Renovation of an educational facility in Syracuse, New York. Conceptual plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

NRB Tissue Culture Room HVAC Modifications SUNY Upstate Medical University is seeking qualifications for full design services (programming, design, construction documents, bidding, and construction administration) from an Architectural/Engineering team for HVAC Modifications to Tissue Culture Rooms located in the Neuroscience Research Building at 505 Irving Ave., Syracuse, NY 13210. There will be no formal site visit nor will tours of the facility be given prior to the receipt of responses to the RFQ. A minimum ten (10) years' experience in the design of academic medical research laboratory HVAC systems is required. Request for Qualifications (RFQ) are attached below and may be download by all firms interested in responding to this advertisement. Responses to the RFQ should describe the consultant's experience and qualifications to undertake this work as described therein. The successful firm will be required to provide evidence demonstrating that the firm and any of the firms' engineering, land surveying, architectural or landscape architectural sub-consultants, are legally authorized by the NYS Education Department to do business in NY State. All firms must also provide proof of New York State Worker's Compensation Insurance and Disability Insurance coverage. Qualifications must be submitted as five (5) complete qualification packages, three (3) of which must have original signatures, the other two (2) should be on separate flash drives and may be delivered to the location below. All questions to be by fax or email (email is preferred) to each: Jeanie Pender (penderj@upstate.edu) and Nick Steffen (steffenn@upstate.edu). The RFQ is due 2:00 PM on Wednesday, November 6, 2024. The date and time for the last questions to be considered is 5:00 PM on Monday, November 4, 2024. All questions will be answered by 5:00 PM on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. These will be issued as an Addendum. Effective 1/1/06, in accordance with State Finance Law Section 139 j&k, AKA the Lobbying Law, all questions pertaining to this procurement shall be made formally to the following Designated Staff: Mrs. Jeanie Pender, Contracts Administrator and Contracts Administrator and Miss Ivy Lopez, Contracts Administrator, Phone: 315-464-8706, email penderj@upstate.edu and Lopezi@upstate.edu. Contact made to other staff regarding this procurement may disqualify the firm and affect future procurements with government entities in the State of New York. NYS Executive Law Article 15-A and University policy require campuses, and the consultants with whom they do business, to make a good faith effort to procure materials, supplies, equipment and services (including printing) from NYS certified minority- or women-owned businesses (M/WBEs) and meet University established goals for M/WBE participation in contracts. State University of New York goals are: 14% MBE participation and 16% WBE participation of the total contract value and 6% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business participation goal. State University of New York also has a goal for the Work Force participation: EEO 10% WBE and EEO 10% MBE of total work force on the project. The selected consultant will be required to comply with M/WBE requirements. The State University of New York Upstate Medical University reserves the right to reject any or all Qualification packages. Design Start Date 3/14/2025 Design Completion Date 9/14/2026 Construction Start Date 2/14/2026 Construction Completion Date 11/14/2026 Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Set Aside: No Minority Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 14% Women Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 16% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Contracting Goal: 6% Contract term: 24 months The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.