SUNY Cortland New 200-Bed Residence Hall - Design Build Services (RFQ)

DASNY issues this Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) seeking a responsive Statement of Qualifications (“SOQ”) from qualified Design-Build entities or teams (“Design-Build Team” or “Team”) capable of providing all Work (as defined herein) necessary to provide Design-Build services for the construction of a new 200 Bed Residence Hall located at SUNY Cortland.

DASNY is currently developing the Bridging Documents for the Project that will provide information necessary to allow for the design, procurement, and construction of the Project. The Scope of Work for this Project shall be further defined and identified through the Bridging Documents that will be attached as an Exhibit to the subsequent RFP.

Expectations for environmental and sustainability requirements are for the teams to ensure that the project aligns with the sustainability goals of the campus, SUNY, DASNY, and the State of New York, focusing on energy-efficiency, the use of sustainable materials, and opportunities for low-impact landscaping.  Long-term energy savings and environmentally responsible design principles will be prioritized while adhering to practical and efficient methods.  Third-party certifications of goals are not anticipated.

Design-Build Teams must be able to demonstrate experience in designing and the construction Residence Halls and substantial experience using a Design-Build method.  Interested Design-Build Teams must also meet the following requirements:

a.  The Design-Build Team must have experiencing in design and constructing residence halls similar in size, scope, schedule duration and/or complexity.

b.  The Design-Build Team possesses substantial experience providing projects of similar size, scope and complexity using a Design/Build method.

c.   The Design-Build Team must include a Builder with an Experience Modification Rate of less than 1.2.

d.   The Design-Build Team shall demonstrate its experience with respect to meeting goals for Minority and Women Owned Business (“M/WBE”) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (“SDVOB”) participation.

e.  The appropriate Team member(s) of the Design-Build Team performing the required engineering and architectural services for the Project must possess a Certificate of Authorization (for Engineering Firms) and Professional Licensure and Registration to provide professional services in New York State from the State Education Department.

f.   Both the Designer and the Builder are registered and authorized to do business in NYS or can provide proof that such registration for authorization is in progress.

g. The Design-Build Team must have bonding capacity to provide material and labor payment and performance bonds with a penal sum each equivalent to the value of the design-build contract.

DASNY contributes to the economic development of New York State by assisting and supporting Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses (SDVOB) through its procurement process. As part of this EOI, and consistent with New York State Executive Law 15-A and Article 3 of the New York State Veteran Services Law, DASNY encourages all firms to consider submitting proposals that utilize partnerships, joint ventures or other similar arrangements with a New York State certified MWBE/SDVOB firm on this contract. For technical assistance identifying certified MWBE firms contact Empire State Development at www.esd.ny.gov or visit DASNY’s MWBE Registry at www.dasny.org. For NYS Certified SDVOB firms contact www.ogs.ny.gov/veterans.

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.  The deadline for responses to the RFQ is 3:00pm on June 10, 2025. 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: Upstate[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]

