Additional Description 1
<p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'><strong>SCOPE OF WORK:</strong></span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>Welding, General: Hand-welding or use of flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metal components, or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products throughout a residential development. Unless otherwise specified below, tasks to be performed by a Welder at the Sheetmetal Worker rate.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>a. Read and work from blueprints, sketches and working drawings if available.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>b. Properly use various types of welding rods and machines, such as mig, tig, bore welding machines, servo graft burning machines, etc.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>c. Fabricate, erect, and repair sheet metal/metal structures such as ducts, metal ceilings, tanks, storm louvres, roofs, and general welding as needed, etc.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>d. Fabricate, erect, and repair metal grates, steps, stairs, stairwells, fencing, and metal security gates. Tasks in this section III. d. are to be performed by a Welder at the Ironworker Ornamental rate. Please refer to the most recent edition of Davis Bacon.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>e. Fabricate, erect, and repair doors & framing. Tasks in this section III. e. are to be primarily performed by a Welder at the Carpenter rate. Depending upon the type of work involved, tasks in this section III. e. might be performed instead by a Welder at the Sheetmetal Worker rate. Please refer to the most recent edition of Davis Bacon.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>f. Lay out, cut, shape, form, rivet, spot weld, solder and sweat: tin, copper, brass, and all forms of sheet metal.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>g. Tack-welds or welds components and assemblies, using electric, gas, arc, or other welding equipment.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>h. Set and erect sheet metal structures such as ducts, louvres, canvas connections, ceilings, dampers, etc.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>i. Develop patterns and templates in fabricating complex shapes and forms; repair metal ceilings, roofs, leaders, gutters, etc.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>j. Do simple rigging in making these repairs.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>k. Operate safety equipment and uses safe work habits while performing his job function.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>l. Welds components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>m. Ignites torches or starts power supplies and strikes arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>n. Clamps, holds, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind, or bolts component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>o. Operates manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, and flux-cored arc, plasma arc, and shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>p. Monitors the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts of warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of materials.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>q. Examines work pieces for defects and measures work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'><strong>CODES/LICENSING REQUIREMENTS: </strong></span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>a. Possession of a valid Welder's License issued by the New York City Department of Buildings and certified for at least Class I Restricted Qualification Shop and Field (for groove welding of materials 3/4 inches or less in thickness, and for all fillet welding, both in all positions). At the time of appointment, appointees will be required to possess a Certificate of Fitness Type G38 Torch Use of 0-2 Combustion Gas, issued by the New York City Fire Department. Employees must maintain the Welder's License and the Certificate of Fitness during their employment. </span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>b. The contractor shall provide all required and applicable means, methods, materials, tools and, appurtenances with labor, supervision, licenses, permits required for the completion, delivery and performance of this Scope of Work within the outlined specifications.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>c. Welding procedures and personnel must comply with AWS and ASME codes, depending on the project. Special inspections may be required per the NYC Building Code.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>d. All work practices must comply with applicable sections of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>e. All work shall be in accordance with the latest regulations of all municipal and all other public agencies having jurisdiction and with those of the Department of Buildings, Environmental Protection Agency, National Fire Protection Agency, FDNY. Any requirements specified herein which conflict with such regulations shall be referred to the New York City Housing Authority for decision.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>f. Welders must possess G60 and F60 Certificate of Fitness from the New York City Fire Department.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>g. If a Welders Helper must possess an F60 Certificate of Fitness from the New York City Fire Department.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'><strong>TERM:</strong></span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'> 3 years plus two one-year extensions (at the discretion of NYCHA).</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'><strong>Section 3 and M/WBE:</strong></span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'> Please be advised that the Section 3 REO & OEO Plans and the M/WBE Utilization Plan & Waiver and other related documentation must be uploaded via eComply, https://nycha.ecomply.us/. Do not include Section 3 or M/WBE documentation within your bid submission via iSupplier. For assistance with eComply log-in, please contact eComply Tech support at support@ecomplysolutions.com. For assistance with M/WBE Utilization Plan and Section 3 REO/OEO Plan submission in eComply, please contact NYCHAs SMP Vendor Diversity team at eComply.support@nycha.nyc.gov.</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'><strong>Pre-Bid Conference:</strong> </span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>A non-mandatory virtual Pre-Bid Conference will be held on July 15th, 2025 at 10:30 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. </span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>To participate in the Pre-Bid Conference, please follow the instructions below:</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>Microsoft Teams Meeting</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>Join on your computer or mobile app: click to join meeting</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'><strong>Option 1:</strong> Copy and paste the below in browser:</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZjczMDUzMzctNmE1Yy00ZDhmLThlMzEtZTgwNzRkYWYzNTUy%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22709ab558-a73c-4f8f-98ad-20bb096cd0f8%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22d3ad4d7d-b23c-46b6-a970-2e5863640413%22%7d</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>Meeting ID: 253 642 503 942 3 </span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>Passcode: Wk7ZM7TD </span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='background-color:white'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'><strong><span style='color:#3f4254'>Option 2:</span></strong><span style='color:#3f4254'> Call in (audio only) </span><span style='color:#242424'>+1 646-838-1534,,592743922# </span><span style='color:#3f4254'>United States, New York City</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='background-color:white'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'><strong><span style='color:#3f4254'>Phone conference ID</span></strong><span style='color:#3f4254'>: </span><span style='color:#242424'>592 743 922#</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'><strong>RFQ Timeline:</strong></span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>RFQ Question Submission Deadline 7/25/25 at 2:00PM</span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12pt'><span style='font-family:Aptos,sans-serif'>Question and Answer Release Date 8/1/25 at 2:00PM</span></span></p>