Request for Qualifications and Expression of Interest - Pre-Apprenticeship Program

I. BACKGROUND: The New York City School Construction Authority (SCA) is seeking qualified firms interested in responding to a Request for Qualifications and Expression of Interest (RFQEI) to provide a Pre-Apprenticeship Program.

II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: SCA requires the services of a Consultant to administer school to work initiatives which provide training and employment opportunities in apprenticeship programs to students attending and graduating from New York City Department of Education public high schools, in an effort to develop a skilled construction workforce of the future. The Consultant must have expertise to provide private training and employment opportunities in apprenticeship programs jointly administered by affiliated unions of The Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York (hereafter the “BCTC”), and associated contractors and sub-contractors of the Building Trades Employers’ Association of New York City (hereafter the “BTEA”). We are seeking a qualified firm to implement a Pre-Apprenticeship Program with an established relationship with Joint Sponsored Apprenticeship programs within the NYC Construction industry.

III. SCA POLICY: It is the SCA’s policy to encourage firms to pursue minority participation to the fullest extent possible including Joint Venture (JV) Partnerships or as Sub-Consultants to the Prime firm. A firm may form a JV Partnership with other invited firms under this Solicitation or may submit proposals with firms outside the invited list. Consequently, proposers are asked to consider such participation to the extent possible. Firms should identify the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and/or Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) status of all firms submitted in their proposal. When the Proposer submits as a joint venture, the Proposer must clearly state in its proposal the full name and Tax Identification number of the proposing Joint Venture entity. All the partner firms in the proposing Joint Venture entity must be prequalified by the SCA in order to receive a contract award.

Prequalification is required prior to execution of a contract. Firms must be registered with the NYS Division of Corporations as a NY entity in order to be considered for prequalification by the SCA. Please complete and submit a prequalification application if your firm is not currently prequalified with the SCA. The SCA now offers a web-based qualification and certification application process. The following link will allow you access to the Vendor Access System: https://dobusiness.nycsca.org. This site can be used for first-time prequalification as well as requalification and certification of MBE and WBE status. Proposers can also contact the SCA VAS hotline at 718-472-8777 for additional information.

Interested firms should respond by submitting their qualifications and expression of interest no later than October 26, 2022 to: June Thompson, Contract Negotiator, New York City School Construction Authority, 30-30 Thomson Avenue Long Island City, NY 11101-3045 email: jthompson@nycsca.org.