Notice to Bidders and Newspaper Advertisement
The State University of New York at Upstate Medical University will receive sealed bids for project number 151312/1603 titled CH Chiller Building Façade Repairs until 2:00 p.m. local time on June 30th, 2026 at Sarah Loguen Center, 2nd floor room number 2005, where such proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud.
Delivered to:
Mrs. Jeanie Pender
Contracts & Campus Purchasing
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Dr. Sarah Loguen Center, 2nd floor
650 South Salina Street, Room 2050
Syracuse, New York 13202
Where such proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud. Proposals may be hand delivered or mailed to the above location and must be received at such time.
Scope of work is to provide all necessary labor, material and equipment for the replacement of Community Hospital’s existing brick chiller building façade with a new fiber cement panel rainscreen system. Project will also include repair of an existing trench drain that serves the areaway adjacent to the chiller building as well as repair of existing spalling concrete entrance apron to the chiller building.
All work on this Contract is to be completed within 180 calendar days after the date of the Notice to Proceed. Bidding and Contract Documents may be examined free of charge at the campus and at the following locations.
SUNY Upstate, Design and Construction, 650 South Salina Street, 2nd floor, Syracuse,
NY 13202.
Complete sets of Contract Documents for bidding may ONLY be obtained from: Syracuse Blue Print Company on 825 East Genesee Street, Syracuse, New York 13210 (contact number: 315-476-4084 and Fax 315-476-4006)
Section 143 of the State Finance Law requires payment of a deposit to receive these documents. Accordingly, a deposit check of $49.99 made payable to SUNY Upstate Medical University is required. Deposits less than $50.00 are nonrefundable. Deposits will be waived for certified Minority and Women Owned and Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses.
A pre-bid conference and project walk-through will be held on June 16th, 2026 at 3:00 PM with all contractors assembled at 4900 Broad Rd, Syracuse, New York 13215 – service parking lot.
Pursuant to State Finance Law §139-j and §139-k, this solicitation includes and imposes certain restrictions on communications between the University and potential bidders during the procurement process. Failure to adhere to this provision may result in the disqualification under the NYS Procurement Lobbying Act. All questions pertaining to the solicitation shall be made formally to the designated contact in Contracts & Campus Purchasing: Mrs. Jeanie Pender SUNY - Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, New York 13210, (315) 464-8706 Fax: (315) 464-4679, Ben Obrist, and QPK. 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.
All questions pertaining to the solicitation during the restricted period shall be made formally to each Designated Staff concurrently:
Contracting Staff
Project Manager
Consultant
Jeanie Pender
Ben Obrist
Andrew Merriam
Contracts Administrator
Project Manager
Architect
Contracts & Campus Purchasing
Design & Construction
SUNY Upstate Medical University
SUNY Upstate Medical University
QPK Design
750 East Adams Street
750 East Adams Street
450 S Salina St
Syracuse, NY 13210
Syracuse, NY 13210
Syracuse, NY 13202
Phone: (315)464-8706
Phone: (315)956-1754
Phone: (315)472-7806
Email:
[email protected]
Email:
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Email:
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Bids must be submitted in duplicate in accordance with the instructions contained in the Information for Bidders. Security will be required for each bid in an amount not less than five (5) percent of the Total Bid.
It is the policy of the State of New York and the State University of New York to encourage minority business enterprise participation in this project by contractors, subcontractors and suppliers, and all bidders are expected to cooperate in implementing this policy.
The selected contractor must comply with M/WBE goals. State University of New York goals are: 12% MBE and 18% WBE participation of the total contract value. 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 State University of New York reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
Business enterprises awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years:
None
Minority / Women Business Enterprise contracting goals (MWBE)
MBE Goal: 12.00%
WBE Goal: 18.00%