The State Office of General Services posted a new solicitation October 15 for roof replacement and associated mechanical work at State Police Troop F Headquarters, 55 Crystal Run Road in Middletown. The listing, solicitation No. 47971CHE, sets a bid due date of November 18.
OGS ran a nearly identical Creedmoor roofing split earlier this month that drew a lopsided plan-holder field — 98 general contractors against just 21 plumbers and 27 HVAC firms. This Troop F posting is listed as a single general construction ad rather than a multi-prime split, so it avoids the trade-shortage problem that thinned out Creedmoor's mechanical trades.
“A working State Police barracks doesn't shut down for a roof job — the sequencing language in these specs is where the real estimating work happens.”
Roof-and-mechanicals combination jobs on occupied state facilities carry their own scheduling headaches — a working State Police barracks doesn't shut down for a roof job, so expect sequencing language in the specs around maintaining building operations during construction.
This is a fresh posting with five weeks to the bid date, giving GCs more runway than the Creedmoor and Albany jobs that close October 21. Firms chasing OGS work should note the due date falls roughly four weeks after those two close, which may draw some of the same bidder pool once their current jobs are off the desk.