Group 31555

Comprehensive Liquid Bituminous Materials (Statewide)

This solicitation is issued by the New York State (“NYS”) Office of General Services (“OGS”), Procurement Services for Liquid Bituminous Materials and optional items as specified herein for all Authorized Users eligible to purchase through this Solicitation. The items included in this Solicitation are divided into the following road maintenance treatments (Lots):

Lot 1 – Asphalt Emulsions

Lot 2 – Chip Seal

Lot 3 – Cold Recycling

Lot 4 – Heater Scarification

Lot 5 – Microsurfacing and/or Quick Set Slurry Seal

Lot 6 – Paver Placed Surface Treatment (Conventional and Modified)

Lot 7 – Joint & Crack Filler/Sealer and Mastic Repair Material

For the purpose of this Solicitation, each Lot (treatment) contains items that are “optional items,” all other items are “material items”. In order to bid optional items within a Lot, bidder must bid at least one material item within that same Lot. Bidders may bid on as few or as many Lots or Items within a Lot as they choose. Bidders are not required to bid on all Lots or all Items within a Lot.

It is anticipated that award will be made to more than one responsive and responsible bidder per item per Lot.

The Solicitation outlines the terms and conditions and all applicable information required for submitting a bid. Bidders should pay strict attention to the bid submission date and time to prevent disqualification. Bidders are strongly encouraged to read the language of the Solicitation thoroughly and to precisely follow the instructions included in the Solicitation and all attachments.

Link to OGS Bid Calendar:

All bid documents and attachments are available for viewing and downloading at:

https://ogs.ny.gov/procurement/bid-opportunities

Solicitation Update Instructions:

Submission of responses by a vendor to a solicitation that does not account for updated information may result in their bid/offer being deemed non-responsive. Vendors are strongly encouraged to review the advertised solicitation in full prior to submitting a bid in order to ensure inclusion of any updated information. Additionally, if the vendor does not opt-in to receive notification updates regarding a particular solicitation, they will not receive e-mail notifications regarding updates, including e-mail notifications regarding the posting of the question and answer documents and updates to solicitation documents.

To receive email notifications regarding updates to the content or status of a particular solicitation, the vendor must choose the option “bookmark the ad” located in the upper right hand side of the ad, then return to their account, view their list of bookmarked ads, and then select the “send me notification updates” option listed to the right of the ad.

Procurement Lobbying Information:

Pursuant to State Finance Law § 139-j and § 139-k, this Solicitation includes and imposes certain restrictions on communications between OGS and a Bidder during the procurement process. Further information about these requirements can be found on the OGS website at: https://ogs.ny.gov/acpl/ .

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