County of Westchester

Board of Acquisition and Contract

Agenda

Thursday, June 1, 2023

Roll Call

11:00 AM County Executive Conference Room

Michaelian Office Building

Acquisition & Contract.

Minutes of the meeting 5/25/23 and the SEQR Review for agenda items.

R. Sculky

101126 County Executive/Office for Women - 1) Amend a grant agreement

with the New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services for a model

Family Representation Office, for the period 10/1/19 - 9/30/23, for an

amount not to exceed $2,610,417, in order to extend the term of the

Grant Agreement by one (1) year, for a new termination date of 9/30/24;

and 2) amend an agreement with Legal Services of the Hudson Valley to

provide legal representation to parents in child protective proceedings

under New York Family Court Act, Article 10, and termination of parental

rights proceedings to improve the quality of services provided under

Article 18-B, for the 10/1/19 - 9/30/23, for an amount not to exceed

$2,610,417, in order to extend the term of the agreement by one (1) year,

for a new termination date of 9/30/24.

G. Latimer

R. Schlaff

101178 Board of Legislators - Enter into an agreement with Westchester

Children’s Association, Inc. (“WCA”), for which WCA will, among other

things, convene workshops and educational events with key leaders and

decision makers to further analyze existing mental health issues of school

aged children, review and report on the findings from an Invest in Kids

pilot program and educate the community on the social and emotional

health of children and actionable steps to repair damage on children’s

mental health brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic and long-lasting

inequities, from 1/1/23 - 12/31/23, for an amount not to exceed $57,000,

payable half upon execution of the agreement and half on or about

9/1/23.

V. Gashi

101113 Information Technology - Enter into an agreement with The Spectrum

Firm, Inc. (“TSF”), for Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”)

radio frequency licensing services for multiple transmitter locations in the

Ultra-High Frequency (“UHF”) and Very-High-Frequency (“VHF”) bands,

for a term of four (4) years, commencing upon execution of the

agreement by both parties, for a total amount not to exceed $20,000,

payable at a rate of $180 per hour ($250 for in depth regulatory

consultation services). Approval of Fox Ridge Communications, Inc.,

Gettysburg, PA, as a subconsultant.

M. Beirne

101153 County Attorney - Settle the lawsuit titled Natkin v. Fireblast Global, Inc.,

No. 21-cv-3132 (KMK) (PED) (S.D.N.Y.) by payment from the County of

Westchester to Fireblast Global, Inc. in an amount not to exceed

$50,000.

J. Nonna

101461 Planning - Amend an agreement with Freedom Gardens for the

Handicapped, Inc., for which Freedom Gardens agreed to renovate an

existing two-bedroom rental apartment (“Unit #8”) located at 1680

Strawberry Road, in the Town of Yorktown, for the period from 7/15/20 -

5/31/23, for an amount not-to-exceed $255,485 in CDBG funding, in order

to change the expiration date from 5/31/23 to 12/31/23.

B. Lopez

101088 College - Extend the term of the agreement with Berry Dunn McNeil &

Parker, LLC, for the provision of consulting services to Westchester

Community College consisting of a review of the College’s Information

Technology programs and systems and related matters through 9/30/23,

at no additional cost to the College.

B. Miles

101282 College -- Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of the Westchester County

Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt from procurement an

agreement with UMR, Inc.

B. Miles

101283 College - Amend an agreement with UMR, Inc., for which UMR provided

third party administrator services and preferred provider organization

network services and related services in connection with the College’s

benefit plans for employees and retirees, by extending the term of the

agreement by three (3) years, through the period from 1/1/22 - 12/31/24,

is hereby modified by inserting a new second ‘RESOLVED’ clause, in

between the existing first and second ‘RESOLVED’ clauses, with the new

second ‘RESOLVED’ clause reading as follows: “RESOLVED, that the

total amount payable to UMR, Inc. for the services being provided during

the full term of the agreement is hereby authorized to be increased by

$1,200,000, to a new total amount not-to-exceed $2,780,000.

B. Miles

101161 Corrections - Enter into a sixth amendment to an agreement with

Aramark Correctional Services, Inc., to provide food service at the

Westchester County Department of Correction, in order to increase the

not to exceed amount for 2022 from $1,791,393 to $2,151,918, an

increase of $360,525, payable at the rates specified in the agreement.

J. Spano

10. 101433 Public Safety - Enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with

the United States Secret Service for the County to participate in the

Electronic Crimes Task Force, commencing upon full execution of the

MOU and terminable at any time upon mutual consent of the parties or

unilaterally upon thirty (30) days written notice from the terminating party

to the other party, at no cost to the County.

T. Raynor

11. 101042 DPW/Transportation - Consent to the assignment of Agreement No.

21-937, dated 11/29/21, for electrical engineering consulting services for

various Environmental Facilities projects, from LynStaar Engineering,

P.C., a WBE firm, to Environmental Design & Research, Landscape

Architecture, Engineering & Environmental Services, D.P.C., a WBE firm,

217 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100, Syracuse, New York 13202,

effective as of the date of execution of the assignment.

H. Greechan

12. 101043 DPW/Transportation - Consent to the assignment of Agreement No.

22-902, dated 3/3/22, for electrical engineering consulting services for

various projects, from LynStaar Engineering, P.C., a WBE firm, to

Environmental Design & Research, Landscape Architecture, Engineering

& Environmental Services, D.P.C., a WBE firm, 217 Montgomery Street,

Suite 1100, Syracuse, New York 13202, effective as of the date of

execution of the assignment.

H. Greechan

13. 101094 DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 22-532 for Air/Vacuum Release

Valves Installation, North Yonkers Pump Station Force Main, Yonkers,

New York. Award to the Low Bidder, Mace Contracting Corporation

(MBE), New Rochelle, in the amount of $1,993,000. (4 bids)

H. Greechan

14. 101095 DPW/Transportation - Amend Agreement No. 19-910 with D&B

Engineers and Architects, P.C., White Plains, be amended to provide for

engineering services in connection with Water and Electric Service

Upgrades, George’s Island Park, Town of Cortlandt, New York. The

Consultant shall provide construction administration services associated

with this project, and that for the additional services rendered in

accordance with the Consultant’s proposal, D&B Engineers and

Architects, P.C., shall be paid a fee of $100,000, increasing the total

maximum fee to $285,125, with the completion date of the agreement to

be extended to 12/31/26.

H. Greechan

15. 101316 DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 21-516 with Mace Contracting

Corporation, a MBE firm, for Tarrytown Lighthouse Restoration, Kingsland

Point Park, Village of Sleepy Hollow, New York. Approval of Custom

Marine Inc., Drive Dobbs Ferry, as a subcontractor.

H. Greechan

16. 101449 DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 19-530 with PCI Industries Corp., for

Rehabilitation of Two Bronx River Parkway Bridges (North and South of

Leewood Drive) over the Bronx River (BINs 3348829 & 3348839), Town

of Eastchester and City of Yonkers, New York. Approval of Petrillo

Contracting, Inc., Mount Vernon, as a subcontractor.

H. Greechan