UH 2W Renovation for Employee Health Asbestos Abatement

The State University of New York at Upstate Medical University will receive sealed bids for
Project Number: 151228/1567. Titled: UH 2W Renovation for Employee Health. Until 2 p.m.
local time on Tuesday July 1, 2025 at:
Delivered to:
Ms. Ivy Lopez/Mrs. Jeanie Pender
Contracts & Campus Purchasing
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Dr. Sarah Loguen Center, 2nd floor
650 South Salina Street, Room 2050
Syracuse, New York 13202
where such proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud. Proposals may be hand delivered
or mailed to the above location and must be received at such time.
Scope of work: is to include all necessary labor, material and equipment for the abatement of
hazardous materials located in the Upstate Medical University Employee Health Suite. The remove
and dispose asbestos-containing floor tiles, ceiling tile, containing sink undercoating and
associated mastic. The project area is roughly 4,400 square feet. Please refer to the testing report
attached to this document.
All work on this Contract is to be completed within 30 calendar days after the date of the Notice
to Proceed”)
Complete sets of Contract Documents for bidding may be examined free of charge at the campus
and at the following locations.
• SUNY Upstate, Design and Construction, 650 South Salina Street, 2nd floor, Syracuse,
NY 13202.
• Syracuse Blue Print Co Inc., 825 E Genesee St, Syracuse, NY 13210, (315) 476-4084
Section 143 of the State Finance Law requires payment of a deposit to receive these documents.
Accordingly, a deposit check of $49.99 made payable to SUNY Upstate Medical University, is
required. Deposits less than $50.00 are nonrefundable. Deposits will be waived for certified
Minority and Women Owned and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses.
(Under SFL 143 the campus has the option to waive the deposit requirement where bid
documents “are made available and obtained electronically or in any non-paper form by the
agency”.

A site visit to the area where the work is to be performed has been deemed to be necessary to
fully understand the parameters and constraints which affect the preparation of the bid for the
same. A mandatory site visit has been scheduled for Wednesday, June 12, 2025 at 2 PM with
all contractors meeting in the main lobby of University Hospital. All potential bidders are
advised that they must sign a “Site Visit Form” to verify that they have complied with this
requirement of the contract. Failure to fulfill this requirement will disqualify your bid proposal.
Effective 1/1/06, in accordance with State Finance Law Section 139-j, all questions pertaining to
the solicitation shall be made formally to the designated contact in Contracts & Campus
Purchasing: Ms. Ivy Lopez & Mrs. Jeanie Pender SUNY - Upstate Medical University, 750 East
Adams Street, Syracuse, New York 13210, Phone: (315) 464-5874 (315) 464-4595 Fax: (315)
464-4679, Ryan M. Clifford (315) 663-1856 and Stephen J. Chalone (315) 882-8371. 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.
All questions pertaining to the solicitation during the restricted period shall be made formally to
each Designated Staff concurrently:
Project Manager: Consultant:
Ryan M. Clifford Stephen J. Chalone
Project Manager Asbestos Coordinator
Design and Construction Environmental Health and Safety
SUNY - Upstate Medical University SUNY - Upstate Medical University
750 East Adams Street 750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, New York 13210 Syracuse, New York 13210
Phone: (315) 663-1856 Phone: (315) 882-8371
Contracting Staff:
Jeanie Pender
Contracts Administrator
Contracts & Campus Purchasing
SUNY - Upstate Medical University
750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, New York 13210
Phone: (315) 464- 8706
Email: penderj@upstate.edu email: clifforr@upstate.edu email: chalones@upstate.edu
Bids must be submitted in duplicate in accordance with the instructions contained in the
Information for Bidders. Security will be required for each bid in an amount not less than five (5)
percent of the Total Bid.
It is the policy of the State of New York and the State University of New York to encourage
minority business enterprise participation in this project by contractors, subcontractors and
suppliers, and all bidders are expected to cooperate in implementing this policy.
The State University of New York reserves the right to reject any or all bids.