Design-Build Services for Retail Cannabis Dispensaries

The Dormitory Authority State of New York (“DASNY” or “the Authority”) is a public benefit corporation of the State of New York empowered by Titles 4 and 4-B of the Public Authorities Law (the “Act”), to provide design and project management services, and to issue bonds, notes and other obligations, for a wide variety of public purposes. Pursuant to recent amendment to Public Authority Law (PAL) § 1676(2)(b) and PAL §1680(1), the Authority and any subsidiary thereof was granted the requisite authority to provide, as agent, construction, and other services to the Cannabis Control Board (CCB), New York State Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), and the New York Social Equity Cannabis Investment Fund, LP (“the Fund”). All references herein to “DASNY” shall mean, as appropriate and as the context requires, the Authority or any subsidiary thereof. 

The Marijuana Regulation & Taxation Act (MRTA) created the CCB to oversee and implement the MRTA. The CCB is authorized to issue licenses and develop regulations for the cultivation, processing, manufacture, distribution, transportation, and sale of medical cannabis, adult-use or “retail” cannabis and cannabinoid hemp in New York State. The CCB, in conjunction with the OCM, also oversees the State’s existing Medical Marijuana Program and Cannabinoid Hemp Program, previously regulated by the Department of Health and licenses cultivators, processors, distributors, and dispensaries to grow and sell cannabis in New York. 

Under the Social Equity Fund program, the Fund is charged, among other things, with: (i) identifying sites throughout the State that will be leased by the Fund use as Dispensaries; and (ii) undertaking the design, construction and fit out of these leased premises so they satisfy the applicable requirements for Dispensaries (each a “Project” and collectively the “Projects”). The Fund will then sublease these sites to Social Equity Licensees who will be responsible for their operation. Under the Public Authorities Law dispensaries be equitably dispersed across the State. The Fund is authorized to be established pursuant to Part II of Part HH of Chapter 52 of the Laws of 2022 (the “Act”).   

DASNY, as agent for the Fund, seeks proposals from entities, or a collaboration of entities, capable of providing design, construction, and other identified services necessary to renovate existing spaces to create conditional adult-use cannabis retail dispensary facilities (“RCDs”) for operation by Social Equity Licensees. 

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

The Fund and DASNY are committed to diversity and equal employment opportunities among its contractors, consultants, and vendors. It is the policy of both to maximize opportunities for the participation of Minority-Owned, Women-Owned (M/WBE), and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses (SDVOB) firms as bidders, subcontractors, and suppliers on projects. Although no goals for participation in the work by certified M/WBE and SDVOB firms have been established for this program, the selected firms shall use good faith efforts to provide for meaningful participation by M/WBE and SDVOB firms in the work where feasible. 

Pursuant to Executive Order No. 170.1 – Uniform Guidelines for Responsibility Determinations, Executive Order No. 125 – NYS Vendor Responsibility Questionnaire and Executive Order No. 192 – Continuing Vendor Integrity, DASNY may only award a contract to a responsible proposer. A responsible proposer must have the integrity to justify the award of public dollars and the capacity to perform the requirements of the contract fully. The proposer must file a vendor responsibility questionnaire with DASNY. The questionnaire provides the proposer an opportunity to self-disclose any issues and provide necessary information, which DASNY will use as part of its determination. 

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/.

To locate the RFP go to RFP 7586 / View the full details for this opportunity / Attachments. The deadline for responses to the RFP is 3:00 pm on June 13, 2022. 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 staff for this procurement is David Fenichel, 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: 0%

Women Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0%

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Contracting Goal: 0%

Disadvantaged Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0%

Primary Contact

Kara Mallard

Chief

DASNY

Professional Services

515 Broadway

Albany, NY 12207

United States

Email: [email protected]

Secondary Contact

Dave Fenichel

Contract Administrator

DASNY

Professional Services

Albany

515 Broadway

Albany, NY 12207

United States

Phone: 518-257-3071

Email: [email protected]

Submit To Contact

Kara Mallard

Chief

DASNY

Professional Services

515 Broadway

Albany, NY 12207

United States

Email: [email protected]