Company Name	Contact Name	Phone	Email	Website	Fax	Designation	Goods/Services
Alante Security Group Inc.	Nathan Roman	5169978118	[email protected]	www.AlanteSecurity.com		Minority Owned Business (MBE) Women Owned Business (WBE) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)	Security Guard Services
Architectural Resources	Olivia Piazza	7168835566	[email protected]	www.archres.com	7168835569
Atlantic Testing Laboratories	Eric VanAlstyne	5183839144	[email protected]	www.AtlanticTesting.com		NYS Certified Women Owned Business (NYS-Cert. WBE)	Atlantic Testing Laboratories (ATL) has over 55 years of experience in providing technical support services to a wide range of clients and projects. We hold term contracts with multiple government agencies and have long-term working relationships with many private firms and entities. The main categories of services performed include subsurface investigation on land and water, geotechnical engineering, environmental (including asbestos, lead, and tank testing), special inspection and construction materials testing, laboratory testing (aggregates, geotechnical, thermal resistivity, and concrete petrography), and non-destructive testing and engineering.
BCA Architects & Engineers	Kelly Reinhardt	3157828130	[email protected]	www.thebcgroup.com	3157827192		Architecture, Engineering, Interior Design
Chiuten Trowbridge Landscape Architects DPC MWBE	Margot D. Chiuten	6072168483	[email protected]	ctlandarch.com		Minority Owned Business (MBE) Women Owned Business (WBE) NYS Certified Minority Owned Business (NYS-Cert. MBE) NYS Certified Women Owned Business (NYS-Cert. WBE) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
Dharam Lally & Smith LLC d/b/a Dharam Consulting	Darlene Quigley	631-312-4837	[email protected]	www.dharamconsulting.com	None	Minority Owned Business (MBE) NYS Certified Minority Owned Business (NYS-Cert. MBE) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)	Cost Consulting
Encorus Group (SDVOB)	Tara Lowry	716-592-3980	[email protected]	www.encorus.com	716-592-4216	Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business (SDVOB) NYS Certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business (NYS Cert. SDVOB)	Engineering design (structural, civil, mechanical, electrical, fire protection, environmental), construction materials testing and inspection, environmental services, non-destructive testing, tank and piping inspection
Facility Strategies Group, LLC	Matt Pesce	8033704335	[email protected]	www.fstrategies.com			FSG has acted as the design consultant and systems integrator for the development and implementation of a new open protocol building management system (BMS) for the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). The controls system provides central monitoring and control of campus heating equipment, apartment zone temperatures, lighting, ventilation, and other mechanical equipment for multifamily developments throughout NYC. More than 54 NYCHA developments encompassing over 550 buildings have already been converted to the new open BACnet platform with additional properties to be converted over the next 10 years. FSG established open protocol requirements for hardware and IT communication architectures and procurement, prepared controls specifications, and ensured multiple levels of competition for construction and during operations and maintenance.
Fancy Fixtures Inc	Thomas C Peer	15162384361	[email protected]	fancyfixtures.net		Women Owned Business (WBE) NYS Certified Women Owned Business (NYS-Cert. WBE)	Supplied/delivered plumbing fixtures, bathroom accessories, toilet partitions, lockers, vanities, medicine cabinets, mirrors, drinking fountains, water coolers, wood flooring, LVT flooring, ceramic tile, porcelain, marble, stone.
Fazaq Inc	Bola Ahmodu	3476235855	[email protected]	www.fazaqinc.com	7189425424	Minority Owned Business (MBE) Women Owned Business (WBE) NYS Certified Minority Owned Business (NYS-Cert. MBE) NYS Certified Women Owned Business (NYS-Cert. WBE) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)
First Alert Security Services, Inc.	ABDULLATEEF SANNI	7189220214 / 7185066066 / 18772192442	[email protected]	www.firstalertsecuritysvcinc.com	7189220216	Minority Owned Business (MBE) NYS Certified Minority Owned Business (NYS-Cert. MBE) NYS Certified Women Owned Business (NYS-Cert. WBE) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)	SECURITY GUARD AND FIRE WATCH SERVICES
Gilsanz Murray Steficek LLP Engineers and Architects	Vicki Arbitrio	2122540030	[email protected]	www.gmsllp.com		Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)	Structural engineering, building envelope consulting, forensic engineering, special inspections and testing.
Goshow Architects	Adrienne Riso	2122423735	[email protected]	www.gosghow.com	N/A	Women Owned Business (WBE) NYS Certified Women Owned Business (NYS-Cert. WBE) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)	Architectural
Harrison Reid Safety & Consultants, Inc	Sheldon Reid	9179236061	[email protected]	www.hrsafetyconsultants.com		Minority Owned Business (MBE) NYS Certified Minority Owned Business (NYS-Cert. MBE) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)	Provided Site Safety Manager Spiro Kitovas (631-654-0660) March 2023 - February 2025
Hueber-Breuer Construction Co., Inc.	Kim Neuman	315-476-7917	[email protected]	https://hb1872.build/
Infinite Consulting Corp	Jeanefer S Abonitalla	5163882248	[email protected]	https://infiniteconsultingcorp.com/		Minority Owned Business (MBE) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)
Insaren Inc.	Volodymyr Telepyanovych	800-918-3012	[email protected]	https://insaren.weebly.com/			Asbestos Abatement, Lead Abatement, Mold Abatement, PCB Abatement
Interface Engineering	Patricia Jordan	212.417.0606	[email protected]	https://interfacenyc.com/
J.K. CONSTRUCTION NEW YORK INC	MOHINDER SINGH	7188728400	[email protected]	NA	7184798989	Minority Owned Business (MBE)	SIDEWALK SHED AND SCAFFOLDING
Lakhani & Jordan Engineers, PC (MBE)	Paul Montero	2123389020	[email protected]	www.lakhanijordan.com	2123389030	NYS Certified Minority Owned Business (NYS-Cert. MBE)	Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing & Fire Protection Engineering Consultant Services
LERA Consulting Structural Engineers	Carrie Villani	2127509000	[email protected]	www.lera.com		Minority Owned Business (MBE) Women Owned Business (WBE) NYS Certified Minority Owned Business (NYS-Cert. MBE) NYS Certified Women Owned Business (NYS-Cert. WBE)	Structural engineering
Mach Architecture	Brian Kelley	716-424-2035	[email protected]	www.mach-arch.com			Design and Project Management of residence hall renovations and new construction in the Design - Build, CM Build, CM @ Risk, as well as traditional delivery methods. Mach has worked with DASNY for more than 20 years delivering $100s of millions in construction value of residence hall projects for SUNY. Projects have been completed under multiple consecutive Term Contracts as well as specific contracts won via the RFP and Design-Build procurement process.
R.G. Vanderweil Engineers	David Pinto	2129214142	[email protected]	www.vanderweil.com	2129214616		Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Protection Engineering
RLB Rider Levett Bucknall	Lucie Meier	516-768-9736	[email protected]	www.rlb.com
Sherpa Construction Consulting	Rebecca Shrestha	7188061044				Minority Owned Business (MBE) NYS Certified Minority Owned Business (NYS-Cert. MBE) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)
TEXAS SECURITY CORPORATION	Andrew Ugbomah	7252939718	[email protected]	www.texassecuritycorporation.com		Minority Owned Business (MBE) NYS Certified Minority Owned Business (NYS-Cert. MBE)	PRIVATE INVESTIGATION SERVICES UNARMED SECURITY SERVICES ARMED SECURITY GUARD SERVICES FIRE SAFETY AND FIRE SAFETY DIRECTOR
Triumph Modular	Gloria Westgate	267-638-2356	[email protected]	www.triumphmodular.com
USA Veteran builders inc	Brian Q Foley	3473163783	[email protected]	Usaveteranbuilders.com		Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business (SDVOB) NYS Certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business (NYS Cert. SDVOB)	Supplier of construction building materials, equipment and hardware- Safety Devices : traffic cones, concrete barriers, plastic jersey barriers, lighting, mobile signage
Willdan	Denise M Hernandez	9143436249	[email protected]				Construction Management Design Build, Design Bid Build, CA services