Notice Details

The Land Use division at the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) is seeking a consultant or consultant team to perform on call land use, environmental assessment and traffic engineering consultant services for various City-owned properties located within the five boroughs. Environmental assessment work will be completed in accordance to Federal (NEPA), State (SEQR) or City (CEQR) environmental quality review procedures and industry accepted methods and standards.

NYCEDC welcomes firms of all levels of capacity and different specialties to apply to this RFP as a prime Consultant and anticipates the selected Consultant(s) will lead a team of consultants (collectively, with the Consultant, the “Consultant Team”) displaying a diversity of skill sets, technical expertise, experience, and firm size in providing all aspects of the scope of services.

All RFP responses should clearly demonstrate that the Consultant Team is capable of and experienced in providing all of the Services necessary for the complete performance of the Contract, which will include Tasks of varying scope and size.

NYCEDC plans to select a consultant on the basis of factors stated in the RFP which include but are not limited to: the quality of the proposal, experience of key staff identified in the proposal, experience and quality of any subcontractors proposed, demonstrated successful experience in performing services similar to those encompassed in the RFP, the proposed fee schedule, and the proposed Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise ("M/WBE”) Narrative Form.

It is the policy of NYCEDC to comply with all federal, state and City laws and regulations which prohibit unlawful discrimination because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status and other protected category and to take affirmative action in working with contracting parties to ensure certified Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs) share in the economic opportunities generated by NYCEDC’s projects and initiatives. Please refer to the Equal Employment and Affirmative Compliance for Non-Construction Contracts Addendum in Exhibit 5 of the RFP.

This project has Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise (“M/WBE”) participation goals, and all respondents will be required to submit an M/WBE Participation Proposal with their response. To learn more about NYCEDC’s M/WBE program, visit http://edc.nyc/opportunity-mwdbe. For the list of companies who have been certified with the New York City Department of Small Business Services as M/WBE, please go to the https://sbsconnect.nyc.gov/certification-directory-search/.

NYCEDC established the Contract Financing Loan Fund programs for Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (M/W/DBE) interested in working on public construction projects. Contract Financing Loan Fund facilitates financing for short-term mobilization needs such as insurance, labor, supplies and equipment. Bidders/subcontractors are strongly encouraged to visit the NYCEDC website at http://edc.nyc/opportunity-mwdbe to learn more about the program.

Two optional informational session will be held on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 11:00 A.M. and Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at 1:00 P.M. at NYCEDC’S office at One Liberty Plaza, 14th Floor and virtually via MS Teams. Those who wish to attend should RSVP by email to OnCallLanduseServicesRFP2025@Edc.nyc on or before March 10, 2025.

Respondents may submit questions and/or request clarifications from NYCEDC no later than 5pm on Friday, March 28, 2025. Questions regarding the subject matter of this RFP should be directed to OnCallLanduseRFP2025@Edc.nyc. Answers to all questions will be posted by ?Friday, April 11, 2025 to https://edc.nyc/rfps . Questions regarding the subject matter of this RFP will not be accepted after 5pm on Tuesday, March 28, 2025 however, technical questions pertaining to downloading and submitting proposals to this RFP may be directed to RFPREQUEST@edc.nyc on or before Monday, May 5, 2025.

Detailed submission guidelines and requirements are outlined in the RFP, available as of Tuesday, March 4, 2025. To download a copy of the solicitation documents please visit https://edc.nyc/rfps. RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN Monday, May 5, 2025. Please click the link in the “Deadlines” section of this project’s web page (which can be found on https://edc.nyc/rfps) to electronically upload a proposal for this solicitation. Please upload your response as a .zip file with your company name and the title of this project.