Times Union, ALBANY COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY INVITATION FOR BID Sealed bids are hereby requested by the Albany County Airport Authority for Contract No. 857-GC for Airline Baggage Room Modification Project at Albany International Airport. The project involves removal of an interior concrete block wall separating two existing baggage rooms, removal of some of the offices space of metal stud and sheet rock construction in front of the baggage rooms and creation of some new office space all within the existing Terminal Space. In Accordance with Article 15A of the Executive Law, this project includes goals of ten percent (10%) Minority Owned Business Enterprise Participation and ten percent (10%) Woman Owned Business Enterprise Participation for a combined MWBE goal of twenty percent (20%). The project is estimated to be under $500,000 and will be awarded to a single General Construction Contractor with separate sealed sub-contractor lists and prices in accordance with the New York State Wick's Law. Complete sets of Contract Documents and Bid Forms MAY BE OBTAINED beginning at 10:00 AM on October 21, 2014, AT THE ALBANY COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY PURCHASING OFFICE by making a non-refundable payment, either by check or money order made payable to the Albany County Airport Authority, in the amount of $75.00. No bid shall be considered unless the organization making the bid has first obtained a copy of the RFB. In accordance with State Finance Law ??139-j and 139-k, this solicitation includes and imposes certain restrictions on communications between the Airport Authority and an Offerer/bidder during the procurement process. An Offerer/bidder is restricted from making contacts from the earliest notice of intent to solicit offers by this solicitation through final award and approval of the Procurement Contract by the Authority ("restricted period") to other than designated staff unless it is a contact that is included among certain statutory exceptions set forth in State Finance Law ?139-j(3)(a). Designated staff, as of the date hereof, is Bobbi Matthews, Purchasing Agent. Authority employees are also required to obtain certain information when contacted during the restricted period and make a determination of the responsibility of the Offerer/bidder pursuant to these two statutes. Certain findings of non-responsibility can result in rejection for contract award and in the event of two findings within a 4 year period the Offerer/bidder is debarred from obtaining governmental Procurement Contracts. Further information about these requirements can be found by request to the designated staff and the New York State Office of General Services Advisory Council on Procurement Lobbying Web site at: http://www.ogs.state.ny.us aboutOgs/regulations/defaultAdvisoryCouncil.html. A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on October 23, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. in the Albany County Airport Authority Conference Room, located in the Administration Building, Second Floor at Albany International Airport. Only those bids in the hands of the ALBANY COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY, PURCHASING OFFICE, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, ROOM 204, SECOND FLOOR, ALBANY, NEW YORK 12211 available to read at 2:00 P.M. (EST) October 30, 2014, shall be considered. Bids shall be opened and read aloud at such time in the Albany County Airport Authority Conference Room, Administration Building, Second Floor, Room 202, Albany, New York. All interested parties may attend. MWBE RESPONSES ARE ENCOURAGED. TU 2t (777741)
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