Cooling Tower Water Treatment & Sampling

Buffalo State University intends to make an award under our discretionary authority, pursuant to NYS Education Law §355 (5) (a), for the noted commodity/product or service. A sealed bid will not be held. If you are interested in providing a proposal for the commodity/product or service, you must contact the appropriately designated Campus contact in this advertisement within 15 business days of this Advertisement Notice. Vendor services for the campus cooling towers: *monthly water sampling & testing at each tower (during tower operation) for bacteriological (“dip slide”) parameters; * pre-tower startup and 90-day follow inspections of towers; * sampling water at each operating tower and testing for legionella (by a lab accredited by NYS DOH for this parameter) within 14 days of start-up, at 90-day follow-up intervals, and within 7 days of any action level exceedance; * maintenance program advisement per ASHRAE guidelines, as needed, with annual compliance certification for proper treatment & maintenance by November 1st of each year; *reports provided for all of the above in writing (scans attached to email are acceptable) Business enterprises awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: Feedwater Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB) SDVOB Goal: 0.00% Minority / Women Business Enterprise contracting goals (MWBE) MBE Goal: 0.00% WBE Goal: 0.00% Disadvantaged Business Enterprise contracting goals (DBE) DBE Goal: 0.00%