Renovation of a retail development in Albany, New York. Completed plans call for the renovation of a retail development.

The Dormitory Authority State of New York ("DASNY" or "the Authority") is a public benefit corporation of the State of New York empowered by Titles 4 and 4-B of the Public Authorities Law (the "Act"), to provide design and project management services, and to issue bonds, notes and other obligations, for a wide variety of public purposes. Pursuant to recent amendment to Public Authority Law (PAL) 1676(2)(b) and PAL 1680(1), the Authority and any subsidiary thereof was granted the requisite authority to provide, as agent, construction, and other services to the Cannabis Control Board (CCB), New York State Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), and the New York Social Equity Cannabis Investment Fund, LP ("the Fund"). All references herein to "DASNY" shall mean, as appropriate and as the context requires, the Authority or any subsidiary thereof Deadline for RFP Questions* 05/26/2022 (3:00 PM) The Marijuana Regulation & Taxation Act (MRTA) created the CCB to oversee and implement the MRTA. The CCB is authorized to issue licenses and develop regulations for the cultivation, processing, manufacture, distribution, transportation, and sale of medical cannabis, adult-use or retail cannabis and cannabinoid hemp in New York State. The CCB, in conjunction with the OCM, also oversees the State's existing Medical Marijuana Program and Cannabinoid Hemp Program, previously regulated by the Department of Health and licenses cultivators, processors, distributors, and dispensaries to grow and sell cannabis in New York. Under the Social Equity Fund program, the Fund is charged, among other things, with: (i) identifying sites throughout the State that will be leased by the Fund use as Dispensaries; and (ii) undertaking the design, construction and fit out of these leased premises so they satisfy the applicable requirements for Dispensaries (each a "Project" and collectively the "Projects"). The Fund will then sublease these sites to Social Equity Licensees who will be responsible for their operation. Under the Public Authorities Law dispensaries be equitably dispersed across the State. The Fund is authorized to be established pursuant to Part II of Part HH of Chapter 52 of the Laws of 2022 (the "Act"). Interested Respondents must have experience providing the services described in the RFP. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Set Aside: No Minority Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0% Women Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Contracting Goal: 0% Disadvantaged Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0%