Gamma Knife Perfexion, Electrical Work

The State University of New York Upstate Medical University will receive sealed bids for Project No. 865 Titled Gamma Knife Electrical Work until 2:30 PM Local Time on Tuesday, February 24, 2009, at the Office of Campus Purchasing, 60 Presidential Plaza, Suite 205, Madison Towers, Syracuse, 13202, where such proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Scope of work consists of providing all material, labor, and equipment necessary for the performance of the work as indicated on the contract documents under the supervision of the Gamma Knife equipment manufacturer’s installation and Upstate’s personnel.

The work on site shall be performed within the confines of a fully functional hospital environment and includes the installation of power and control circuits, equipment, etc. all as per the documents. Coordination of the entire operation shall be necessary during the entire project to avoid interfering with hospital functions. Because of coordination with the equipment installation and security reasons, all work shall be performed on the specific dates indicated on the contract documents.

A mandatory pre-bid conference and project walk-through will be held on Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at 2:00 PM with all bidders assembled at SUNY Upstate Medical University, Gamma Knife Building, University Hospital, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, New York 13210. Due to security reasons, no individual or additional walk-through will be performed under the pre-bid time period. All potential bidders are advised that they must sign a “Site Visit Form” to verify that they have complied with this requirement of the contract.  Failure to fulfill this requirement will disqualify your bid proposal.

Complete sets of Contract Documents for bidding may be obtained from: Plan & Print Systems, Inc., 6160 Eastern Ave., East Syracuse, New York 13057 (800) 924-5145, (315) 437-5111 Fax: (315) 464-7376.

Section 143 of the State Finance Law requires payment of a deposit to receive these documents. Accordingly, a non-refundable deposit check in the amount of $ 35.00, made payable to SUNY Upstate Medical University is required.

Bids must be submitted in triplicate in accordance with the instructions contained in the Information for Bidders. Security will be required for each bid in an amount not less than five (5) percent of the Total Bid.

Effective 1/1/06, in accordance with State Finance Law Section 139-j, all questions pertaining to this procurement shall be made formally to the following Designated Staff: Calixto J. Suarez, or Nick Steffen, Project Coordinators, SUNY - Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, New York 13210, Phone:  (315) 464-4630, Fax:  (315) 464-7376.

Contact made to other staff regarding this procurement may disqualify the firm and affect future procurements with government entities in the State of <>.  Please refer to the OGS’ site:

(www.ogs.state.ny.us/aboutogs/regulations/defaultAdvisoryCouncil.html) for more information on this law

It is the policy of the State of New York and the State University of New York to encourage minority business enterprise participation in this project by contractors, subcontractors and suppliers, and all bidders are expected to cooperate in implementing this policy.

The State University of New York reserves the right to reject any or all bids.