County of Westchester

Board of Acquisition and Contract

Agenda

Thursday, January 6, 2022

11:00 AM County Executive Conference Room

Michaelian Office Building

Roll Call

Acquisition & Contract.

Minutes of the meeting 12/23/21and the SEQR Review for agenda items.

R. Sculky

89921 County Executive - Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 161.01 and

161.11(1)(b) of the Laws of Westchester County, the Board of Acquisition

and Contract hereby approves the issuance of certificates of authorization

by the County Executive, during his term of office, authorizing the heads

of the listed departments, boards, or commissions to execute contracts

relating to the maintenance and/or operation of such department, board,

or commission, under the listed terms and conditions.

G. Latimer

89925 County Executive - Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 161.01 and

161.11(1)(c) of the Laws of Westchester County, the Board of Acquisition

and Contract hereby approves the issuance of certificates of authorization

by the County Executive, during his term of office, authorizing the heads

of the listed departments, boards, or commissions to execute contracts

relating to the maintenance and/or operation of such department, board,

or commission, under the listed terms and conditions.

G. Latimer

89311 County Executive/Office of Tourism - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of

the Westchester County Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt

from procurement an agreement with Harrison Edwards, Inc.

N. Caputo

89312 County Executive/Office of Tourism - Enter into an agreement with

Harrison Edwards, Inc., for the provision of public relations and marketing

services to promote Westchester County as an attractive

business-friendly destination for TV and film production, for a term

commencing on 1/1/22 - 12/31/22, for a total amount not-to exceed

$100,000.

N. Caputo

89313 County Executive/Office of Tourism - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of

the Westchester County Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt

from procurement an agreement with Eric Mower & Associates, Inc. d/b/a

Mower.

N. Caputo

89314 County Executive/Office of Tourism - Enter into an agreement with Eric

Mower & Associates, Inc. d/b/a Mower, for the provision of public

relations, marketing, advertising and creative services to promote tourism

in Westchester County, for a term commencing on 1/1/22 - 12/31/22, for

a total amount not-to exceed $490,000.

N. Caputo

89909 Human Resources - Amend a 12/16/21 Resolution to enter into an

agreement with Ilan D. Gilbert, to provide services as a Hearing Officer, to

handle appeals in connection with Equal Employment Opportunity and

Human Rights claims, from 12/1/21 - 11/30/22, for a total aggregate

not-to-exceed amount of $75,000, in order to change the rates under the

agreement from a per diem fee calculated at the rate of $125 per hour,

for an amount not to exceed $750 in any one day and $50 for each

Report of Findings issued, to a single hourly rate of $125.

M. Mahon

89772 Information Technology - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of the

Westchester County Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt from

procurement an agreement with Carousel Industries of North America,

LLC.

M. Beirne

89773 Information Technology - Amend Agreement No. IT-1300 with Carousel

Industries of North America, Inc. which is now Carousel Industries of

North America, LLC, pursuant to which Carousel was to provide

maintenance services for the individual equipment and overall system

components comprising the County’s Enhanced 911 system, from

1/10/13 - 1/9/22, for a total amount not to exceed $6,888,894.33, by, a)

extending its term by eleven months and twenty-two days, to a new

termination date of 12/31/22, and b) increasing the amount by

$953,456.70, to a new total not-to-exceed amount of $7,842,351.03, to

pay for the services to be provided during the extended term, and which

amount shall be payable in accordance with specified terms.

M. Beirne

10. 89352 County Attorney - Settle the lawsuit Daniel Yeboah & Joyce Haick v.

County of Westchester, et al. by payment from the County of

Westchester to Daniel Yeboah and Joyce Haick, in the amount of

$17,500.

J. Nonna

11. 89556 County Attorney - Settle the lawsuit Progressive Specialty Insurance

Company as subrogee of Juan Farias Sanchez v. County of Westchester

by payment from the County of Westchester to Progressive Specialty

Insurance Company, in the amount of $11,084.57.

J. Nonna

12. 89562 County Attorney - Settle the lawsuit entitled Zhianni R. Spears v The

County of Westchester, et al. by payment from the County of

Westchester to Zhianni R. Spears in an amount not to exceed $50,000.

J. Nonna

13. 89393 Planning - Amend the agreement with the Open Door Family Medical

Center, Inc., through the Community Development Block Grant Program,

in order to change the scope of work to provide partial funding for the

purchase and installation of vital primary optometry care equipment at the

Medical Center and to change the expiration date from 12/31/21 to

7/31/22.

