North West Battery Park City Resiliency Project: Special Inspections and Laboratory Testing Services

Overview 

The Battery Park City Authority ("BPCA") hereby requests proposals (each individually a “Proposal” and collectively the “Proposals”) from firms qualified to perform special inspection and laboratory testing services (each individually, a “Proposer” and collectively, the “Proposers”).  The work to be performed will include a variety of special inspection and laboratory testing services (collectively, the “Services” or the “Work”) for the North West Battery Park City Resiliency Project (the “NWBPCR Project”) as more fully described in the scope of work attached as Exhibit A (the “Scope of Work”) of the Request for Proposals document. For the avoidance of doubt, the selected Proposer under this RFP shall be responsible solely for the components of the NWBPCR Project outlined in the aforementioned Scope of Work.

The selected Proposer shall be responsible for complying with all applicable sections of the New York City (“NYC”) Building Code and the Rules of the City of New York (“RCNY”) as more fully described in the Scope of Work but which require, among other things, that certain materials, operations, and equipment be inspected and/or tested to verify the NWBPCR Project’s compliance with the special inspections code requirements specified within this RFP.

The selected Proposer will be responsible for all Work which shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, NYC Department of Buildings (“DOB”)-required special inspections and tests of such materials and equipment utilized for, and operations undertaken for, the NWBPCR Project. (individually, the “Project Drawings” and the “Project Specifications,” and collectively, the “Construction Documents”) to be provided by BPCA to the selected Proposer, upon awarding of the contract associated with this RFP (the “Contract”).

New York State-certified Minority-Owned Business Enterprises (“MBE”), Women-Owned Business Enterprises (“WBE”) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Enterprises (“SDVOB”) are encouraged to submit Proposals.

Interested parties may download the complete request for proposals (“RFP”) via the link provided below or by visiting BPCA’s website at www.bpca.ny.gov and clicking on the “Opportunities” tab. All Proposals must meet the requirements listed in the RFP.

Restricted Period

Proposers are restricted from making contact with anyone other than the Designated Contacts (identified below) during the period from the time of publication of this advertisement through approval of the procurement contract by BPCA (the “Restricted Period”). Employees of BPCA are required to record certain contacts during the Restricted Period, including, but not limited to, any oral, written or electronic communication with a governmental entity under circumstances where a reasonable person would infer that the communication was intended to influence the governmental entity’s conduct or decision regarding the governmental procurement, and to make a determination of responsibility based, in part, upon any such contact. Failure to abide by this process may result in a finding of non-responsibility.