Procurement
Transportation (DOT)
Ferries
Miller Environmental Group Inc.
538 Edwards Avenue , Calverton, NY, 11933-1628
538 Edwards Avenue , Calverton, NY, 11933-1628
Services (other than human services)
Negotiated Acquisition
1/17/2024
Award
$5,000,000.00
PIN#84122N0002001
The Staten Island Ferry operates a 24/7 ferry service between Staten Island and Manhattan in the New York Harbor area. The vessels are large vehicles that require fuel, oil and other potentially volatile liquids that, if discharged due to a major accident, could result in an environmental disaster for the local marine ecosystem. Furthermore, the Staten Island Ferry also has facilities to fuel and repair the ferry vessels that also store large quantities of fuel and other materials that could also result in a severe environmental impact for the New York Harbor.
As protection from this threat, the Staten Island Ferry needs a contractor that is experienced in marine environmental containment and cleanup that can respond rapidly to any issues withing the New York Harbor area. The market for marine hazardous material spill containment and cleanup services in the New York Harbor area is limited to a single vendor, Miller Environmental Services.
While there are many environmental services companies within close proximity of the New York City Metropolitan area, virtually all of them are for land based hazardous material cleanup, abatement and disposal services. There are marine based service providers within New York State, but their base of operations are for major bodies of water outside the New York City Harbor district (i.e. Great Lakes, Finger Lakes, upper Hudson River, etc.). A list of environmental companies and the services they offer (and where they offer them) is attached.
For the past couple of times DOT has bid out for these services, only a single bidder has submitted a bid or shown any interest in this contract: Miller Environmental. Furthermore, the last time we issued a bid for these services, no one submitted a bid. When asked, Miller Environmental assumed that they had the contract because we were doing an extension with them to ensure that there was no lapse in coverage for this services.
Based on the above, we believe that it is not practicable and/or advantageous to award a contract for these services by competitive sealed bidding or competitive sealed proposals because there is a limited number of vendors available and able to perform the work (See PPB Rules Section 3-04(b)(2)(ii)).
As protection from this threat, the Staten Island Ferry needs a contractor that is experienced in marine environmental containment and cleanup that can respond rapidly to any issues withing the New York Harbor area. The market for marine hazardous material spill containment and cleanup services in the New York Harbor area is limited to a single vendor, Miller Environmental Services.
While there are many environmental services companies within close proximity of the New York City Metropolitan area, virtually all of them are for land based hazardous material cleanup, abatement and disposal services. There are marine based service providers within New York State, but their base of operations are for major bodies of water outside the New York City Harbor district (i.e. Great Lakes, Finger Lakes, upper Hudson River, etc.). A list of environmental companies and the services they offer (and where they offer them) is attached.
For the past couple of times DOT has bid out for these services, only a single bidder has submitted a bid or shown any interest in this contract: Miller Environmental. Furthermore, the last time we issued a bid for these services, no one submitted a bid. When asked, Miller Environmental assumed that they had the contract because we were doing an extension with them to ensure that there was no lapse in coverage for this services.
Based on the above, we believe that it is not practicable and/or advantageous to award a contract for these services by competitive sealed bidding or competitive sealed proposals because there is a limited number of vendors available and able to perform the work (See PPB Rules Section 3-04(b)(2)(ii)).