State University of New York Procurement Number P-1600

BackBlaze Capacity Storage

SUNY System Administration August 31, 2026

Procurement Description

The State University of New York (SUNY) wishes to procure BackBlaze Capacity Storage.

BB-RESERVE-1-1000. This product should include the following: 1,000 TBs of Capacity storage for 1 year. Free Egress up to 3,000 TBs a month, Free Transaction Calls, Universal Data Migration to Backblaze B2, No delete penalties, Tera support

Contract Period

Twelve Months

Required Content of Proposals

Proposals should include the following (proposals that don’t include the following may not be considered):

1. Include all line items requested

2. A detailed cost proposal.

3. INCLUDE SOC 2 Type 2 or 3rd party attestation and/or HECVAT.

4. Certification regarding NYS Executive Order No. 16. All bidders must complete and submit the certification found in the link below.

https://ogs.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2022/04/eo16_certification.pdf

5. Completed required MWBE/ SDVOB Forms as described below.

Questions

Questions are due by September 9, 2026, at 5:00 pm eastern time. Email questions to the primary designated contact identified below, with a copy to the secondary contact. Answers to all questions received will be provided on approximately September 16, 2026.

Submission of Proposals

Proposals are due by September 22, 2026, at 5:00 pm eastern time. Proposals may be submitted electronically or by hard copy. If submitting electronically, please do not submit your proposal as a zip file and do not password-protect your proposal.

https://ogs.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2022/04/eo16_certification.pdf

Please email your proposal to (do not submit questions to this email address):

Erik.Finkell@suny.edu

Or mail hard copy to:

Erik Finkell SUNY System Administration H. Carl McCall SUNY Building, S110 353 Broadway Albany, New York 12246

Contract Award

The State University of New York intends to make this award under its discretionary authority, pursuant to NYS Education Law §355(5)(a), which is up to $125,000. A sealed bid opening will not be held. There is no RFP or IFB. Inquiries are to be made by email only and only to the designated contacts identified below. SUNY will make no reimbursement for travel or travel-related expenses. The University reserves the right to make no award.

Designated Contacts (email questions to both individuals below)

Primary Secondary Erik Finkell Sydney Meredith Contract Administrator Purchase Associate Erik.Finkell@suny.edu Sydney.Meredith@suny.edu 518-320-1877 518-320-1341

In accordance with NYS Procurement Lobbying Law, the Restricted Period for this procurement has begun and will continue through contract approval. During this time, bidders, potential bidders and interested vendors may only contact the designated contacts identified above. All communication pertaining to this procurement must be directed to the designated contacts.

Do not contact any other SUNY officials. Doing so may jeopardize the procurement and/or may lead to disqualification of the bidder’s proposal.

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

MINORITY AND WOMEN’S ENTERPRISES REQUIREMENT FOR COMMODITY AND SERVICE CONTRACTS

Consistent with the State University of New York’s commitment to and in accordance with Article 15-A of the New York State Executive Law, contractors are required to ensure that good faith efforts are made to include meaningful participation by Minority and Women-Owned Business in SUNY’s MWBE Program. These requirements apply to all SUNY commodity and service contracts in excess of $25,000. Receipt of MWBE documentation is required with submittal of a bid or proposal for commodities and services contracts. The MWBE forms identified below must be submitted by all bidders.

a. MWBE Utilization Plan (Form 7557-107) provided by the University-wide MWBE Program Office.

b. MWBE – EEO Staffing Plan (Form 7557-108) provided by the University-wide MWBE Program Office.

c. Vendor/Contractor EEO Policy (Form 7557-104) provided by the University-wide MWBE Program Office.

mailto:Erik.Finkell@suny.edu mailto:Erik.Finkell@suny.edu mailto:Sydney.Meredith@suny.edu http://www.suny.edu/sunypp/lookup.cfm?lookup_id=618 http://www.suny.edu/sunypp/lookup.cfm?lookup_id=621 http://www.suny.edu/sunypp/lookup.cfm?lookup_id=615

If the MWBE participation rate on the MWBE Utilization Plan is below 37.04%, the contractor will receive a written notice of Utilization Plan deficiency from the campus within twenty (20) business days of its submission, as required under 5 NYCRR Part 142.6(c). The notice will include, but not be limited, to the following:

a. A list of NYS certified MWBEs that the contractor could potentially use inside the work scope of the contract.

b. A list of NYS certified MWBEs that the contractor could potentially use outside the work scope of the contract for the contractor’s operation (i.e. office supplies, equipment, etc.).

c. Any other information which the MWBE Program Coordinator determines to be relevant to developing an approvable MWBE Utilization Plan.

