phone: (646) 664-2700
email: cuny.builds@cuny.edu
PIN#CITYW-CUCF-05-21 Due:
The City University Construction Fund (CUCF) on behalf of the City University of New York (CUNY) Office of Facilities, Planning, Construction and Management (FPCM) is seeking firms to provide a broad range of real estate planning and consulting services at its various sites and facilities on an “as needed” basis. Project assignments are anticipated to include all aspects of real estate planning and associated decision-making processes relating to acquisition, development, redevelopment, and disposition of property. A copy of the solicitation that more fully describes the project, process, minimum qualification requirements, submission requirements, evaluation criteria, timeline and contact information is available for downloading at www.cuny.edu/cunybuilds, under Current and Upcoming Procurements.
Firms selected through this solicitation will enter into contracts with the CUCF on behalf of CUNY. It is anticipated that there will be four to six contract awards. A three (3) year contract term with a two (2) year renewal clause is anticipated for each contract, subject to all required internal and external oversight approvals and contingent on the availability of funds. Contracts are anticipated to be for a not-to-exceed limit of $4.95 million each.
RFQ Submissions are due on Thursday, December 9, 2021Tuesday, December 7, 2021 by 1:00 PM. Reponses must be sent to Ryan Murray, CUNY Office of FPCM, 555 West 57th Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10019. Responses shall be sent via mail or commercial express delivery service only (e.g. UPS, FedEx, etc.). Hand-Delivered Responses (e.g. delivery from a firm’s employee or private messenger service) will not be accepted. Questions pertaining to the solicitation are due by Monday, November 22, 2021 by 5:00 PM and must be submitted to the Designated Contacts set forth below with the Project Name and Project Number in the Subject Line of the email.
CUCF will assign the Minority-owned and Women-owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) participation goal of up to 10% (5% MBE and 5% WBE) and the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned participation goal of up to 3% for each task order issued under a requirements contract. MWBE and SDVOB requirements are set forth, respectively, in the solicitation, however CUCF expects firms to fully comply with NYS Law and Executive Orders to achieve the maximum amount of MWBE and SDVOB participation on this contract. Only New York State (NYS) MWBE and NYS OGS - SDVOB Certified firms shall be utilized to meet the participation goals. The consultant and sub-consultants at all tiers are strongly encouraged to utilize the Directories for the New York State Certified MWBEs and SDVOBs to identify eligible firms to fulfill these goals. The MWBE Directory may be accessed at https://ny.newnycontracts.com/ and the SDVOB Directory may be accessed at https://online.ogs.ny.gov/SDVOB/search.