DASNY is taking bids until October 29 on a façade restoration and hazardous-materials abatement job at CUNY Baruch College's Newman Hall, and the contract is open only to firms certified as Minority, Women, or Small Business Enterprises, according to the solicitation posted in the New York State Contract Reporter.
The work covers restoring the building's façade and abating lead-containing coatings — the kind of job that needs a licensed abatement contractor working alongside the masonry and restoration crew, since lead paint removal on an exterior wall is its own regulated scope before anyone touches the brick or stone underneath. Bids are due at 2 p.m. on October 29.
“Eighteen percent MBE, twelve percent WBE, and eleven days to get the paperwork in.”
DASNY's posting sets a goal of 18% MBE participation and 12% WBE participation on the contract — meaning a prime bidding this job needs to show how it hits those numbers in its proposal, not just promise to figure it out after award. For firms that qualify to bid as the prime directly, that set-aside removes the usual competition from non-certified general contractors entirely.
The solicitation does not list an engineer's estimate, a plan-holder count, or a pre-bid walkthrough date in the posted record. Firms that qualify under the MWBE criteria and want the specification package should go through DASNY's active solicitations portal to confirm registration requirements before the October 29 deadline.
What to do next: if your firm holds MBE, WBE, or SBE certification and does façade restoration or lead abatement work, this is a bid worth pulling the documents for now — eleven days isn't much runway for a scope that touches both masonry and hazmat abatement. Firms that don't hold the certification should watch for a subcontracting outreach notice tied to this contract, since the prime will need to source some of that scope regardless of who holds the MWBE certification on paper.