Albany County Airport Authority Request For Proposal

Sealed proposals are hereby requested by the Albany County Airport Authority for Contract No. 849 for AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES at Albany International Airport.   Complete sets of Contract Documents and Proposal Forms MAY BE OBTAINED beginning at 10:00 AM on July 24, 2014, by emailing your request to the Airport Authority Purchasing Agent at [email protected].  No proposal shall be considered unless the organization making the proposal has first obtained a copy of the RFP from the Albany County Airport Authority Purchasing Office.  In accordance with State Finance Law §§139-j and 139-k, this solicitation includes and imposes certain restrictions on communications between the Airport Authority and an Offerer/Proposer during the procurement process.  An Offerer/proposer is restricted from making contacts from the earliest notice of intent to solicit offers by this solicitation through final award and approval of the Procurement Contract by the Authority (“restricted period”) to other than designated staff unless it is a contact that is included among certain statutory exceptions set forth in State Finance Law §139-j(3)(a).  Designated staff, as of the date hereof, is Bobbi Matthews, Purchasing Agent.  Authority employees are also required to obtain certain information when contacted during the restricted period and make a determination of the responsibility of the Offerer/proposer pursuant to these two statutes.  Certain findings of non-responsibility can result in rejection for contract award and in the event of two findings within a 4 year period the Offerer/proposer is debarred from obtaining governmental Procurement Contracts.  Further information about these requirements can be found by request to the designated staff and the New York State Office of General Services Advisory Council on Procurement Lobbying Web site at: http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/about Ogs/regulations/default Advisory Council.html. A non-mandatory Pre-Proposal  meeting will be held on August 20, 2014 at 10:00 A.M.(EST) at the Airport Purchasing Office located at Albany County Airport Authority, Administration Building, Albany International Airport, Albany, New York.   Each proposal must be prepared and submitted via email to the Airport Purchasing Department in accordance with the Instructions to Proposers. All proposals are due at 2:00 P.M. (EST) September 18, 2014.  Proposals shall be verbally acknowledged at such time in the Albany County Airport Authority Conference Room, Administration Building, Albany International Airport, Albany, New York. All interested parties may attend. DBE/MWBE RESPONSES ARE ENCOURAGED.