PEF Triage and Expedited Arbitration Program and Expedited Suspension Review

The Office of Employee Relations (OER) is seeking a contract reporter exemption request from publishing the discretionary single source procurement for Jay Siegel to serve on the panel of selected arbitrators for PEF Triage and Expedited Arbitration Program (“The Program”) and Expedited Suspension Review for the period of July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 pursuant to Article 33 of the PEF Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). It is not feasible for the State to peform an open competitive bid process because the non-competitive selection process is defined based upon Article 33 of the PEF collective bargaining agreement whereby the State and PEF jointly agreed to the creation of panel of select arbitrators to serve during the term of the Agreement and to be jointly selected and administered by the State of New York and PEF by an agreed upon Panel Administrator in the PEF collective bargaining agreement.