The New York City Department of Design and Construction is looking for an electrical contractor to upgrade the fire alarm and emergency lighting systems at the Keener Building Annex, with bids due October 22.
The Charles Gay Annex sits at 64 Sunken Garden Loop in Manhattan. Under solicitation number 85027B0008, the agency is buying a straight upgrade and replacement of the building's existing fire alarm and emergency lighting setups.
The facility itself is the Keener Men's Shelter, an adult shelter operated by HELP, USA on city-owned park land.
This job tells an estimating desk exactly how the city is buying electrical upgrades for occupied, specialized facilities right now. The agency is attaching special experience requirements to the bid, meaning they want a contractor who can prove they have done this specific kind of system replacement before. They are also tying community hiring requirements to the contract.
For an electrical shop, this means you need to check the special experience rules before you spend time pulling numbers together. An optional site visit already happened back in August, so anyone jumping in now is bidding without the walkthrough. Bids have to go through the city's PASSPort system between 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on October 22, with the opening at 2:30 p.m.
On the record: HH112CGIU Keener Building - Charles Gay Annex Fire Alarm & Emergency Lighting Upgrade, issued by NYC Department of Design and Construction. Solicitation 85027B0008. Bids are due October 22, 2026 (Bids due between 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.; bid opening 2:30 p.m. (moved from Oct. 14)). The listing on PASSPort: https://passport.cityofnewyork.us/page.aspx/en/bpm/process_manage_extranet/38516. Full record on The RFI Wire's board: https://therfiwire.com/rfi/RFI-003253.html.