Additional Description 1
<p>New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) invites not-for-profit organizations or joint ventures led by not-for-profit organizations to submit proposals for new or expanded facilities to support the local commercial life sciences community of early-stage companies, academic researchers, and incubators/accelerators. This Life Sciences Innovation Infrastructure RFP seeks to identify projects that require funding for critical facilities and/or equipment to support the commercialization of life sciences R&D activity. Proposals to this RFP can support the development of new technologies across therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, synthetic biology, biomaterials, biomanufacturing, and bioinformatics.</p><p>A more competitive response will describe a project that accomplishes all, or most, of the following goals: supports R&D activity by constructing new, or expanding existing, facilities and/or equipment to meet a critical unmet need in New York Citys life sciences R&D ecosystem; promotes commercialization of R&D technologies in New York City that could otherwise be commercialized in another city and stimulates measurable economic impact for the City (e.g. jobs, company creation); develops and operates a Project that will reach financial sustainability including through an ongoing pipeline of R&D projects that will leverage the facility and/or equipment; provides programming and services (e.g., technical expertise and educational programs) to maximize the utility and impact of the facility and/or equipment; demonstrates collaboration and accessibility across the ecosystem via formal joint partnerships and/or access to multiple users beyond the consultant; enhances the competitiveness of the City in attracting funding from industry, philanthropy, and/or the federal government; and demonstrates consideration and paths for collaboration with the existing network of life sciences infrastructure supported by the City.</p><p>NYCEDC plans to select a consultant on the basis of factors stated in the RFP which include, but are not limited to: the level of impact on New York Citys R&D ecosystem in the field or fields of technology that are addressed, the level of economic impact on New York City, and the value proposed in relation to the money requested and financial sustainability of the proposed project.</p><p>It is the policy of NYCEDC to comply with all federal, state and City laws and regulations which prohibit unlawful discrimination because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status and other protected category and to take affirmative action in working with contracting parties to ensure certified Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs) share in the economic opportunities generated by NYCEDCs projects and initiatives. Please refer to the Equal Employment and Affirmative Compliance for Construction Contracts Addendum in the RFP.</p><p>This project has Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) participation goals, and all respondents will be required to submit a Contractor Statement on M/WBE Goals with their response. To learn more about NYCEDCs M/WBE program, visit http://edc.nyc/opportunity-mwdbe. For the list of companies who have been certified with the New York City Department of Small Business Services as M/WBE, please go to the www.nyc.gov/buycertified.</p><p>NYCEDC established the Contract Financing Loan Fund programs for Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (M/W/DBE) interested in working on public construction projects. Contract Financing Loan Fund facilitates financing for short-term mobilization needs such as insurance, labor, supplies and equipment. Bidders/subcontractors are strongly encouraged to visit the NYCEDC website at http://edc.nyc/opportunity-mwdbe to learn more about the program.</p><p>An optional informational session will be held virtually on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 3:30P.M. Link to follow, post RFP release. Those who wish to attend should RSVP by email to LifeSciencesInnovationInfrastructure@edc.nyc by Tuesday, June 29, 2021.</p><p>Respondents may submit questions and/or request clarifications from NYCEDC no later than 5pm on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Questions regarding the subject matter of this RFP should be directed to LifeSciencesInnovationInfrastructure@edc.nyc. Answers to all questions will be posted by Wednesday, August 4, 2021, to https://edc.nyc/rfps. Questions regarding the subject matter of this RFP will not be accepted after 5pm on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, however, technical questions pertaining to downloading and submitting proposals to this RFP may be directed to LifeSciencesInnovationInfrastructure@edc.nyc on or before Wednesday, August 18, 2021.</p><p>Detailed submission guidelines and requirements are outlined in the RFP, available as of Wednesday, June 9, 2021. To download a copy of the solicitation documents please visit https://edc.nyc/rfps. RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN Wednesday, August 18, 2021. Please click the link in the Deadlines section of this projects web page (which can be found on https://edc.nyc/rfps) to electronically upload a proposal for this solicitation.</p>