Notice Details

84121Y0056-Request for Expression of Interest (RFEI) for Cargo Bicycles and Related Products. The New York City Department of Transportation (“NYC DOT”) is releasing this Request for Expressions of Interest (“RFEI”) to invite interested respondents to aid it with evaluating the utility and performance of commercial cargo bicycles and cargo bicycle-related products with respect to: vehicle and container technology, fleet management and GPS, parking and vehicle storage, charging, safety, and security. Of primary interest to DOT are commercial cargo bicycles that can be used to transport goods in constrained urban spaces, and technology and infrastructure solutions that support their use. NYC DOT is seeking information, expertise, equipment, and software from manufacturers and/or suppliers of cargo bicycles or cargo bicycle-related products meeting these requirements. This RFEI is released through PASSPort, New York City’s online procurement portal. Responses to this RFEI must be submitted via PASSPort. To access the RFEI, vendors should visit the PASSPort public Portal at https://www1.nyc.gov/site/mocs/systems/about-go-to-passport.page and click on the “Search Funding Opportunities in PASSPort” blue box. Doing so will take one to the public portal of all procurements in the PASSPort system. To quickly locate the RFEI, insert the EPIN, 84121Y0056, into the Keyword search field. In order to respond to the RFEI, vendors must create an account within the PASSPort system if they have not already done so. The deadline for the submission of questions is 9/1/21 by 5:00 pm. The response due date (submission via PASSPort) is 9/24/21 by 5:00 pm. Any inquiries concerning this RFEI should be directed by email, under the subject line "Cargo Bicycles and Related Products RFEI” to the email address of the Authorized Agency Contact, David Maco, at dmaco@dot.nyc.gov .