For NYS Certified SDVOB firms contact www.ogs.ny.gov/veterans. Pursuant to Executive Order No. 170.1 – Uniform Guidelines for Responsibility Determinations, Executive Order No. 125 – NYS Vendor Responsibility Questionnaire and Executive Order No. 192 – Continuing Vendor Integrity, DASNY may only award a contract to a responsible proposer. A responsible proposer must have the integrity to justify the award of public dollars and the capacity to perform the requirements of the contract fully. The proposer must file a vendor responsibility questionnaire with DASNY. The questionnaire provides the proposer an opportunity to self-disclose any issues and provide necessary information, which DASNY will use as part of its determination. Firms interested in responding to this solicitation may access the RFP and related documents from DASNY’s website at: https://www.dasny.org/opportunities/rfps-bids/professional-services. To locate this RFP, navigate to RFP 7612 / View the full details for this opportunity / Attachments. The deadline for responses to the RFP is 3:00 PM on May 9, 2025. Responses received after this date will not be accepted. In accordance with State Finance Law § 139-j and § 139-k, this solicitation includes and imposes certain restrictions on communications between DASNY personnel and a Proposer during the procurement process. The Designated Representative for this procurement is Victoria Rojas Valencia, Email: (contact@example.gov). Contacts made to other DASNY personnel regarding this procurement may disqualify the Proposer and affect future procurements with governmental entities in the State of New York. Please refer to the DASNY’s website www.dasny.org for DASNY policy and procedures regarding this law, or the OGS website (https://ogs.ny.gov/acpl) for more information about this law. All proposers, domestic and foreign, must be in compliance with New York State business registration requirements. Contact the NYS Department of State regarding compliance. In addition, business entities proposing to provide professional engineering services must obtain a Certificate of Authorization to Provide Engineering Services in New York State from the State Education Department. Proposals must be submitted in the full legal name of the proposer, or the full legal name plus a registered assumed name of the proposer, if any.   Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Set Aside: No Minority Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 18% Women Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 12% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Contracting Goal: 6% Disadvantaged Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0% Due date:05/09/2025 3:00 PM Contract term: 4-5 Years County(ies): Westchester Location: 20 Hammond House Road, Valhalla, NY 10595 Business entities awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: N/A