Biotech Accelerator Flex Lab

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Architectural & Engineering Solicitation Project Number and Title: 1573 –Biotech Accelerator Flex Lab SUNY Upstate Medical University is seeking qualifications for the full design services (programming, design, construction documents, bidding, and construction administration), of an architect / engineering team for the renovation of 3rd floor space in the Biotech Accelerator building into a flex laboratory space. The CNY Biotech Accelerator at Upstate Medical University, is located at the corner of Irving Ave. and E. Fayette St. in Syracuse, NY. It is a 52,000+ SF facility inclusive of wet labs, Department of Pathology Molecular Genetics Lab, shared equipment areas and a 250-seat theater. The first and second floors of CNYBAC contain (7) 900 SF closed labs with administrative, storage and wet lab bench space which are occupied by startup companies in the health-tech, pharmaceutical, biologic, and medical device fields. This project will promote rehabilitation of underutilized administrative space on the East end of the 3rd floor of CNYBAC into flexible mini wet lab space for occupancy by early to mid-stage approved client companies. This flexible lab space will house multiple different startup companies that will be charged for the portion of the lab they select/occupy. This configuration will allow these growing companies to strategically utilize their limited funding to gain access to a professional laboratory environment for a fraction of the cost of a full laboratory. There will be no formal site visit nor will tours of the facility be given prior to the receipt of responses to the RFQ. Minimum five (5) years of experience in design of academic/medical research laboratories for both the architectural firm and it’s team members is required. Request for Qualifications (RFQ) are attached below and may be downloaded by all firms interested in responding to this advertisement. Responses to the RFQ should describe the consultant's experience and qualifications to undertake this work as described therein. The successful firm will be required to provide evidence demonstrating that the firm and any of the firms' engineering, land surveying, architectural or landscape architectural sub-consultants, are legally authorized by the NYS Education Department to do business in NY State. All firms must also provide proof of New York State Worker's Compensation Insurance and Disability Insurance coverage. Qualifications must be submitted as five (5) complete qualification packages, three (3) of which must have original signatures, the other two (2) can be on separate flash drives and may be delivered to the location below. Any submission not including five (5) complete qualification packages (three (3) hard copies and two (2) separate flash drives will be rejected. Qualifications must be received by 2:00 PM on Monday, January 12th, 2026. Contact - mailing & delivery address: Mrs. Jeanie Pender & Miss Ivy Lopez Contracts & Campus Purchasing SUNY-Upstate Medical University 650 South Salina Street, Room 2050 Syracuse, New York 13202 All questions to be by fax or email (email is preferred) to each: Jeanie Pender ([email protected]) and Ben Obrist ([email protected]). The RFQ is due 2:00 PM – Monday, January 12th, 2026. The date and time for the last questions to be considered is 5:00 PM –Monday January 5th, 2026. All questions will be answered by 5:00 PM – Wednesday, January 7th, 2026. These will be issued as an Addendum. Effective 1/1/06, in accordance with State Finance Law Section §139 j&k, AKA the Lobbying Law, all questions pertaining to this procurement shall be made formally to the following Designated Staff:, Mrs. Jeanie Pender Contracts Administrator and Miss Ivy Lopez Contracts Administrator, Phone: 315-464-4780, email [email protected] and [email protected] Contact made to other staff regarding this procurement may disqualify the firm and affect future procurements with government entities in the State of New York. Please refer to the OGS’ (www.ogs.state.ny.us/aboutogs/regulations/defaultAdvisoryCouncil.html) for more information on this law. NYS Executive Law Article 15-A and University policy require campuses, and the consultants with whom they do business, to make a good faith effort to procure materials, supplies, equipment and services (including printing) from NYS certified minority- or women-owned businesses (M/WBEs) and meet University established goals for M/WBE participation in contracts. State University of New York goals are: 16% MBE participation and 14% WBE participation of the total contract value and 6% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business participation goal. State University of New York also has a goal for the Work Force participation: EEO 10% WBE and EEO 10% MBE of total work force on the project. The selected consultant will be required to comply with M/WBE requirements. The State University of New York Upstate Medical University reserves the right to reject any or all Qualification packages. The actual schedule for this project will be determined during programming/schematic design. Business enterprises awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: Dwyer Architectural Stantec Architectural QPK Design Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB) SDVOB Goal: 6.00% Minority / Women Business Enterprise contracting goals (MWBE) MBE Goal: 16.00% WBE Goal: 14.00%