Plumbing and Fire Protection Construction Services Requirements Contracts

Description The City University Construction Fund (CUCF) on behalf of the City University of New York (CUNY) Office for Facilities Planning, Construction and Management (FPCM), is seeking to enter into Requirements Contracts to provide plumbing and fire protection construction services at CUNY facilities on an “as needed” basis. As the need for plumbing & fire protection projects arises, CUCF expects to solicit bids for these projects from those firms awarded Master Requirements Contracts (MRC) under this solicitation through the task order request process described in this solicitation.THIS RFQ IS NOT FOR A SPECIFIC JOB OR PROJECT, BUT IT IS A SOLICITATION FOR REQUIREMENTS CONTRACTS WITH CUCF FOR FUTURE WORK ON AN AS NEEED BASIS.THIS RFQ IS OPEN TO ALL CONSTRUCTION FIRMS THAT HAVE PLUMBING & FIRE PROTECTION CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST MASTER PLUMBERS.A copy of the solicitation that more fully describes the procurement process, minimum qualification requirements, submission

requirements, evaluation criteria, timeline and contact information is available for downloading at www.cuny.edu/cunybuilds, under Current and Upcoming Procurements. Firms selected through this solicitation will execute a Master Requirements Contract (MRC) with CUCF on behalf of CUNY/FPCM based on the conditions of this RFQ. A three (3) year contract term is anticipated, subject to all required internal and external oversight approvals. It is further anticipated that each MRC awarded would have a not-to-exceed amount of $30 million for all assigned services. Subsequent to award of a MRC and as the need arises, firms may be further considered for project specific task order assignments as set forth in Section VI of the RFQ.RFQ Submissions are due on Thursday, July 21, 2022 by 1:00 PM. Responses must be submitted electronically through the Dropbox link to be provided on the CUNY Builds website at www.cuny.edu/cunybuilds (Click on Current and Upcoming Procurements). A Pre-Proposal Conference will be held on Thursday, July 7, 2022 at 12:30pm via Zoom. A zoom link to the Pre-Proposal Conference will be made available on the CUNY Builds website at www.cuny.edu/cunybuilds (Click on Current and Upcoming Procurements). Questions pertaining to the solicitation are due by Tuesday, July 12, 2022 by 4:00 PM and must be submitted to the Designated Contacts set forth below with the Project Name and Project Number in the Subject Line of the email.For each project specific task order assigned to a successful firm subsequent to contract execution, CUCF will assign the Minority-owned and Women-owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB) participation goals. CUCF is committed to meeting the New York State participation goals of 30% for MWBEs (18% MBE and 12% WBE) and 6% for SDVOBs. Only New York State (NYS) MWBE and SDVOB Certified firms shall be utilized to meet the participation goals. Successful Proposers are strongly encouraged to utilize the Directories for the New York State Certified MWBEs and SDVOBs to identify eligible firms to fulfill these goals. The MWBE Directory may be accessed at https://ny.newnycontracts.com/ and the SDVOB Directory at https://online.ogs.ny.gov/SDVOB/search Request Address 555 West 57th Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10019 Contact Information: Peter Fountis phone: (646) 664-2700 email: CUNY.Builds@cuny.edu Attachments: Other Information: This project is governed by the NYS Procurement Lobbying Law set forth in State Finance Law Sections 139-j and 139-k. The restricted period began with the publication of this Ad. Accordingly, all communications regarding advertised projects are to be channeled through the Designated Contacts set forth below. Communication with respect to this procurement initiated by or on behalf of an interested vendor through others than the Designated Contacts may constitute an “impermissible contact” under NYS law and could result in disqualification of that vendor. The Designated Contacts for this solicitation are Dan DeLilla and Peter Fountis, CUNY.Builds@cuny.edu.