Solar Array

NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids for Solar Array at Green Lakes State Park, Town of Manlius, Onondaga County, New York will be received by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP), via email at MidState.Capital.Procurement@parks.ny.gov . Electronically submitted bids must only be attached in PDF format– hyperlinks will not be accepted. Note: There is a 20MB limit when submitting attachments via email. If email is not an option for the bidder an alternate address will be provided upon written request to a designated contact. Deadline for bid submission is 1:00 PM local time, December 4, 2024. Sealed bids will be publicly opened and read via WebEx only at 1:30 PM local time, December 4, 2024. The Contract D number should be clearly marked in the subject line of your email, along with the words “BID SUBMISSION”. Each bid must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders and must be accompanied by a scanned Bid Security in the form of a certified check, bank check, or bid bond in the amounts listed below:

Note: The original hardcopy bid bonds for the two lowest bidders must be postmarked and sent via certified mail within 48 hours of receiving the bid summary from the Office.

General Construction Contract D006304:

Installation of Owner-supplied, previously purchased photovoltaic equipment, and supply necessary new photovoltaic equipment as required to install the solar system as and related work as required by the Contract Documents

Bid Security: $85,000.00, Eighty-Five Dollars and 00/100.

Engineer’s Estimate Range: $1,484,400 - $2,008,305.00.

The Bid opening will be conducted ONLY via WebEx at the link listed below:

https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/j.php?MTID=mcca28a1a19998ad57ec74dd6eb17e067

MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PARTICIPATION GOALS (MWBE)

The following goals for MWBE participation on Contract D006363 have been established at:

Minority Owned Business Enterprise (MBE) 2 %

Women Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) 28 %

SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN OWNED BUSINESS (SDVOB) GOALS

The following goals for SDVOB participation on this project have been established at:

Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business 10 %

PUBLIC BUILDING LAW § 8(6)

Pursuant to Public Building Law § 8(6), any contracts over $5,000 for the work of construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any State building, a responsible and reliable NYS-certified Minority or Women-Owned Business Enterprise that submits a bid within ten percent of the lowest bid will be deemed the apparent low bidder provided that the bid is $1,628,283 or less (maximum amount has been adjusted for inflation effective January 1, 2024). If more than one responsible and reliable MWBE firm meets the requirements, the MWBE firm with lowest bid will be deemed the apparent low bidder.

PROJECT COMPLETION

The completion date for this project is 308 Days after agreement has been approved by the NYS Comptroller’s Office.

Project Specific Liquidated Damages (Refer to Article 14.10 of the General Conditions).

Please see Article 14.10 in the General Conditions for the Schedule of Liquidated Damages per day.

Starting on the advertisement date, the Bidding and Contract Documents may be examined free of charge and obtained via email from Dawn Barker at Dawn.Barker@parks.ny.gov .

In accordance with State Finance Law, Section 139-j, the following agency staff have been designated as contacts for this contract:

Jason Wolfanger, Assistant District Mgr., 315-479-3221, Jason.Wolfanger@parks.ny.gov

Wendy Van Der Bogart, Landscape Architect 1, 315-479-3335, Wendy.Vanderbogart@parks.ny.gov

Dawn Barker, Contract Mgmt. Specialist, 315-479-3234, Dawn.Barker@parks.ny.gov

Please note that contacting any other agency staff regarding this contract may be a violation of State Finance Law, Section 139-j, resulting in a determination of contractor non-responsibility.

CONTRACTOR REGISTRY REQUIRMENT in December 2024

Newly established subsection 220-I to Article 8 requires contractors to register with the Bureau of Public Work and Prevailing Wage Enforcement. This registration must be completed prior to bidding on public work projects or commencing work on public work projects or covered private projects that are subject to the prevailing wage pursuant to Sections 224-a, 224-d, & 224-e. The effective date of the registration requirement is December 30, 2024. No contractors or subcontractors are required to register prior to that date. For additional information, please refer to this website: https://dol.ny.gov/contractor-registry

EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 16

The successful bidder will be required to furnish an Executive Order No. 16 certification form prior to contract award. The Executive Order can be found here: https://www.governor.ny.gov/executive-order/no-16-prohibiting-state-agencies-and-authorities-contracting-businesses-conducting . The Executive Order Certification Form can be found here: https://ogs.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2022/04/eo16_certification.pdf

BONDS

The successful bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Labor and Material Bond/Payment Bond in the statutory form of public bonds required by Sections 136 and 137 of the State Finance Law, each for 100% of the amount of the Contract.

All Requests For Information (RFIs) are due by: 5:00 PM on November 19, 2024. RFIs received after this due date and time will not be processed.

There will not be a formal Pre-Bid meeting. Instead, there will be site access on November 13, 2024, from 11:00 AM until 2:00 PM for potential bidders to visit the site. Park staff are not authorized to answer any questions. A project representative will be available but is not authorized to answer questions. Any information or clarification needed should be submitted in the form of an RFI per the instructions to bidders, resolution of discrepancies and ambiguities.