Employee Assistance Program

The City University of New York is a public urban university located in the City of New York and founded in 1847 as the Free Academy. On April 11, 1961, Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller signed the legislation to formally establish CUNY, uniting seven public urban colleges into a formally integrated system. The Senior Colleges of the University are comprised of: Senior Colleges, Graduate and Professional Schools and Other Schools. The following colleges comprise the University:

Senior Colleges
Bernard M. Baruch College Brooklyn College
The City College of New York The College of Staten Island Hunter College
John Jay College of Criminal Justice Herbert H. Lehman College Medgar Evers College
New York City College of Technology Queens College
York College

Graduate and Professional Schools

The Graduate School and University Center
CUNY School of Law
The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
CUNY School of Public Health and Health Policy
CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies
The CUNY School of Professional Studies
CUNY School of Medicine

Other Schools
The William E. Macaulay Honors College

Community Colleges

Borough of Manhattan Community College
Bronx Community College
Eugenio María de Hostos Community College
Kingsborough Community College
Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College
Queensborough Community College
Stella and Charles Guttman Community College

The City University of New York (“CUNY” or the “University”) is releasing this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) to solicit proposals from vendors (“Proposers”) to provide an Employee Assistance Program (hereafter “Program”), to be administered exclusively for CUNY’s employees and their families.

The Procurement Lobbying Act (PLA) Applies to this Solicitation.

The restricted period began with the publication of this ad.

Compliance Procurement Lobbying Act

Required Forms: Vendor shall complete, sign and submit the following forms if they are selected:

1. “Offeror’s Affirmation of Understanding of and Agreement pursuant to State Finance Law § 139-j (3) and § 139-j (6) (b)”

2. “Offeror’s Disclosure of Prior Non-Responsibility Determinations and Certification of Compliance with State Finance Law §139-j and §139-k”

Under the requirements of the State Procurement Lobbying Act all communications regarding advertised projects are to be channeled through the Office of University Controller (*Designated Contacts). Until a designation is made, communication with any other CUNY employees concerning this project that is determined to be an attempt to influence the procurement may result in disqualification.

Contact with CUNY:

Under the requirements of the PLA, all communications regarding advertised projects are to be channeled through the Designated Contact. Communication with respect to this procurement initiated by or on behalf of an interested vendor through others than the Designated Contact may constitute an “impermissible contact” under NYS law and could result in disqualification of that vendor.

Rules and regulations and more information on this law, please visit:

http://www.ogs.ny.gov/aboutogs/regulations/adv isoryCouncil/Faq.htm  (Advisory Council FAQs)

http: //www.jcope.ny.gov/law/lob/lobbying2.html (New York State Lobbying Act)