Addendum I - Submission of Proposals (Proper Format).pdf

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ADDENDUM I – Submission of Proposals (Proper Format)

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

FOR THE PURCHASE AND DEVELOPMENT OF

TACONIC DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER

Issued: February 19, 2025

Important Notice: A restricted period under the Procurement Lobbying Law is currently in effect for this Procurement and it will remain in effect until approval of the Contract. Bidders are prohibited from contact related to this procurement with any New York State employee other than the designated contacts listed below.

Designated Contacts for this RFP:

Primary Contact: Ralph Volcy Secondary Contact: Julia Borukhov

All contacts/inquiries shall be made by email to the following address:

TaconicRFP2025@esd.ny.gov

Proposals must be uploaded to the designated Dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/request/YxNCwacmoSCJ6nzvvn40

This RFP is posted on the Empire State Development website:

https://esd.ny.gov/doing-business-ny/requests-proposals

Submission Deadline: June 20, 2025, by 2:00 PM EST Late submissions will not be taken into consideration.

mailto:202XWassaic@esd.ny.gov https://www.dropbox.com/request/YxNCwacmoSCJ6nzvvn40 https://esd.ny.gov/doing-business-ny/requests-proposals

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IX. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

A. Submission of a Complete Two-Part Proposal Respondents submitting a proposal are indicating their acceptance of the conditions in this RFP.

Submission of proposals in a manner other than as described in these instructions (e.g., facsimile, hardcopies) will not be accepted. When submitting each proposal, Respondents must comply with the following:

1. The Technical Proposal (as described in Section VI: Required Proposal Contents) and all related appendices must be submitted electronically before the submission deadline via the designated Dropbox link.

2. The Administrative Proposal and all related forms must be submitted electronically before the submission deadline via the designated Dropbox link.

Respondents should send their Cost Agreement Check (as described in Section V(D): Cost Agreement and Imprest Account and Other Fees) to the following address:

Empire State Development 655 Third Avenue, 4th Floor

New York, NY 10017 Attn: Stacey Teran

Re: Taconic RFP

Section X: General Provisions of this RFP states standard requirements that must be included in every contract entered into with ESD. The successful Respondent must agree to abide by these requirements and provide any information requested by ESD in connection with these requirements. Accordingly, Respondent should complete and submit the items listed below, in the order in which they are listed.

Failure to submit any of the requirements below may result in the rejection of a Respondent’s proposal.

Additional information about these items, and ESD’s procurement requirements, can be found in Section XI: Procurement Forms and Requirements.

Submission of a Complete Two-Part Proposal

Proposals must be uploaded to the below Dropbox prior to the deadline as indicated in the Table of Events/Schedule of Dates.

https://www.dropbox.com/request/YxNCwacmoSCJ6nzvvn40

Proper format:

Please create a folder with: Respondent’s name – RFP Title – Date Submitted.

Example:

W Construction Inc. –Taconic Developmental Center, RFP – 06.20.25

Included in that main folder should be two sub-folders, one for the Administrative

Proposal and the other for the Technical Proposal. The main folder should be uploaded to the Dropbox by choosing the following option: “Add Files → folders from computer”.

All documents in the two sub-folders should be properly labeled.

Late proposals will not be considered for award.

https://www.dropbox.com/request/YxNCwacmoSCJ6nzvvn40