Proposals for background check services due by March 26, 2026.

LEGAL NOTICE

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that proposals for CDTA- HR 36-7000 Background Check Services are due no later than 1:00PM EST on March 26, 2026. Proposals should be ad- dressed to Stacy San- sky, Director of Procure- ment, Capital District Transportation Author- ity, 110 Watervliet Av- enue, Albany, New York 12206. Each proposal must be prepared and submitted in dance with the proposal instructions. Questions regarding this Request for Proposals are to be submitted IN WRITING to Stacy Sansky, Direc- tor of Procurement (sd- sansky@cdta.org) NO LATER than 11:00 AM EST on March 9, 2026. It is the intention of CDTA to negotiate for a contract based upon proposals it receives, but CDTA reserves the right to reject any and all proposals.

The Authority hereby notifies all potential service providers that disadvantaged, minor- ity and women-owned business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit proposals in response to this notice and there will be no discrimina- tion on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, na- tional origin, disability or marital status in the award of the contract or any subcontract. PROHIBITIONS ON PRO- CUREMENT LOBBYING: Pursuant to State Fi- nance Law §§139-j and 139-k, this solicitation includes and imposes certain restrictions on be-

communications tween CDTA and an Offerer/bidder during the procurement pro- cess. An Offerer/bid- der is restricted from making contacts to influence the procure- ment process, except as provided in the pro- curement process (i.e., proposal submissions and interviews, where requested by CDTA) from the earliest notice of intent to solicit of- fers/bids through final award and approval of the Procurement Con- tract by CDTA ("restrict- ed period”). Contacts must be made only by your designated staff unless a specific ex- ception applies. CDTA employees are required to obtain certain infor- mation when contacted during the restricted period for purposed de- signed to influence the procurement process, and make a determina- tion of the responsibil- ity that could result in rejection for contract award or even more serious consequences. The complete Request for Proposals may be obtained free of charge at our website www. cdta.org on or after

February 18, 2026. Only vendors who complete the online vendor regis- tration form will be able to access the RFP. Dated: February

2026 2/21/26 #NY0169371

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