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NYS DEC Tree Nursery Modernization - Term Contract (Readvertise 47657) Q & A Deadline 05/06/2025 02:00 PM EDT Description: The New York State Office of General Services Design & Construction Group (OGS D&C) intends to contract with one (1) firm to provide site planning, engineering, landscape architecture, estimating, bid and construction phase services to secure regulatory approval and bid documents for various projects related to modernization of NYSDEC Tree Nurseries. Firms must possess a strong horticulture/agriculture-based engineering background as assigned tasks will primarily be in these areas of expertise.Other tasks may also include architecture, site/civil/utility engineering, structural engineering, irrigation, fire protection/fire alarm engineering, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainability. Some projects will involve the rehabilitation of existing facilities. Term: Five (5) Years (Three (3) years to assign new work + two (2) additional years to complete assignments) MBE Goal: 15% WBE Goal: 15% SDVOB Goal: 6% Approximate Value: $2,000,000.00 Firms are expected to provide high quality engineering, architectural, landscape architectural, site planning design, and permitting services involving development of facility master plan, bid documents and construction phase services to support the NYSDEC program needs at NYSDEC Tree Nurseries. Assignments will support goals of efficient operations for the propagation, harvesting, sorting, chilling, storing, and distribution of 1- to 5-year-old high quality vegetative materials in bare root, plug and pot form.The qualifying firm and their subconsultants will be experienced in all aspects of the design, construction and reconstruction of seed extraction, greenhouse, field nursery and related agricultural structures, processes, and systems.Assignments may include, but not be limited to, the following: o Design of new, energy efficient structures and systems for functions relating to administration, maintenance, storage, seed extraction and seedling production, processing and storage, testing,irrigation, water pumping, material storage, alternative energy, product distribution and shipping. o Structure types include commercial agricultural horticulture production, irrigation, vehicle maintenance, storage, shipping, greenhouses, refrigerated storage, laboratories, office and residential. o Demolition, renovation, and rehabilitation of some existing structures and facility amenities. o Site planning to maximize efficiency of operations and aid future redevelopment. o Compliance with the latest building code including review of work done by others for compliance with applicable codes. o Specifying appropriate equipment for; irrigation, seed extraction and storage, bare root and plug form seedling propagation and sorting, bare root storage, for external shipping or internal customer pickup. o Application of energy efficiency and sustainability in compliance with the Governor's Executive Order 22. The firm(s) must also be experienced in providing Commissioning services. o Land surveying, including limited topographic and boundary mapping. o State Environmental Quality Review assessment and documents. o Environmental permitting including coordination with regulatory agencies such as NYSDEC, State Historic Preservation Office, United States Army Corps of Engineers. o Geotechnical investigations and reports o Storm water pollution prevention modeling and permitting o Field surveys and wetland delineations o Road construction o Storm sewer, sanitary sewer, water piping, well development, irrigation pond design o Refrigeration for horticulture product storage o Alternative energy system design o Hydrogeologic observations and modeling for irrigation systems. o Retention pond design o Horticulture irrigation design. o Structural Inspections o Requirements associated with structural/civil/site engineering, industrial engineering, HVAC systems, electrical engineering, fire protection/fire alarm engineering, and architecture. o Hazardous material investigation and design services for the remediation/removal of such materials as part of the work of this contract. o Possible estimating and construction administration/construction management and/or construction inspection services as advisor to the owner. o Services can be provided by the proposed design team including sub-consultants.