Consultant Services, NYC Media Lab RFP
NYCEDC seeks to facilitate greater cooperation between industry and academia on generating intellectual property and new research, through the oversight of NYC Media Lab, a project launched in 2009. Activities of the NYC Media Lab might include increasing research relationships between private sector and university researchers, fundraising and growing NYC Media Lab memberships, coordinating research panels and lectures, and hosting networking events - all with the goal of fostering greater local private sector-university collaboration. The host institution can be an existing institution, a consortium of existing institutions, or an institution specifically created for this purpose.
NYCEDC plans to select a consultant on the basis of factors stated in the RFP which include, but are not limited to: the quality of the proposal, experience of key staff identified in the proposal, experience and quality of any subcontractors proposed, demonstrated successful experience in performing services similar to those encompassed in the RFP, and the proposed fee.
Companies who have been certified with the New York City Department of Small Business Services as Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises ("M/WBE") are strongly encouraged to apply. To learn more about M/WBE certification and NYCEDC's M/WBE program, please visit http:rwww.nycedc.com/opportunitymwdbe.
An optional pre-proposal session will be held on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 3:00pm at NYCEDC. Those who wish to attend should RSVP by email to [email protected] on or before January 3, 2012.
Respondents may submit questions and/or request clarifications from NYCEDC no later than 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 10, 2012. Questions regarding the subject matter of this RFP should be directed to [email protected]. For all questions that do not pertain to the subject matter of this RFP please contact NYCEDC's Contracts Hotline at (212) 312-3969. Answers to all questions will be posted by Tuesday, January 17, 2012, to www.nycedc.com/RFP.
Detailed submission guidelines and requirements are outlined in the RFP, available as of Thursday, December 22, 2011. The RFP is available for in-person pick-up between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, from NYCEDC. Please submit five (5) sets of your proposal to NYCEDC.
