The City University of New York (CUNY) intends to make available to campuses and university a contract awarded by Educational and Institutional (E&I) Cooperative Services for books, e-books, journals, databases, and publications in all formats with Complete Books & Media Supply LLC, a NYS-certified MBE, pursuant to its authority under §163 (3) which authorizes the purchase of commodities from a consortium in lieu of using a centralized contract and without a formal competitive bid process when justified by price.

A sealed bid will not be held. Vendors who sell the equivalent products may, if interested, contact the Officer listed below to discuss the procurement.

The Contract will be effective from date of approval by the OSC through April 30, 2026.

The Procurement Lobbying Act (PLA) Applies to this Solicitation.

The restricted period began with the publication of this ad.

Compliance Procurement Lobbying Act
Required Forms: Vendor are required to complete, sign and submit the following forms:
1. “Offerer’s Affirmation of Understanding of and Agreement pursuant to State Finance Law § 139-j (3) and § 139-j (6) (b)”
2. “Offerer’s Disclosure of Prior Non-Responsibility Determinations and Certification of Compliance with State Finance Law §139-j and §139-k”.

Under the requirements of the State Procurement Lobbying Act all communications regarding advertised projects are to be channeled through the Office of University Controller (*Designated Contacts). Until a designation is made, communication with any other CUNY employees concerning this project that is determined to be an attempt to influence the procurement may result in disqualification.

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

Rules and regulations and more information on this law, please visit:
http://www.ogs.ny.gov/aboutogs/regulations/advisoryCounci l/Faq.htm (Advisory Council FAQs)
http://www.jcope.ny.gov/law/lob/lobbying2.html (New York State Lobbying Act)
http: //www.jcope.ny.gov/law/lob/lobbying2.html (New York State Lobbying Act)