REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (RFQEI) - SECURITY GUARD AND FIRE WATCH

The New York City School Construction Authority (“SCA”) seeks qualified firms to provide security and fire watch services throughout New York City’s five (5) boroughs. Interested firms shall be licensed by the Department of State and must be able to provide all labor, equipment, and expertise, in connection with the following provisions:

• All Security Guards/Fire Guards employees will be paid hourly minimum wage and validated by the SCA with certified payrolls provided by the selected firm.
• In addition to the hourly minimum wage for the employee, the SCA will pay an additional 21.425% to the selected firm. This rate is calculated by adding F.I.C.A, N.Y. State Unemployment, Federal Unemployment will be paid at a rate of 12.55%. and N.Y. City Sales Tax will be added at the current rate of 8.875%.  The combined rate will be the Total Wage.
• Overtime will be paid at 1.5 times the minimum wage and validated by the SCA with certified payrolls provided by the selected firm.
• Straight 21% will be added for overhead and profit to the Total Wage.

Please include in your response:

• Number of employees in your firm
• All services that are provided by the firm
• MWBE certification (if applicable)

All inquiries regarding this Request for Qualifications and Expression of Interest (RFQEI) are to be directed to Martina Mercaldo (mmercaldo@nycsca.org), with the subject line “Security Guard and Fire Watch-RFQEI”.  Please note the successful firm must be pre-qualified by the SCA at the time of contract execution.  Please see the SCA’s website for further information about the pre-qualification process: https://www.nycsca.org/Doing-Business/Prequalification-Process