N. Drummond

14. 89693 Planning - Amend a 8/12/21 Resolution which authorized an agreement

between the County, the property owner Sunrise Real Estate Corp. and

Lead Professionals through the Lead Safe Westchester Grant Program,

for a lead abatement project at 148 Poningo Street in the Village of Port

Chester, in order to change to the owners name from Sunrise Real Estate

Corp. to 148 Poningo LLC.

N. Drummond

15. 88947 Social Services - Enter into an agreement with The Young Women’s

Christian Association of Yonkers, Inc., for which the YWCA of Yonkers

will, 1) operate an emergency overnight shelter at 68 Palisade Avenue in

the City of Yonkers, for single male individuals, with said shelter also

providing daytime services on all ‘code blue’ days specified by New York

State; in other such circumstances when 24-hour shelter must, pursuant

to law, be provided; and on any other days as directed by the County

and/or New York State (“When Required”), and 2) provide services to

transport additional persons, beyond the capacity of 68 Palisade Avenue,

to space at Operations Drive in Valhalla and operate an emergency

overnight shelter at that location as needed, and also provide daytime

shelter services for such additional persons (“When Required”), from

1/1/22 - 12/31/22, for an amount not-to-exceed $1,915,349.

L. Townes

16. 89561 Social Services - Contract No. DSS6046-21-Rev., for Transportation

Services for Youth in Foster Care and Youth in Court-Directed Custody.

Award to the Sole Bidder, All County Bus, LLC, Yonkers, in the amount of

$3,947,000, commencing on or after 11/1/21 - 8/31/23. (1 bid)

L. Townes

17. 89645 Social Services - Enter into an agreement with the Mental Health

Association of Westchester County, Inc., to provide Mental Health Case

Management Assessment and Collaboration for families with children at

risk of foster care placement, from 1/1/22 - 12/31/22, for an amount not to

exceed $296,000.

L. Townes

18. 89646 Social Services - Enter into an agreement with Westchester Jewish

Community Services, Inc., to provide mental health case management

assessment and collaboration for families with children at risk of foster

care placement, from 1/1/22 -12/31/22, for an amount not to exceed

$364,141.

L. Townes

19. 89692 Social Services - Amend an agreement with Westchester Community

Opportunity Program, Inc., to provide and operate an emergency

overnight shelter for single adult men and women at 19 Washington

Avenue in New Rochelle, from 1/1/17 - 12/31/21, for a total amount

not-to-exceed $2,278,474, by, a) extending the term by six months to a

new expiration date of 6/30/22, b) increasing the amount by $220,685, to

a new total amount not-to-exceed of $2,499,159, to pay for services

during the extended term, and c) modifying its budget in order to allocate

the additional funds.

L. Townes

20. 89912 Social Services / County Executive/Ctywide Admin Svc - Enter into a

lease agreement with Rajvi Management, LLC, for which Ardsley Acres

will lease to the County twenty (20) guest rooms at the hotel known as the

Ardsley Acres Hotel Court, located at 560 Saw Mill Rover Road in

Ardsley, which will be used for the purpose of general isolation housing

related to COVID-19, at a rate of $109.95 per room per night, with no

additional cost for parking, for an initial term commencing at the Hotel’s

check-in time on 1/6/22 and continuing through the Hotel’s check-out time

on 3/31/22, with the County having the sole option to extend the term of

the agreement for up to three (3) additional months on the same terms as

the Initial Term.

L. Townes

C. Steers

21. 89952 Social Services - Enter into an agreement with Westchester Community

Opportunity Program, Inc., to operate housing that is provided by the

County for the purpose of general isolation housing related to COVID-19,

from 1/6/22 - 3/31/22, for an amount not-to-exceed $281,292, for the

initial term, with the County having the sole option to extend the term of

the agreement for up to three (3) additional one (1) month periods on the

same terms as the initial term.

L. Townes

22. 89357 Health - Amend a contract with the New York State Department of Health

for the Healthy Neighborhoods Program grant, in order to further extend

the agreement period and increase the amount by $273,600, as follows:

Third Contract Amendment Multi-Year Term, from 07/01/15 - 03/31/22,

for a total amount not to exceed $2,085,660.

