Construction Contracts

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Construction projects are funded by the SCA’s 5-Year Capital Plan, which provides over $13 billion to be obligated through June 2009.

There are three types of construction programs:

  1. Capital Improvement Program (CIP)

  2. Capacity (or Line)

  3. Mentor/ Graduate Mentor

CIP Projects

CIP projects maintain and upgrade existing school facilities.  They are generally smaller than line projects and involve work such as interior/exterior building upgrades, roof and boiler replacements, electrical work, security systems, room conversions and transportable classrooms. Their estimated construction value typically ranges from $1 million to $4 million.

Capacity Projects

Capacity projects are large-scale construction jobs that can involve many types of work.  They typically deal with new school construction, major modernizations, additions and athletic fields.  Their estimated construction is more than $4 million.

Mentor / Graduate Mentor

Mentor/Graduate Mentor projects fall under the Mentor Program, which aims to increase, facilitate and encourage the participation of Minority, Women-Owned and Locally-Based Enterprises (M/W/LBEs) in the SCA’s projects.  Their construction value typically ranges from $80,000 to $1 million.

REQUIREMENTS

There are different requirements for working on an SCA project:

Requirements for Prime Contractors

  1. To bid on a construction project, a firm must be prequalified with the SCA at the time of bid opening;

  2. To begin the prequalification process, please go to the Vendor Access System and fill out the online application.To bid on a project, a firm must have the requisite trade-specific experience, qualifications and financial capacity to support the project.

  3. After winning a bid, a firm must show a good-faith effort to sub-contract 10% of its work to firms that are certified Locally-Based Enterprises (LBEs) and 20% of the work to certified Minority or Woman-Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBEs).

Requirements for Sub-contractors

  1. Sub-contractors, except for those in “Wicks” trades identified in the bid document, must fill out and submit a Subcontractor Approval (SAF) Form. Additionally, all sub-contractors must submit a prequalification application prior to beginning work on an SCA project.

    • To download an SAF form, click the following link: NYCSCA Forms Page
      (Please note that SAFs are project-specific sub-contractors must submit one for each project.)

  2. All Wicks sub-contractors proposed by the general contractor in the bid documents must be prequalified with the SCA prior to the bid opening.

TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION BIDS

The SCA solicits construction contractors through two methods:

  1. Advertised Bids – typically used for construction jobs with an estimated construction value between $1 million and $4 million; public notices can be found in the City Record, CDS, Dodge, various other trade publications and the SCA’s website; additionally, emails regarding these bids are sent to qualified contractors.

  2. Limited List Bids – open only to an invited group of prequalified contractors; typically used for projects estimated at more than $4 million, Capacity projects, Mentor and Graduate Mentor projects. Mentor projects are typically valued at less than $1 million and are restricted to prequalified and certified Minority/Women-Owned or Locally-Based Business Enterprises (M/W/LBEs) enrolled in the Mentor/Graduate Mentor Programs.

OBTAINING BID INFORMATION

Do you want to find more information about a particular solicitation? (Note: you will need to know the solicitation number for a project in order to access the information listed below.)

Bid Tabulation

  • To view the contractors who submitted bids for a specific solicitation number, click the following link: NYCSCA Bid Tabulation    

Books, Drawings and Addenda

Plans Pickup List

  • To see all of the vendors who picked up plans for a given solicitation, click the following link: NYCSCA Plans Pickup List   

PICKING UP PLANS

Sets of solicitation documents for a project may be obtained from the Plans Room between the hours of 8:00AM and 5:00PM (except on SCA holidays) upon receipt of a non-refundable payment for each set.  Only certified checks or money orders made payable to the order of the New York City School Construction Authority, 30-30 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, NY, 11101 will be accepted. When purchasing solicitation documents, all contractors must provide the following information: complete company name, complete mailing address, telephone number, fax number and point of contact.