The number that matters here is 441 -- that's the square footage, twice over, in this Saratoga Spa State Park job: 441 square feet of acoustic ceiling tile to be abated, and 441 square feet of lead-painted plaster ceiling to be repaired. That's roughly a 21-by-21-foot room, so this is a small, contained job, not a building-wide gut.

NYS Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation re-issued this request on September 28 under CR#2139408 (it was first posted as CR#2139234 with quotes due October 15). The re-issue pushed the due date to October 20 at 3 p.m. and added the missing price lines: 6 light fixtures removed, 441 SF of ceiling tile abatement, and 441 SF of plaster repair. Anyone who quoted the first posting needs to re-submit on the new form. The work is at 19 Roosevelt Drive in Saratoga Springs. Questions are due October 9 at 3 p.m.

Award goes to the lowest grand total across those unit-priced lines, and the contractor has 30 days from purchase order approval to finish. Quotes have to stay valid for 90 days. There's no numeric M/WBE goal, but a NYS-certified MWBE firm within 10% of the low bid gets treated as the apparent low bidder under state law -- worth knowing if you're an MWBE shop sizing this up. Prevailing wage applies, and bidders need a NYSDOL contractor registration certificate under Labor Law 220-i at time of bid.

This job isn't open to just anyone: the prime or a sub has to be a NYS-licensed asbestos abatement contractor and an EPA RRP-certified firm, since the work involves disturbing lead-based paint. The asbestos-containing floor under the room's partitions can't be touched, and the owner's own consultant handles air monitoring -- one less thing for the contractor to carry.

If you're licensed for asbestos abatement and lead work, get your questions in by October 9 and have your unit-priced quote ready by 3 p.m. on October 20. If you already quoted the first posting, don't assume it carries over -- re-submit on the new form.

On the record: Administration Building Ceiling, Saratoga Spa State Park, issued by Parks Recreation & Historic Preservation, NYS Office of. Solicitation CR#2139408. Bids are due October 20, 2026. The listing on NY State Contract Reporter: https://www.nyscr.ny.gov/Ads/Details/2139408. Full record on The RFI Wire's board: https://therfiwire.com/rfi/RFI-003004.html.