Water Treatment Consulting Services

The Dormitory Authority State of New York (DASNY) is seeking proposals for water treatment consultant services with a primary focus on standardizing the water treatment chemistry, equipment and processes throughout all the City University of New York (CUNY) campuses.  The objective of this program is to optimize performance of mechanical, and energy consuming equipment, increase efficiency, and extend expected life by reducing premature aging of equipment, piping and components.  In order to achieve these goals, the water treatment consultant will be expected to determine the optimum water treatment program for all campus’ systems, capital projects, and to develop a central audit process to ensure quality control.

The scope of services involves Professional Consultant services required to Review or Develop Campus Chemical Water Treatment Specifications as determined by CUNY at various CUNY facilities and for projects to be implemented at those facilities. The required additional services include but are not limited to:

1) On-site inspections, testing, Oversight of Campus Implementation of and Project Specific Requirements for Water Quality Analysis;
2) HVAC Equipment Condition Assessment, oversight and testing of newly installed systems, and operations Legionella Plans;
3) Training campus facility personnel responsible for maintaining proper water treatment for water retaining systems;
4) Recommendations of the operations and maintenance of campus water retaining equipment and systems, provision of project specific recommendations and requirements, oversight, testing and reports on all findings and recommendations.

In addition to the services provided to CUNY above, DASNY is also seeking to obtain proposals for water treatment consulting services for all of DASNY’s clients state-wide. 

Interested firms must: (1) be able to demonstrate a track record of providing water treatment consulting services as a primary business line or service; (2) be able to demonstrate extensive relevant experience providing similar services; (3) employ experienced staff with thorough knowledge of their area(s) of expertise; (4) have at least one employee with a NYS Cooling Tower 7G certification; (5) have access to NELAC accredited and certified laboratories; and (6) have extensive experience providing field evaluations and reporting.

Firms interested in responding to this solicitation may access the RFP and related documents from DASNY’s website at http://www.dasny.org/rfp-bidopportunities-solicitations/professionalservices/new.aspx or www.dasny.org / RFP & BID Opportunities / Professional Services / New Opportunities / Water Treatment Consulting Services / Attachments / Additional Content / Request for Proposal (RFP) Table of Contents. The deadline for responses to the RFP is 5:00pm on January 8, 2021. 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 Offerer during the procurement process.  The designated staff for this procurement is David Fenichel, Email: [email protected]).  Contacts made to other Dormitory Authority personnel regarding this procurement may disqualify the Offerer 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 (www.ogs.state.ny.us/aboutogs/regulations/defaultAdvisoryCouncil html) 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.  In addition, business entities proposing to provide professional engineering services must obtain a Certificate of Authorization to Provide Engineering Services in New York State from the State Education Department.  Proposals must be submitted in the full legal name of the proposer, or the full legal name plus a registered assumed name of the proposer, if any.

Primary Contact

Dave Fenichel

Contract Administrator

DASNY

Professional Services

Albany

515 Broadway

Albany, NY 12207

United States

Phone: 518-257-3071

Email: [email protected]

Secondary Contact

Christopher Currey

Sr. Contract Administrator

DASNY

Professional Services Contracts

Albany

515 Broadway

Albany , NY 12207

United States

Phone: 518-257-3589

Email: [email protected]