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The County of Erie, New York (the "County") is currently seeking Proposal Statements from qualified firms interested in 1) Lead Hazard Evaluation - Paint Testing Services, 2) Lead Hazard Evaluation - Risk Assessment Services, 3) Lead Hazard Clearance Services, 4) Radon Evaluation - Testing Services and 5) Radon Evaluation - Post Mitigation Clearance Services Proposers interested in providing said services are invited to respond to this request. It is the County's intent to select the Proposer that provides the best solution for the County's needs. The County reserves the right to amend this RFP. The County reserves the right to reject any or all of the proposals, or any part thereof, submitted in response to this RFP, and reserves the right to waive formalities, if such action is deemed to be in the best interest of the County. The County reserves the right to request additional information from any proposer. The County reserves the right to award negotiated contracts to one or more proposers. This RFP is not intended and shall not be construed to commit the County to pay any costs incurred in connection with any proposal or to procure or contract with any firm. The County will only contract with firms that do not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status or any other status protected by New York State and Federal laws. Requests for clarification of this RFP must be written and submitted to Paul D'Orlando at the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning, Edward A. Rath County Office Building 95 Franklin Street, Room 1014, Buffalo, NY 14202 no later than 4:00 pm on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. Formal written responses will be distributed by the County on or before August 14, 2025. Proposers may be required to give an oral presentation to the County to clarify or elaborate on the written proposal. Those proposers will be notified to arrange specific times. 6. No proposal will be accepted from nor any agreement awarded to any proposer that is in arrears upon any debt or in default of any obligation owed to the County. Additionally, no agreement will be awarded to any proposer that has failed to satisfactorily perform pursuant to any prior agreement with the County. 7. Certified Minority Business Enterprise/Women's Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) proposers should include the Erie County certification letter with the proposal. 8. If proposer is a Veteran Owned Business, proposer should include letter indicating company is 51 % or more Veteran-owned. In addition to the foregoing, by submitting a proposal, the proposer also understands and agrees that the County of Erie reserves the right, and may at its sole discretion exercise, the following rights and options with respect to this Request for Proposals: o To reject any or all proposals; o To issue amendments to this RFP; o To issue additional solicitations for proposals o To waive any irregularities in proposals received after notification to proposers affected; o To select any proposal as the basis for negotiations of a contract, and to negotiate with one or more of the proposers for amendments or other modifications to their proposals; o To conduct investigations with respect to the qualifications of each proposer; o To exercise its discretion and apply its judgment with respect to any aspect of this RFP, the evaluation of proposals, and the negotiations and award of any contract; o To enter into an agreement for only portions (or not to enter into an agreement for any) of the services contemplated by the proposals with one or more of the proposers; o To select the proposal that best satisfies the interests of the County and not necessarily on the basis of price or any other single factor; o To interview the proposer(s); o To request or obtain additional information the County deems necessary to determine the ability of the proposer; o To modify dates; o All proposals prepared in response to this RFP are at the sole expense of the proposer, and with the express understanding that there will be no claim, whatsoever, for reimbursement from the County for the expenses of preparation. The County assumes no responsibility or liability of any kind for costs incurred in the preparation or submission of any proposal; o While this is a RFP and not a bid, the County reserves the right to apply the case law under General Municipal Law 103 regarding bidder responsibility in determining whether a proposer is a responsible vendor for the purpose of this RFP process; o The County is not responsible for any internal or external delivery delays which may cause any proposal to arrive beyond the stated deadline. To be considered, proposals MUST arrive at the place specified herein and be time stamped prior to the deadline. The term of the contract shall be for a three (3) year period commencing on or about September 1, 2025 and terminating on or about March 31, 2029. The County, in its sole discretion may extend the agreement beyond is initial term for up to one (1) additional 1-year period at the same prices and conditions. The Department of Environment and Planning is seeking to engage a certified lead hazard risk assessor(s) to undertake the following: Conduct risk or paint testing assessments on approximately 300 housing units over a thirty-six-month time period. The evaluations will occur following the initial inspection by County housing staff. The evaluations shall be scheduled within five (5) days of their request by County personnel. For the purposes of this RFP it should be assumed that two (2) evaluations will be requested each week over a thirty-six month period. Within ten (1 O) days of completing each evaluation a report shall be submitted to the Department of Environment and Planning. The document shall explain the results, including testing information, identifying acceptable interim controls and abatement solutions, and noting the owner's capabilities for controlling leadbased paint hazards. The report shall also include, as an attachment, work specifications that can be utilized in seeking qualified bids for the lead reduction work.