REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST - DRINKING WATER DISPENSERS

The New York City School Construction Authority (“SCA”) seeks a qualified firm to provide hot and cold filtered bottle-less drinking water dispensers at our office location: One Court Square, Long Island City, New York, 11101 and 188 West 230th Street, Bronx, NY 10463. Interested firms must be able to provide all labor, materials, equipment, and expertise, in connection with the following services:

•    Deliver and install up to 35 hot/cold bottle-less water dispensers. Units must be UL listed, be Energy Star certified and NSF/ANSI53 & NSF/ANSI 42 certified

•    Provide scheduled and unscheduled water filter replacements

•    Provide next-day, on-site service to address operational issues with dispensers

•    Provide an account manager who is available during normal business hours to provide support for all operational and billing inquiries

Interested firms must respond by submitting their expression of interest and qualifications no later than 3:00pm EST on November 19, 2024 via email to the contact identified below. In your response to this RFQEI please provide:

•    Number of employees in your firm

•    Examples of similar size installations

•    Typical/suggested pricing structure, assuming 36-month contract, with monthly billing and all filter changes and service visits included (no specific pricing required)

•    Any additional/ancillary services your firm offers

•    MWBE certification (if applicable)

Please note the successful firm must be pre-qualified by the SCA at the time of contract execution.  Please see the SCA’s website for further information about the pre-qualification process: http://www.nycsca.org/Business/GettingStarted/Pages/PrequalificationProcess.aspx