S. Amler

23. 89799 College - Enter into affiliation agreements with the following entities for

supervised laboratory/clinical education and instruction for matriculated

College Students: 1) Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale d/b/a

Hebrew Home at Riverdale for a Social Work Program as part of the

College’s Education & Human Services Department, for a term

commencing on or about 9/1/21 and continuing in full force and effect

unless terminated by either party upon written notice; and 2) ARC

Rockland for a Social Work Program as part of the College’s Education &

Human Services Department, for a term of three years commencing on or

about 1/3/22, unless terminated by either party upon written notice.

B. Miles

24. 89676 District Attorney - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of the Westchester

County Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt from procurement

an agreement with HKA Global Inc., to conduct tax fraud investigations as

part of the Crimes Against Revenue Program, from 1/1/22 - 12/31/22, for

an amount not to exceed $52,430.

M. Rocah

25. 89529 Public Safety - Enter into an agreement with Amsterland, LLC, acting by

and through the Department of Public Safety, Office of Drug Abuse

Prevention and STOP-DWI, for which Amsterland will help to raise public

awareness and guide social norms to healthy decisions by creating,

launching, promoting and supporting a teen website, We Teen, to target

an audience of teens, commencing on 10/1/21 - 9/29/23, and in

consideration for services to be rendered, Amsterland will be paid an

aggregate amount not-to-exceed $60,000.

T. Gleason

26. 88852 Probation - Retroactively enter into an agreement with the New York

State Office Of Children And Family SERVICES (“OCFS”) to accept

funding in an amount not to exceed $601,339.24 under the OCFS’S

supervision and treatment services for juveniles program (stsjp), from

10/1/21 - 9/30/22, and retroactively enter into two (2) agreements: 1) with

Student Advocacy Inc., to operate a program entitled “Education For

Youth: Promoting School Success For Court Involved Youth,” in an

amount not to exceed $80,000; and 2) with Westchester Jewish

Community Services, Inc., to operate the Linkages program to provide

services for youth who have been arrested in Westchester County, in an

amount not to exceed $191,339, both for the period 10/1/21 - 9/30/22.

R. Pozzi

27. 89269 Parks - Amend a 1/21/20 agreement with Starr Digital Technologies, Inc.,

to provide sound and lighting engineering services for the Westchester

County Center, in order to extend the term of the agreement through

12/31/22.

K. O'Connor

28. 89802 DPW/Transportation - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of the Westchester

County Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt from procurement

an agreement with IBI Group.

H. Greechan

29. 89803 DPW/Transportation - Enter into Agreement No. DOTCAP01-22 with IBI

Group to provide consulting services for the development of a

system-wide operational technology systems upgrade for the Department

of Public Works and Transportation, from 1/1/22 - 12/31/24, for an

amount not-to-exceed $84,300.

H. Greechan

30. 89375 DPW/Transportation - Renew Contract No. 19-203 with Gentech Ltd., to

provide Emergency Generator Service, Various Locations, Westchester

County, New York, by extending the termination date from 7/31/22 to

7/31/24 and increasing the amount by $468,200, to a new amount not to

exceed $1,170,500.

H. Greechan

31. 89431 DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 16-513 with Peter J. Landi Inc., for

Rye Playland Parkway Path, Playland Parkway, North Street, Theodore

Fremd Avenue, Purchase Street, Purdy Avenue and McCullough Place,

City of Rye, New York. Acceptance of completed work and approval of

Final Contract Amount of $2,365,571.19.

H. Greechan

32. 89576 DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 20-534 with ELQ Industries, Inc., for

Kemeys Cove Force Main Rehabilitation, Phase I - Interim Repair,

Ossining Sanitary Sewer District, Village of Ossining, New York.

Approval of McVac Environmental, New Haven, CT, as a subcontractor.

H. Greechan

33. 89805 DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 21-212 for Emergency Cleaning

Services, Westchester County Center, 198 Central Avenue, White Plains,

New York. Award Emergency Contract to CTE Incorporated d/b/a

Reliable Cleaning System, Carle Place, NY, in the not to exceed amount

of $184,286.70.

H. Greechan

34. 89868 DPW/Transportation - Enter into Grant Agreement No.

3-36-0123-137-2022 with the United States of America, acting by and

through the Federal Aviation Administration to accept a Concessions

Rent Relief Airport Rescue Grant of $747,059, to fund Airport Operations

at the Westchester County Airport. This Grant will be used to provide

funding to reimburse the County, as airport Sponsor, for providing relief

from rent and minimum annual guarantees to each eligible in-terminal

airport concession at Westchester County Airport in accordance with the

American Rescue Plan Act, Public Law 117-2, Section 710.

H. Greechan