For Contractors

Below you will find information regarding Bidding, Current Projects, and Contractor Qualifications, as well as resources that will aid in performing work at Cornell University.

Bid Process Information

Electronic Bidding - Trimble Unity

All bids for campus funded capital construction contracts will be bid electronically via the Trimble Unity Bidding Portal. As bidder’s lists are developed for each new project, Cornell’s Project Management Information System (PMIS) Group will reach out to any contractors that do not already have a designated bidding contact set up in Trimble Unity and work with those companies to set that designee up and to provide bid portal training if necessary.  

Guidance on electronic bidding can be found at: *e-Builder Resources-Documents-Bidding Module Help-Bidders Help. Feel free to contact us at e-buildergroup@cornell.edu to for assistance.

State Bidding (SUNY Campus Let)

All bids for State funded capital construction contracts will be bid in person and bids should be either submitted in person or sent via mail (UPS, FedEx, etc.) to be received no later than the due date and time of the Bid.  Bids will be opened on-site in person with a Zoom meeting link.

State funded bids are advertised in the New York State Contract Reporter (NYSCR), Albany Times Union, the Ithaca Journal, and listed on our Construction Bidding Opportunities website.

All State funded projects require Prevailing Wage Rates and follow the SUNY Procurement procedures including the completion of the Vendor Responsibility Form.

Bid Opportunities

Are you a contractor, builders exchange or construction news organization that would like to know what construction projects are currently out to bid at Cornell University?  Do you want to know how to obtain a set of bid documents or see a plan holders list?  Would you like to view the bid documents?

Want to know who was awarded a recently bid project?

Qualification Process

All contractors must complete a Qualification Process. Use the following link to submit preliminary information about your organization - Contractor Qualification Process (Trimble Unity Construct).

The Qualification Statement Form is available to download at: Contractor Qualification Help Files and Statement of Qualification Form

Upon submission of the Initial Request to be qualified, someone from Cornell University will contact you within thirty (30) days to schedule a Meet & Greet.  If you do not hear from us within that timeframe, please feel free to send an inquiry email to pms11@cornell.edu.  Additional qualification materials, including audited financial statements, may be requested via the Trimble Unity Construct process.  Please respond promptly to any Trimble Unity Construct Request for Comment emails messages relative to our “Contractor Qualification” process as this will ensure timely review and qualification determination.  All information submitted will be maintained as confidential.

Cornell will request a qualification Update be submitted via the Trimble Unity portal every three (3) years or as may be needed for awarding of contracts.  Updates must be entered in the Contractor Qualification process using the same link noted above. Please note that Cornell University and the Tompkins-Cortland Counties Building Trades Council have an Agreement which states that all labor on the Ithaca & Tompkins County Endowed campus be performed by union personnel for the following trades: electricians, plumbers and pipefitters, carpenters, bricklayers, masons and plasterers, painters, sheet metal workers and laborers assisting these trades.  Additionally, under New York State Labor Law, contractors and subcontractors must pay the prevailing wage and supplements (fringe benefits) to all workers performing labor on the Contract College (State) campus at Cornell.

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