Commissioning Services

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) is seeking proposals from firms with experience in commissioning services to fulfill the role of Commissioning Authority to support DASNY during the commissioning phases for a new state-of-the-art public health laboratory on the Harriman State Office Campus in Albany, N.Y. to serve New York State’s public health needs. The project delivery method is Design/Build. Design is planned to begin in the second quarter of 2024 and construction is planned to begin in the first quarter of 2025 with planned substantial completion in fourth quarter of 2029, (approximately 48 months) and a planned three (3) year Post-Occupancy Phase.

The objective of this procurement is to establish a contract with a consultant to provide the required services to ensure and document that the project is designed, installed, and tested to meet DASNY’s and the Department of Health’s needs, and the design intent. In addition, it is DASNY’s intent to provide opportunities to Minority-Owned, Women-Owned, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses as practicable.

DASNY contributes to the economic development of New York State by assisting and supporting Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses (MWBE/SDVOB) through its procurement process. As part of this EOI, and consistent with Article 15A and 17B of the Executive Laws, DASNY strongly encourages all firms to submit proposals that utilize partnerships, joint ventures or sub-consultant arrangements with New York State certified MWBE & SDVOB firms for this procurement. To identify NYS Certified MWBE firms contact Empire State Development at www.esd.ny.gov/doing-business-ny/mwbe, for NYS Certified SDVOB firms contact www.ogs.ny.gov/veterans or for further assistance review DASNY MWSBE Registry at www.dasny.org. It is the goal of DASNY to encourage participation by qualified and certified Minority, Woman-Owned-Business Enterprises (MWBES) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses (SDVOBS) as part of your team with meaningful roles to the maximum extent practical and consistent with legal requirements.

Interested Respondents must have experience providing the services described in the RFP.

Firms interested in responding to this solicitation may access the RFP and related documents from DASNY’s website at: https://www.dasny.org/opportunities/rfps-bids/professional-services-construction/.
The deadline for responses to the RFP is 3:00 pm on February 12, 2024. Responses received after this date will not be accepted.

In accordance with State Finance Law § 139-j and § 139-k, this solicitation includes and imposes certain restrictions on communications between Dormitory Authority personnel and an Offeror during the procurement process. The Designated Representative for this procurement is Rachel Scaccia, Email: ([email protected]). Contacts made to other Dormitory Authority personnel regarding this procurement may disqualify the Offeror and affect future procurements with governmental entities in the State of New York. Please refer to the Authority’s website (www.dasny.org) for Authority policy and procedures regarding this law, or the OGS website (https://ogs.ny.gov/acpl) for more information about this law. All proposers, domestic and foreign, must be in compliance with New York State business registration requirements. Contact the NYS Department of State regarding compliance.

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Set Aside: No
Minority Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 7%
Women Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 7%
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Contracting Goal: 3%
Disadvantaged Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0%

Primary Contact

Rachel Scaccia

Contract Administrator

DASNY

Professional Services

515 Broadway

Albany, NY 12207

United States

Email: [email protected]

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Rachel Scaccia

Contract Administrator

DASNY

Professional Services

515 Broadway

Albany, NY 12207

United States

Email: [email protected]