One Amsterdam Redevelopment Request for Proposals

The City University Construction Fund (“CUCF”), on behalf of the City University of New York (“CUNY”) is issuing this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) to redevelop via a public-private partnership the Site located at One Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10019 as further described in this RFP. The RFP seeks Proposals from qualified developers to redevelop the Site under both fee purchase and long-term ground lease scenarios

The redevelopment of the Site must include a minimum of 355,000 GSF to house CUNY operations, including classrooms, laboratories, offices, academic and student support, and meeting spaces (the “CUNY Facility”).

In addition to providing the CUNY Facility, redevelopment of the Site must also represent highest and best use (“Best Use”) of the land in order to maximize the financial return to CUCF. CUCF anticipates that redevelopment of the Site will optimally yield the following:

1. The Selected Developer will fund and build the CUNY Facility;
2. Selected Developer will purchase or ground lease the Site for a price that maximizes the value to CUCF;
3. The CUNY Facility Cost will be the full capital cost of developing and constructing the CUNY Facility through construction completion, including, but not limited to, the cost of approvals and permitting; CUCF legal fees; and all design, construction, and project management costs including CUCF costs for owner’s representation (the “CUNY Facility Cost”);
4. Upon completion, the CUNY Facility will be turned over as a turnkey facility to CUNY and CUNY shall commence use and operation of the CUNY Facility for its educational purposes.

A copy of the solicitation that more fully describes the procurement process, submission requirements, evaluation criteria, timeline and Designated Contacts information is available for downloading at www.cuny.edu/cunybuilds , under Current and Upcoming Procurements.

Proposals are due on Monday, February 27, 2023 by 11:59 PM. Proposals must be submitted electronically through the Dropbox link to be provided on the CUNY Builds website at www.cuny.edu/cunybuilds (Click on Current and Upcoming Procurements).

A Virtual Pre-Proposal Conference will be held on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 10:00 AM via Zoom. A Zoom link to the Pre-Proposal Conference will be made available on the CUNY Builds website at www.cuny.edu/cunybuilds (Click on Current and Upcoming Procurements).

Questions pertaining to the solicitation are due by Wednesday, January 4, 2023 by 5:00 PM and must be submitted to the Designated Contacts set forth below with the Project Name and Project Number in the subject line of the email.

This project is governed by the NYS Procurement Lobbying Law as set forth in New York State Finance Law Sections 139-j and 139-k. The restricted period began with the publication of this Ad.

Accordingly, all communications regarding advertised projects are to be channeled through the Designated Contacts set forth below. Communication with respect to this procurement initiated by or on behalf of an interested vendor through others than the Designated Contacts may constitute an “impermissible contact” under NYS law and could result in disqualification of that vendor.

The Designated Contacts for this solicitation are Peter Fountis & Ryan Murray, CUNY.Builds@cuny.edu .

The New York State Minority-owned and Women-owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB) participation goals established for the resulting agreement are 30% overall for MWBEs (18% MBE and 12% WBE) and 6% for SDVOBs.

Only New York State (NYS) MWBE and SDVOB Certified firms shall be utilized to meet the participation goals. Successful Respondents are strongly encouraged to utilize the Directories for the New York State Certified MWBEs and SDVOBs to identify eligible firms to fulfill these goals. The MWBE Directory may be accessed at https://ny.newnycontracts.com/ and the SDVOB Directory at https://online.ogs.ny.gov/SDVOB/search