Specifications

New York State Office of General Services
Solicitation Number 1767 Integrated Facility Management
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Cuomo‘s Procurement Transformation, by the Division of the Budget and the Office of General Services,
and focuses on implementing best practices and identifying opportunities for savings. The new
procurement process will balance the needs of achieving savings with the administration's policy goals of
encouraging small businesses and certified minority and women business enterprises. The scope,
contents and format of this RFP are structured in accordance with the goals of the initiative and a Bidder
is encouraged to review the information contained in this RFP thoroughly to understand the extent of
changes from the present contracts. For more information on the initiative, a Bidder can refer to:
http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/10122011ImproveGovernmentEfficiency and
http://www.ogs.ny.gov/BU/PC/SourcingFAQ.asp.
1.2 Designated Contact
In compliance with the Procurement Lobbying Law, Tammy Rock, New York State Office of General
Services, has been designated the ONLY contact for this procurement solicitation and may be reached by
email, voice or fax for all inquiries regarding this solicitation.
Tammy Rock
New York State Office of General Services
Financial Administration, 40
th
Floor
Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12242
Voice: 1-518-474-5981 Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
In the event the designated contact is not available, the alternate designated contacts are:
Diane Robinson
New York State Office of General Services
Financial Administration, 40th Floor
Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12242
Voice: 1-518-474-5981 Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
1.3 Minimum Proposer Qualifications
Proposers are advised that the State's intent is to ensure that only qualified and reliable contractors enter
into a contract to perform the work as defined in this document.
The State considers the following qualifications to be a pre-requisite in order to be considered as
a qualified Proposer for purposes of this solicitation.
The Proposer shall submit satisfactory evidence and the Commissioner or his/her designated
representative shall have the right to reject responses to this solicitation of any Proposer who is unable to
provide satisfactory evidence as to the following qualifications:
a. Proposer must currently and for the past two consecutive years immediately prior to the
proposal due date manage at least three (3) Office Buildings consisting of at least 500,000
square feet of Gross Building Area. At least one (1) of which must exceed 200,000 square
feet of Gross Building Area. Services provided by Proposer for these buildings must be as a
full operations, maintenance, and management contractor.
1.4 Mandatory Pre-Proposal Conference and Site Visit
Proposers intending to submit a proposal will be required to attend a mandatory pre-proposal
conference/site visit for each Facility Group, which will include an informational meeting and a tour of all