The contractor must respond to the notice of deficiency by submitting to the MWBE Program Coordinator a revised MWBE Utilization Plan within seven (7) business days, as required by 5 NYCRR Part 142.6 (e).

If the deficiency is not rectified and the MWBE participation rate on the MWBE Utilization Plan remains below 37.04%, the contractor should request a Waiver or Partial Waiver. The Waiver Request submitted by the contractor will include, but will not be limited, to the following:

a. A request for partial or total waiver of MWBE goals as required by 5 NYCRR Part 142.6 (f) on a Request for Waiver form (Form 7557-114) provided by the University-wide MWBE Program Office.

b. A copy of the deficient Utilization Plan.

c. The contract’s Scope of Work. If there are subcontracting opportunities, please provide documentation d, e, and f.

d. Screenshot of search result for available MWBEs in NYS MWBE Directory.

https://ny.newnycontracts.com/FrontEnd/VendorSearchPublic.asp?TN=ny&XID=447

e. Email blast sent to MWBEs on the list of search result. The email blast should notify the recipients the subcontracting opportunity and inquire as to their ability and interests in participating in the contract.

f. Responses from email blast recipients.

Please submit the above documentation with your proposal to:

Erik Finkell, Contract Administrator State University of New York System Administration Office of Business Operations & Procurement, S439C Albany, New York 12246 518-320-1877

Information regarding this legislation may be found at:

http://www.esd.ny.gov/MWBE/Data/Final_Proposed_MWBE_Regulation.pdf

SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE REQUIREMENTS:

COMMODITY AND SERVICE CONTRACTS

Consistent with the State University of New York (SUNY) ’s commitment and in accordance with Article 17-B of the New York State Executive Law and its implementing regulations, state agencies and contractors are required to ensure that good faith efforts are made to include meaningful participation by Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business. The requirements apply to all SUNY commodity and service contracts in excess of $25,000.

http://www.suny.edu/sunypp/lookup.cfm?lookup_id=625 https://ny.newnycontracts.com/FrontEnd/VendorSearchPublic.asp?TN=ny&XID=447 http://www.esd.ny.gov/MWBE/Data/Final_Proposed_MWBE_Regulation.pdf

Bidders must submit SDVOB documentation with all of the bids or proposals for commodities and services contracts when SDVOB goals apply. The SDVOB forms identified below shall be submitted by all bidders.

a. SDVOB Utilization Plan (Form 7564-107)

If the Bidder’s SDVOB participation rate shown on its SDVOB Utilization Plan is below 6%, the campus MWBE Program Coordinator will provide a written notice of deficiency of the Utilization Plan within twenty (20) business days of its submission to the Contractor, as required under 9 NYCRR § 252.2(l)(4).

The notice will include but not be limited to the following:

a. A list of NYS certified SDVOBs that the Contractor could potentially use within the contract scope of work.

b. Any other information which the MWBE Program Coordinator determines to be relevant to developing an approvable SDVOB Utilization Plan.

The Contractor shall respond to the notice of deficiency by submitting a revised SDVOB Utilization Plan within seven (7) business days, as required by 9 NYCRR § 252.2(l)(5) to the MWBE Program Coordinator.

If the deficiency is not corrected and the SDVOB participation rate on the SDVOB Utilization Plan is still below 6%, the Contractor should request a waiver.

The Waiver Request Form submitted by the Contractor will include but not limited to the following:

a. A request for partial or total waiver of SDVOB goals are required by (9 NYCRR § 252.2(m) (2) on Request for Waiver Form (Form 7564-114) provided by the University-wide MWBE Program Office.

b. Copy of the deficient Utilization Plan.

c. Work Scope of this contract. If there are subcontracting opportunities, please provide documentation d, e, and f.

d. Screenshot of searching result for available SDVOBs in Directory of NYS Certified SDVOBs.

e. Copy of email messages containing the request for quote along with the responses from MWBEs.

f. Forms recommended to obtain this information are:

7564-101 – SDVOB Contractor Solicitation Letter 7564-102 – SDVOB Participation Quote 7564-103 – SDVOB Contractor Unavailability Certification http://www.suny.edu/sunypp/lookup.cfm?lookup_id=618 http://www.suny.edu/sunypp/lookup.cfm?lookup_id=625 http://ogs.ny.gov/Core/docs/CertifiedNYS_SDVOB.pdf http://www.suny.edu/sunypp/lookup.cfm?lookup_id=612 http://www.suny.edu/sunypp/lookup.cfm?lookup_id=613 http://www.suny.edu/sunypp/lookup.cfm?lookup_id=614

Questions are due by September 9, 2026, at 5:00 pm eastern time. Email questions to the primary designated contact identified below, with a copy to the secondary contact. Answers to all questions received will be provided on approximately September 1...