Manhattan Psychiatric Center-New Patient Services Building-Bridging Consultant

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) is seeking proposals from qualified Architectural and Engineering Firms to provide design, planning, and engineering services for the development of bridging documents associated with the development of a new 100-bed psychiatric hospital and support facilities at the Manhattan Psychiatric Center. DASNY is also seeking a secondary option for a 200-bed psychiatric hospital l. The services will include but not limited to; programming, site analysis and planning, code and regulatory reviews, conceptual design, performance specifications, bridging documents, and order of magnitude cost estimate.Interested Proposers must: (1) have experience in preparing bridging documents for design-build projects; (2) have experience on projects for OMH or similar psychiatric/behavioral health facilities; (3) have experience with design/build projects for health care or psychiatric/behavioral health care facilities; (4) have familiarity with NYS Building Code, and OMH guidelines and standards requirements; (5) have experience working with multiple NYS and NYC agencies, including DASNY, and OMH; (6) experienced sub-consultant(s) with a proven track record providing design services for health care or behavioral health care facilities; (7) experienced specialty sub-consultant(s), with a proven track record providing design services for health care or behavioral health care facilities; (8) experience with comparable facilities and/or agencies with similar regulatory requirements within New York State; (9) have Licensed Architect(s) with current NYS Registration; and Licensed Professional Engineer and/or Engineering Sub-consultant(s) with current NYS Registrations; (10) have experience and documentation for established QA/QC and VE programs for bridging document development.DASNY contributes to the economic development of New York State by assisting and supporting Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses (SDVOB) through its procurement process. As part of this EOI, and consistent with New York State Executive Law 15-A and Article 3 of the New York State Veteran Services Law, DASNY encourages all firms to consider submitting proposals that utilize partnerships, joint ventures or other similar arrangements with a New York State certified MWBE/SDVOB firm on this contract. For technical assistance identifying certified MWBE firms contact Empire State Development at www.esd.ny.gov or visit DASNY’s MWBE Registry at www.dasny.org. For NYS Certified SDVOB firms contact www.ogs.ny.gov/veterans.Pursuant to Executive Order No. 170.1 – Uniform Guidelines for Responsibility Determinations, Executive Order No. 125 – NYS Vendor Responsibility Questionnaire and Executive Order No. 192 – Continuing Vendor Integrity, DASNY may only award a contract to a responsible proposer. A responsible proposer must have the integrity to justify the award of public dollars and the capacity to perform the requirements of the contract fully. The proposer must file a vendor responsibility questionnaire with DASNY. The questionnaire provides the proposer an opportunity to self-disclose any issues and provide necessary information, which DASNY will use as part of its determination.Firms interested in responding to this solicitation may access the RFP and related documents from DASNY’s website at: https://www.dasny.org/opportunities/rfps-bids/professional-services. To locate this RFP, navigate to RFP 7620 / View the full details for this opportunity / Attachments. The deadline for responses to the RFP is 3:00 PM on October 31, 2025. Responses received after this date will not be accepted.In accordance with State Finance Law § 139-j and § 139-k, this solicitation includes and imposes certain restrictions on communications between DASNY personnel and a Proposer during the procurement process. The Designated Representative for this procurement is Sara Miner, email: ([email protected]). Contacts made to other DASNY personnel regarding this procurement may disqualify the Proposer and affect future procurements with governmental entities in the State of New York. Please refer to the DASNY’s website www.dasny.org for DASNY policy and procedures regarding this law, or the OGS website (https://ogs.ny.gov/acpl) for more information about this law. All proposers, domestic and foreign, must be in compliance with New York State business registration requirements. Contact the NYS Department of State regarding compliance. In addition, business entities proposing to provide professional engineering services must obtain a Certificate of Authorization to Provide Engineering Services in New York State from the State Education Department. Proposals must be submitted in the full legal name of the proposer, or the full legal name plus a registered assumed name of the proposer, if any.