The IFB and other documents will be posted to the ACCES- Procurement Opportunities web page .

The New York State Education Department (NYSED) Office of Adult Career and Continuing Education Services Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCES-VR) seeks bids from Vehicle Modifiers for vehicle modification services. The scope of each modification will depend on the need of the customer being served by ACCES-VR.

As defined in Section 49 CFR 595.6 , a Vehicle Modifier is “Any motor vehicle repair business that modifies a motor vehicle to enable a person with a disability to operate, or ride as a passenger.”

Vehicle Modification is any structural or non-structural modification to a motor vehicle. It can include adaptive equipment, or a product system acquired commercially or off the shelf, modified, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve a customer’s functional capacity to drive safely or to ride as a passenger. Structural motor vehicle modification services are alterations made to a vehicle that alter the structure of the vehicle such as raising the roof, lowering a floor, widening the doors, etc. Nonstructural motor vehicle modifications are the addition of adaptive equipment that does not alter the structure of the vehicle such as pedal blocks, left foot brake and accelerator and wide-angle mirrors.

Vehicle Modification services may be requested as needed, by any of the fifteen ACCES-VR District Offices located across New York State. The scope of work will be determined by an evaluation of the customer’s need. Vehicle Modifiers awarded a contract as a result of this IFB will be eligible to respond to mini-bid solicitations issued by any of the 15 ACCES-VR District Offices.

Those mini-bids will be awarded to the lowest cost responsive and responsible bid from the Vehicle Modifier that meets the specifications of the mini-bid. NYSED will only pay contractors who are awarded a mini-bid project and successfully complete the project.

NYSED will award multiple contracts pursuant to this IFB. The contracts resulting from this IFB will be for a term anticipated to begin May 1, 2024, and end April 20, 2029.