New York State Contract Reporter #2140411

Accessibility Assessment and Public Engagement for Paul Smith’s College Visitor Interpretive Center

Paul Smith’s College of Arts and Sciences is seeking an accessibility consultant for its Visitor Interpretive Center and nearby trails. - Buyer: Paul Smith’s College of Arts and Sciences, Office of Strategic Initiatives; project funding includes a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation grant. - Scope of services: - Assess the VIC lodge, access routes, and nearby trails against applicable ADA/ABA standards and New York State and International Building Codes. - Evaluate visitor access, facilities, routes, and programming using the seven principles of Universal Design. The trail focus includes Barnum Brook Trail, the southern portion of Boreal Life Trail, and canoe access to Barnum Pond. - Prepare and facilitate one public listening session, and coordinate with the College Communications Department on an online questionnaire, press release, and social media outreach. - Provide findings, recommended improvements, project priorities, and estimated costs in final reports. - Printed deliverables: 10–20 full-color posters (18 x 24 or 24 x 36 inches), session flyers, handouts and meeting materials, and 20–30 full-color final reports. - Price: Total proposed price must not exceed $22,550 and must include a lump-sum amount and itemized costs, including labor rates, estimated hours by task, and printed-material quantities and costs. - Vendor qualifications: Relevant facility-assessment experience, appropriately qualified staff, at least two references for comparable projects, authorization and good standing to do business in New York, and a proposed work schedule. - Period: Six-month contract term; the project must be substantially completed by the solicitation’s stated deadline. - No product manufacturers, OEMs, or specific commercial vendors are named; no hardware products are requested.

Description

Paul Smith’s College is seeking bids from qualified vendors to assess accessibility at its Visitor Interpretive Center. The scope includes evaluating the lodge, access routes, and specified nearby trails against applicable accessibility standards and Universal Design principles, developing public-review posters, facilitating a public listening session, supporting online public engagement, and preparing final reports with findings, recommendations, priorities, and estimated costs. The total bid price must not exceed $22,550, and the project must be substantially completed by June 1, 2027. Bids are due December 8, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

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