Warehouse staff at the brentwood distribution center

The NYS OGS Consolidated Warehousing and Distribution Operations(CWDO) manages and operates the Brentwood Distribution Center (BDC)located at 101 Wilshire Blvd., Brentwood, NY. The in-house staff at the BDCreceives, warehouses, and distributes federal donated foods for schools andchildcare facilities throughout New York State. It is imperative that existing staff be augmented toensure the BDC does not fail in its operational requirements. Minimum Bidder Qualifications Bidders are advised that the State's intent is to ensure that only responsive, responsible, 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 a qualified Bidder for purposes of this Solicitation. Bidders not meeting the qualifications below will be disqualified. Bidders may not use a Subcontractor's or any other entity's qualifications to meet requirements. The following minimum requirements must be met by each Bidder: A. Proposing entity must qualify as at least one of the following: I. New York State certified Minority-Owned Business Enterprise; or II. New York State certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise; or III. New York State certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business AND B. Bidding firm must be a bonafide Job Placement or Temp Employment Agency that can provide job placement for warehouse staff. When available, the solicitation can be found on the OGS bid opportunities page at https://ogs.ny.gov/procurement/bid-opportunities Business enterprises awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: Corporate Hiring Solutions, Inc. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB) SDVOB Goal: 0.00% Disadvantaged Business Enterprise contracting goals (DBE) DBE Goal: 0.00%