IFB 1162 Wastewater Treatment Management

The New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) is soliciting bids for the daily operations and management of the Wastewater Treatment Plants at five OCFS Division of Juvenile Justice and Opportunities for Youth (DJJOY) facilities.

The following facilities listed below require services:

• Finger Lakes Residential Center (250 Auburn Road, Lansing, NY 14882)

• MacCormick Secure Center (300 South Road, Brooktondale, NY 14817)

• Red Hook Residential Center (531 Turkey Hill Road, Red Hook, NY 12571)

• Highland Residential Center (629 North Chodikee Lake Rd, Highland, NY 12528)

• Goshen Secure Center (97 Cross Road, Goshen, NY 10924)

The duties of the daily operations and management include, but are not limited to:

• Serving as the “Operator of Record” and “Authorized Agent” and performing all necessary daily and emergency operations of the Wastewater Treatment Plants at each of the facilities identified;
• Performing operations in strict compliance with each facility’s State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit;
• Maintaining daily logs at each location;
• Performing all required sampling at each location;
• Completing/submitting Discharge Monthly Reports for each location; and
• Completing inspections and reporting of all equipment and operations of each facility as indicated in IFB Section 3.2 Product/Service Specifications to the Facility Director and New York State (NYS) OCFS Capital Services.

There will be one award made from this procurement, which shall cover the required services for all five of the identified facilities.

NYS Wastewater Certification(s) for personnel are required to provide services at the Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP):

• Chief Operator(s) must be a minimum Grade 3A to provide required services for the Goshen and Highland facilities; and a minimum Grade 2A to provide required services for all other facilities.
• Operator(s) must be a minimum Grade 2A to provide required services for the Goshen and Highland facilities; and a minimum Grade 1A to provide required services for all other facilities.

Please refer to the IFB document located on the "Documents" tab for additional information and submission requirements.