Deaf Interpreting Services

SUNY Upstate Medical University (“Upstate”) intends to make an award under ourdiscretionary authority, which is up to $1,500,000.00, for deaf interpreting services asnoted below, pursuant to New York State (“NYS”) Education Law §355(5)(a) whichauthorizes purchases without a formal competitive process in certain circumstances,including purchases from NYS small businesses, from business certified pursuant toArticle 15-A of the NYS Executive Law, and if applicable, from businesses sellingcommodities or technology that are recycled or remanufactured. If you areinterested in providing a proposal for the above commodity or service, you mustcontact the appropriately designated Campus contact in this advertisement withinfifteen (15) business days of this Advertised Notice. A sealed bid will not be held. Requirements: -Must be certified pursuant to Article 15-A of the New York State Executive Law -Must be capable of performing on-site deaf interpreting services and havebeen in continuous operation for at least the past three (3) years -Must be available to provide services 24/7, 365 days a year -Must provide sufficient staff to meet the requirements of the Americans withDisabilities Act (ADA) to provide an effective means of communication and NYSDOHcode 405.7 to provide a response time of twenty (20) minutes for non-emergentpatients and response time of ten (10) minutes of request for emergent patients -Interpreters cannot provide service to more than one patient at a time. Nooverlapping timeframes will be allowed -Must provide documentation that personnel are evaluated on proficiency in a. Sign Language b. Reading, writing, and fluent in English c. Basic Medical Interpreting -Agrees that all staff and sub-contractors provided by the Successful Bidder toUpstate shall meet Upstate's current employee health requirements. It is required that contractors providing service personnel to Upstate insure that these persons be in compliance with New York State Health Code, Section 405.3 -Prior to any work performed by successful Bidder’s employees and subcontractors, they must successfully pass a drug test and criminal background investigation. Any and all associated costs will be the responsibility of successful Bidder. This procurement is subject to NYS Finance Law (“SFL”) §§139 –j & –k, also known asthe Lobbying Law, therefore, vendors are cautioned that the only permissible contactfor this procurement is the individual(s) listed below. Contacting any other individualsat Upstate in connection with this advertisement may constitute a violation of SFL.Failure to comply with this requirement can range from no contract award todebarment from sales to any NYS agency. Please refer to the Office of GeneralServices website at http://www.ogs.ny.gov/aboutOgs/regulations/d efaultSFL_139jk.asp for more information on the Lobbying Law. The successful contractor will be required to submit applicable documents related toVendor Responsibility, NYS SFL §§139 –j & –k and NYS Tax Law Section 5-a. The successful contractor will be required to submit valid and current NYS Workers’Compensation and Disability forms. NYS Small Business and businesses certified pursuant to Article 15-A of the NYSExecutive Law are encourage to submit bids. Business enterprises awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: Empire Interpreting Services Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB) SDVOB Goal: 0.00% Minority / Women Business Enterprise contracting goals (MWBE) Total MWBE Goals: 100.00% Disadvantaged Business Enterprise contracting goals (DBE) DBE Goal: 0.00%