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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is seeking qualified financial advisors for note and bond sales and other debt management projects. The Request for Statement of Qualifications (RFQ) process will prequalify firms for three years, with an optional one-year extension. Minimum qualifications include three years of financial advisory public finance experience, experience with statewide financing programs, and registration as a municipal advisor with MSRB and SEC. The tentative schedule includes question submission (August 26, 2025), response deadline (August 29, 2025), RFQ response deadline (September 29, 2025), and potential oral interview (November 3-4, 2025). Responses must be submitted electronically as a PDF file to ***@***. *. * attachments include a cost proposal, standard contract form, Massachusetts Substitute W-9 form, contractor authorized signatory listing, certificate of noncollusion, electronic funds transfer form, treasury supplier diversity program, Invest in Massachusetts plan, tax compliance certification, fidelity bond or certificate of liability insurance, disclosure, licensing, registration, disciplinary action and litigation, and legal disclosure certification. The Commonwealth's online procurement website, commbuys, is the primary site for any amendments or modifications to the RFQ. All responses are subject to the Massachusetts public records law.
The RFQ response deadline is Monday, September 29, 2025, by 1:00 PM, Boston, MA time.
The responding firms will be scored based upon general firm experience, credentials of the assigned team, experience with competitive and negotiated bond sales, description of the financial advisor's role, experience with special obligation transportation credits, description of analytical tools, structuring and marketing of a 500 million GO financing, marketing ideas, highlighted skills, ranking of underwriting firms, cost proposal, references, and oral interviews (if necessary).
Firms must demonstrate at least three years of financial advisory public finance experience, experience with statewide financing programs similar in complexity to the Commonwealth, and be registered as a municipal advisor with MSRB and SEC.