SUNY Upstate Medical University is seeking qualifications for the full design services (programming, design, construction documents, bidding, and construction administration), of an architect / engineering team to renovate roughly 6250 sf. This includes the dining area, serving line, and after-hour eating area. The plan is to Replace the ceiling tiles and diffusers in the dining room and serving line. Remove the old wall covering and replace it with wall protection and a paint scheme in the dining area. Replace existing lighting fixtures with newer LED-type fixtures, remove non-functioning CCTV cameras, and replace all the dining room flooring. Update the cashier stations replace the condiment bar, drink station, and trash area Millwork, and update the cashier stations. Due to water damage, we must Repair the drywall on the existing columns and soffits in the serving area and dining room.
We will need to keep the area operational. All work will be phased to allow parts of the dining area to stay open to serve patients, staff, and visitors. This is to ensure that the area remains operational throughout the renovation process.
Total SF: 5150 (Dining Room refresh) + 1174 (Severing Line ceiling and molding) + 1100 (After Hours eating area flooring only) = 7424 SF
There will be no formal site visit nor will tours of the facility be given prior to the receipt of responses to the RFQ.
Minimum five (5) years experience in design of commercial kitchens for food service design with in a health care environment.
Request for Qualifications (RFQ) are attached below and may be download by all firms interested in responding to this advertisement.
Responses to the RFQ should describe the consultant's experience and qualifications to undertake this work as described therein. The successful firm will be required to provide evidence demonstrating that the firm and any of the firms' engineering, land surveying, architectural or landscape architectural sub-consultants, are legally authorized by the NYS Education Department to do business in NY State. All firms must also provide proof 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 must have original signatures, the other two (2) can be on separate flash drives and may be delivered to the 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 2:00 PM on Tuesday, July 16th, 2024.
Contact - mailing & delivery address:
Mrs. Shawna Frigon & Miss Ivy Lopez
Contracts & Campus Purchasing
SUNY-Upstate Medical University
650 South Salina Street, Room 2050
Syracuse, New York 13202
All questions to be by fax or email (email is preferred) to each: Ivy Lopez (LopezI@upstate.edu) and Project Manager Charles L. Johnson (Johnsoch@Upstate.edu). The RFQ is due 2:00 PM – Tuesday, July 16th, 2024. The date and time for the last questions to be considered is 5:00 PM – Monday, July 8, 2024. All questions will be answered by 5:00 PM – Tuesday, July 9th, 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 questions pertaining to this procurement shall be made formally to the following Designated Staff: Mrs. Shawna Frigon, Procurement Manager and Contracts Administrator and Miss Ivy Lopez, Contracts Administrator, Phone: 315-464-4780, email FrigonS@upstate.edu and Lopezi@upstate.edu. Contact made to other staff regarding this procurement may disqualify the firm and affect future procurements with government entities in the 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 they do business, to make a good faith effort to procure materials, supplies, equipment and services (including printing) from NYS certified minority- or women-owned businesses (M/WBEs) and meet University established goals for M/WBE participation in contracts. State University of New York goals are: 12% MBE participation and 18% WBE participation of the total contract value and 6% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business participation 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/WBE requirements.
The State University of New York Upstate Medical University reserves the right to reject any or all Qualification packages.
The actual schedule for this project will be determined during programming.
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Set Aside: No
Minority Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 12% Women Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 18% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Contracting Goal: 6%
Due date:07/16/2024 2:00 PM
Eastern Standard Time Contract term: 540 Calendar Days
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: Dwyer Architectural, Holt Architects, King & King, HBT, Stantec
