SCOPE OF WORK: The work shall consist of hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products throughout a residential development. Read and work from blueprints, sketches and working drawings if available. Properly use various types of welding rods and machines, such as mig, tig, bore welding machines, servo graft burning machines. Fabricate, erect, and repair sheet metal/metal structures such as ducts, metal ceilings, tanks, storm louvres, roofs, metal grates, fencing, metal security gates, doors, framing, and general welding as needed, Lay out, cut, shape, form, rivet, spot weld, solder and sweat: tin, copper, brass and all forms of sheet metal. Tack-welds or welds components and assemblies, using electric, gas, arc, or other welding equipment. Examines work pieces for defects and measures work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.

These contracts shall be subject to the New York City Housing Authority's Project Labor Agreement and, as part of its bid, the Bidder must submit (1) a Letter of Assent to the Project Labor Agreement signed by the Bidder; and (2) Letters of Assent signed by each of the Bidder's proposed Subcontractors. The Bidder must submit along with its Bid a Letter of Assent signed by the bidder.

All vendors are required to participate in NYCHA's MWBE Utilization Plan. Vendors are required to complete and submit at least ONE of the following items by the due date. MWBE Utilization Plan: Due at time of bid submission OR Waiver (or Partial Waiver) of MWBE Utilization Plan: Must be submitted at least Seven (7) days prior to bid due date. (Requests for Partial Waivers MUST also be accompanied by MWBE Utilization Plan). FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE MWBE UTILIZATION PLAN OR WAIVER MAY DEEM YOUR BID NON-RESPONSIVE.

A non-mandatory virtual Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Thursday, May 18, 2023, at 11:00 AM, and will be conducted remotely via Microsoft Teams meeting. Although attendance is not mandatory at the Pre-Bid Conference, it is strongly recommended that all interested Bidders attend, and that Bidders thoroughly review bid documents in advance of the meeting. To participate in the Pre-BidConference, please follow the instructions below:

Microsoft Teams meeting Meeting ID: 250 054 004 135 Passcode: aiWp6y

Option 1: Copy and paste the below into your browser

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZmZiZGI5OTgtOTFkMi00MWI4LTg3NGQtYzdhYTRlMTRlZmRl%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22709ab558-a73c-4f8f-98ad-20bb096cd0f8%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a50e81bb-f42d-44bc-b273-da356a330e9d%22%7d

Option 2: Call in (audio only)

+1 646-838-1534,,155378177# United States, New York City

Phone Conference ID: 155 378 177#

Option 3: Access the attached document “TEAMS Meeting Link RFQs 427992-427995” and click on the

embedded link to join.

RFQ Question Deadline: 5/22/2023 Question and Answer Release Date: 5/26/2023

Interested vendors are invited to obtain a copy of the opportunity at NYCHA’s website by going to the http://www.nyc.gov/nychabusiness . On the left side, click on “iSupplier Vendor Registration/Login” link. (1) If you have an iSupplier account, then click on the “Login for registered vendors” link and sign into your iSupplier account. (2) If you do not have an iSupplier account you can Request an account by clicking on “New suppliers register in iSupplier” to apply for log-in credentials. Once you have accessed your iSupplier account, log into your account, then choose under the Oracle Financials home page, the menu option “Sourcing Supplier”, then choose “Sourcing”, then choose “Sourcing Homepage”; and conduct a search in the “Search Open Negotiations” box for the RFQ Number (s)427992, 427993, 427994, 427995

Note: In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, we are accepting only electronic bids submitted online via iSupplier. Paper bids will not be accepted or considered. Please contact NYCHA Procurement @ procurement@nycha.nyc.gov for assistance