New York State Contract Reporter #2138302

College of Staten Island Dolphin Cove Residence Hall Management

CUNY seeks a firm to manage Dolphin Cove, the College of Staten Island’s 454-bed student residence hall. - Government buyer: City University of New York (CUNY), College of Staten Island (CSI), Finance Procurement Director’s office; the procurement contact named is Marino Pawlowski. - Facility: Dolphin Cove consists of two buildings with 133 furnished apartments for approximately 454 students, including shared two-, three-, and four-bedroom suites and amenities such as a fitness center, study lounges, social areas, laundry, and mailboxes. - Services requested: Residence-hall operations and management, including residential life programs, staffing, marketing, licensing, housing-agreement enforcement, billing, customer service, maintenance, capital improvements, emergency response, budgeting, record keeping, utility contracting, and compliance with CUNY policies. - Named organization: American Campus Communities is identified in the attachment as the facility’s developer and manager. It is not identified as an OEM or as the selected contractor for this procurement. New York City Housing Development Corporation and CSI Student Housing, LLC are also mentioned in the facility’s financing information. - Notable requirement: The RFP identifies a 30% Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) participation goal. - Term: The requested management contract is five years. An attachment separately describes an underlying management agreement of up to 15 years; its relationship to the five-year procurement term is not clarified. - Items: No manufactured products, product part numbers, or product quantities are requested.

Description

The City University of New York, on behalf of the College of Staten Island, seeks a qualified firm to operate and manage Dolphin Cove, its student residential housing facility. Located on the CSI campus at 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, New York, the facility is designed to house approximately 454 students in furnished shared two-, three-, and four-bedroom suites with amenity space. Specific services and deliverables are set out in Part 3.2 of the RFP and the contract form in Part 7. The contract term is five years, and attendance at the September 16, 2026 site visit is mandatory for prospective proposers.

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