SCOPE OF WORK:
Welding, General: Hand-welding or use of flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metal components, or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products throughout a residential development. Unless otherwise specified below, tasks to be performed by a Welder at the Sheetmetal Worker rate.
Read and work from blueprints, sketches and working drawings if available.
Properly use various types of welding rods and machines, such as mig, tig, bore welding machines, servo graft burning machines, etc.
Fabricate, erect, and repair sheet metal/metal structures such as ducts, metal ceilings, tanks, storm louvres, roofs, and general welding as needed, etc.
Fabricate, erect, and repair metal grates, steps, stairs, stairwells, fencing, and metal security gates. Tasks in this section III. d. are to be performed by a Welder at the Ironworker Ornamental rate. Please refer to the most recent edition of Davis Bacon.
Fabricate, erect, and repair doors & framing. Tasks in this section III. e. are to be primarily performed by a Welder at the Carpenter rate. Depending upon the type of work involved, tasks in this section III. e. might be performed instead by a Welder at the Sheetmetal Worker rate. Please refer to the most recent edition of Davis Bacon.
Lay out, cut, shape, form, rivet, spot weld, solder and sweat: tin, copper, brass, and all forms of sheet metal.
Tack-welds or welds components and assemblies, using electric, gas, arc, or other welding equipment.
Set and erect sheet metal structures such as ducts, louvres, canvas connections, ceilings, dampers, etc.
Develop patterns and templates in fabricating complex shapes and forms; repair metal ceilings, roofs, leaders, gutters, etc.
Do simple rigging in making these repairs.
Operate safety equipment and uses safe work habits while performing his job function.
Welds components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
Ignites torches or starts power supplies and strikes arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.
Clamps, holds, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind, or bolts component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
Operates manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, and flux-cored arc, plasma arc, and shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding.
Monitors the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts of warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of materials.
Examines work pieces for defects and measures work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
CODES/LICENSING REQUIREMENTS:
Possession of a valid Welder's License issued by the New York City Department of Buildings and certified for at least Class I Restricted Qualification Shop and Field (for groove welding of materials 3/4 inches or less in thickness, and for all fillet welding, both in all positions). At the time of appointment, appointees will be required to possess a Certificate of Fitness Type G38 Torch Use of 0-2 Combustion Gas, issued by the New York City Fire Department. Employees must maintain the Welder's License and the Certificate of Fitness during their employment.
The contractor shall provide all required and applicable means, methods, materials, tools and, appurtenances with labor, supervision, licenses, permits required for the completion, delivery and performance of this Scope of Work within the outlined specifications.
Welding procedures and personnel must comply with AWS and ASME codes, depending on the project. Special inspections may be required per the NYC Building Code.
All work practices must comply with applicable sections of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
All work shall be in accordance with the latest regulations of all municipal and all other public agencies having jurisdiction and with those of the Department of Buildings, Environmental Protection Agency, National Fire Protection Agency, FDNY. Any requirements specified herein which conflict with such regulations shall be referred to the New York City Housing Authority for decision.
Welder’s must possess G60 and F60 Certificate of Fitness from the New York City Fire Department.
If a Welder’s Helper must possess an F60 Certificate of Fitness from the New York City Fire Department.
TERM:
3 years plus two one-year extensions (at the discretion of NYCHA).
Section 3 and M/WBE:
Please be advised that the Section 3 REO & OEO Plans and the M/WBE Utilization Plan & Waiver and other related documentation must be uploaded via eComply, https://nycha.ecomply.us/. Do not include Section 3 or M/WBE documentation within your bid submission via iSupplier. For assistance with eComply log-in, please contact eComply Tech support at
contact@example.gov. For assistance with M/WBE Utilization Plan and Section 3 REO/OEO Plan submission in eComply, please contact NYCHA’s SMP Vendor Diversity team at
contact@example.gov.
Pre-Bid Conference:
A non-mandatory virtual Pre-Bid Conference will be held on July 15th, 2025 at 10:30 AM and will be conducted remotely via Microsoft Teams meeting. Although attendance is not mandatory at the Pre-Bid Conference, it is strongly recommended that all interested Bidders attend, and that Bidders thoroughly review bid documents in advance of the meeting.
To participate in the Pre-Bid Conference, please follow the instructions below:
Microsoft Teams Meeting
Join on your computer or mobile app: click to join meeting
Option 1: Copy and paste the below in browser:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting ZjczMDUzMzctNmE1Yy00ZDhmLThlMzEtZTgwNzRkYWYzNTUy%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22709ab558-a73c-4f8f-98ad-20bb096cd0f8%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22d3ad4d7d-b23c-46b6-a970-2e5863640413%22%7d
Meeting ID: 253 642 503 942 3
Passcode: Wk7ZM7TD
Option 2: Call in (audio only)
+1 (555) 000-0000,,592743922# United States, New York City
Phone conference ID: 592 743 922#
RFQ Timeline:
RFQ Question Submission Deadline 7/18/25 at 2:00PM
Question and Answer Release Date 7/25/25 at 2:00PM
interested vendors are invited to obtain a copy of the opportunity at NYCHA’s website by going to http://www.nyc.gov/nychabusiness. On the left side, click on “iSupplier Vendor Registration/Login” link. (1) If you have an iSupplier account, then click on the “ Login for registered vendors” link and sign into your iSupplier account. (2) If you do not have an iSupplier account you can request an account by clicking on “New suppliers register in iSupplier” to apply for log-in credentials. Once you have accessed your iSupplier account, log into your account, then choose under the Oracle Financials home page, the menu option “Sourcing Supplier”, then choose “Sourcing”, then choose Sourcing Homepage”; and conduct a search in the “Search Open Negotiations” box for RFQ Numbers 513515, 513516, 513517 Note: We are only accepting electronic bids submitted online via iSupplier. Paper bids will not be accepted or considered. Please contact NYCHA Procurement at
contact@example.gov for assistance.
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Set Aside: No
Minority Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 15% Women Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 15%
Due date:08/07/2025 10:00 AM
Contract term: 3 years from the award date on NYCHA’s Purchase Order. NYCHA, in its sole discretion, shall have the option to extend the Term of this Contract for up to 2 one-year extensions.
County(ies): All NYS counties
Location: Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan Business entities awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: None
