NRB Tissue Culture Room HVAC Modifications

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Architectural & Engineering Solicitation
Project Number and Title: 151223/1529 – NRB Tissue Culture Room HVAC Modifications
SUNY Upstate Medical University is seeking qualifications for full design services (programming, design,
construction documents, bidding, and construction administration) from an Architectural/Engineering team
for HVAC Modifications to Tissue Culture Rooms located in the Neuroscience Research Building at 505
Irving Ave., Syracuse, NY 13210.
There will be no formal site visit nor will tours of the facility be given prior to the receipt of responses to the
RFQ.
A minimum ten (10) years’ experience in the design of academic medical research laboratory HVAC systems is
required.
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) should 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
Wednesday, November 6, 2024.
Contact - mailing & delivery address:
Mrs. Jeanie Pender & 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: Jeanie Pender (penderj@upstate.edu) and Nick
Steffen (steffenn@upstate.edu). The RFQ is due 2:00 PM on Wednesday, November 6, 2024. The date and
time for the last questions to be considered is 5:00 PM on Monday, November 4, 2024. All questions will be
answered by 5:00 PM on Tuesday, November 5, 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. Jeanie Pender,
Contracts Administrator and Contracts Administrator and Miss Ivy Lopez, Contracts Administrator,
Phone: 315-464-8706, email penderj@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: 14% MBE participation
and 16% 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 estimated schedule for this project is as follows:
Design Start Date ........................... 3/14/2025
Design Completion Date ................ 9/14/2026
Construction Start Date .................. 2/14/2026
Construction Completion Date ..... 11/14/2026