RFP for Comprehensive Land-Use Planning Consultant Services

The Albany County Pine Hills Land Authority (“ACPHLA”) will receive sealed proposals for Comprehensive Land-Use Planning Services for the former College of Saint Rose campus prior to 4:00 P.M. on Friday March 28, 2025. Proposals received after this time will not be accepted.

Bids will be received via sealed envelope addressed and delivered to the Albany County Pine Hills Land Authority, 111 Washington Avenue, Suite 100, Albany, NY 12210, Attn: Dylan Turek, Senior VP of Development and electronically by submitting to the e-mail address dturek@advancealbanycounty.com.

The Albany County Pine Hills Land Authority (hereafter referred to as “the Authority”, or “ACPHLA”) is seeking proposals from a qualified consultant, or consulting team, to perform a series of comprehensive planning, engineering, and design tasks in furtherance of a strategic redevelopment strategy for the former campus of the College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY.

The selected consultant/team will be expected to conduct a thorough assessment of the site, engage with community stakeholders, explore innovative redevelopment opportunities, and develop a financially feasible implementation strategy that ensures the long-term success of the project. The consultant or team will be hired and work for ACHPLA under the direction and leadership of the CEO and the seven (7) -member board of directors.

The Albany County Pine Hills Land Authority (or ACPHLA) is a public benefit authority created at the behest of the Albany County Executive and Legislature for the purposes of acquiring, promoting, and repositioning the campus of the now closed College of Saint Rose to the highest and best use. Through its enacting legislation, the Authority is given certain powers and responsibilities, including the means to develop, fund, and implement a strategic plan for the College of Saint Rose’s campus and assets.

The Authority envisions transforming the vacant campus into a thriving, sustainable, and economically viable asset that aligns with the needs of the community and contributes the broader economic development of the Pine Hills neighborhood and the City of Albany.

ACHPLA is staffed by employees of the Advance Albany County Alliance, LDC.

The full Request for Proposals Document will be available on the Advance Albany County Alliance website (https://www.advancealbanycounty.com/about/acphla-documents/), the NYS Contract Reporter, and by email request to dturek@advancealbanycounty.com. All respondents are required to provide their contact information to the Alliance via email so that they can be informed of all necessary information, including notice of bid addenda (if needed).  

Prospective bidders may request clarifications of the Bid Documents by contacting the project contact, Dylan Turek, at dturek@advancealbanycounty.com. All questions must be submitted via e-mail, no phone calls will be accepted. All e-mails must include "RFP# ACPHLA2501: Comprehensive Planning" within the subject line. Questions received after 4:00 PM on Wednesday March 12, 2025 will not be answered.

Contract will be awarded by the Albany County Pine Hills Land Authority which reserves the right to waive any informalities or to reject any and all bids.

By order of the Albany County Pine Hills Land Authority.