Pork4U? Maybe -- but you better hurry

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The city has posted a list of RFQ's [Requests for Qualifications] on its website. See the list at the end of this post, and be sure to visit the web page if you are interested in either the details or in submitting your own qualifications in expectation of getting some work from the city. But you better hurry -- the deadline is before 10:00 AM next Monday.

On the website, each link will open a Word document with all the specifications required to submit a Response for that particular category.

There is, however, some interesting language in the explanatory paragraph, reserving to the City the right to "waive any informality in the RFQ process" and "to accept any qualifications which, in their judgment, are most advantageous..." You will probably want to understand what those statements mean -- beforehand.

Under the "fair and open process" requirement, the RFQ's must be opened at a publicly announced time and place to which the public is explicitly invited. That would be next Monday, June 26, at 10:00 AM, at City Hall -- presumably in the Library, but check with Purchasing Agent Craig Smith at 753-3211.

You will, of course, be interested in who submits and -- eventually -- in to whom any contracts are awarded as a result in the future.

Public Notice
Request for Qualifications...

Notice is hereby given that the City of Plainfield will receive qualifications on June 26, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. in City of Plainfield, City Hall, 515 Watchung Avenue, Plainfield, New Jersey for the following professional services:

• ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES
• AUDITING/CONSULTING SERVICES
• BANKRUPTCY COUNSEL
• BOND COUNSEL
• BOND UNDERWRITER SERVICES
• ENGINEERING SERVICES
• FINANCIAL ADVISORY
• FORECLOSURE COUNSEL
• GRANT MANAGER
• INSURANCE CONSULTANT/BROKER SERVICES FOR INSURANCE
• LABOR COUNSEL
• LITIGATION COUNSEL / DEFENSE COUNSEL
• MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL/PLUMBING ENGINEERING SERVICES
• PLANNER
• REDEVELOPMENT COUNSEL SERVICES
• STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
• TAX COUNSEL
• WORKER'S COMPENSATION COUNSEL

Qualifications are being solicited through a Fair and Open process in accordance with N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.4. Requests for Qualifications (RFQ) may be obtained at the City of Plainfield, 515 Watchung Avenue, Plainfield, New Jersey 07061, Attn: Craig Smith, Purchasing Agent, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Qualification Submissions may be mailed upon request by calling the Purchasing Agent’s office (908) 753-3211. All questions regarding the RFQ must be made in writing and directed to the Purchasing Agent. Questions may be faxed to (908) 753-3500. Submissions must be made in the form required by the specifications and one (1) original and five (5) copies must be delivered to reach the Purchasing Agent prior to the time for the receipt of Qualification. All information requested in the Request for Qualifications must be provided or the submission may be disqualified. Qualifications must be sealed and plainly marked on the outside of the sealed envelope to the services for which the qualification is submitted. The City of Plainfield reserves the right to reject any and all qualifications, to waive any informality in the RFQ process, and to accept any qualifications which, in their judgment, are most advantageous, price and other factors considered, and will best serve the interest of the City of Plainfield. Proposers are required to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq and N.J.A.C. 17:27.

http://www.plainfield.com/requestforqualifications.htm

N.B. -- I just can't resist the screen shot of the web page. Where to start? The background which makes some type nearly illegible? The fact that John DiPane's email address is still on the page--four months or so since he's gone? The reference to Mr. Williamson as the 'corporation council'? Maybe you can find other items of interest....

-- Dan Damon

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