Tax Refund Government Bids & RFPs

The award will be made to the offeror whose proposal is determined to be most advantageous to the county, taking into consideration price and the evaluation factors set forth below. award will be made to the offerors whose proposal is determined to be most advantageous to the county, taking into consideration price and the evaluation factors set forth below.

The evaluation committee will reject the proposal of any offeror who is not responsible offeror or fails to submit a responsive offer as defined in nmsa **** section **** and ****. The evaluation committee will reject the proposal of any offeror who is not responsible offeror or fails to submit a responsive offer as defined in nmsa **** section **** and ****.

Failure to meet a mandatory item or factor will result in the rejection of the offerors proposal. failure to meet a mandatory item or factor will result in the rejection of the offerors proposal.

Bids must be received by the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors on or before August 14, 2026, at 2:00 PM.

The award of the contract, if made by County, will be to the lowest responsible bidder.

The contractor shall possess a B General Building Contractor license at the time this contract is awarded and must be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) per SB 854.

Contractor shall pay county the sum of $2,**** for each calendar day the work remains uncompleted after the specified completion time.

Attendance at the pre-bid conference and facility walkthrough is non-mandatory but is strongly recommended. Before submitting a bid, all bidders are required to examine the project site.

Any questions to be presented at the pre-bid conference must be in writing and received by county from general contractor or subcontractor submitting a bid on or before August 04, 2026, at 4:00 PM.

Any potential bidder whom has been deemed ineligible to perform work on public works projects pursuant to labor code sections **** or **** shall be prohibited from bidding on, being awarded a contract for, or performing work as a subcontractor on this project.

The estimated construction cost is $80,****.

Non-peak periods: 1 business day for imaged checks/vouchers, 3 business days for imaged returns/documents, 7 business days for paper returns/documents. Peak periods: 2 business days for imaged checks/vouchers, 5 business days for imaged returns/documents, 10 business days for paper returns/documents.

Payment will be made electronically via direct deposit. The contractor will be compensated based on keystroke rate or active work time rate, as determined by the state. A 1% procurement efficiency program fee will be remitted quarterly.

Contractor must demonstrate the ability to scale operations up and down, maintain minimum technical infrastructures, employ a trained workforce, and provide a trained information systems representative. All personnel require criminal history record background checks, including fingerprint, credit, and tax filing checks.

Liquidated damages will be assessed for late delivery, failure to perform, staffing inadequacies, and failure to meet specific turnaround times for different document types and periods. Penalties can range from **** to $6,**** per business day.

Failure to comply with data security requirements, including background checks and data handling, could lead to disqualification. Failure to remit procurement efficiency program fees timely may result in contract termination.

The solicitation closing date is Thursday, May 29, 2026, at 11:00 AM. Proposals received after this time and date will be rejected.

The assignee shall be required to fund the entire purchase price at closing by federal wire transfer into an account or accounts designated by the seller. Following the closing, all interest and penalties shall be for the account of the assignee collected on account of the purchase of the tax liens.

Proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria including but not limited to: experience and qualifications up to 30 points, technical proposal and approach up to 25 points, cost proposal up to 25 points, prior history with a Connecticut municipality up to 20 points.

Respondents must have a valid Connecticut business license throughout the solicitation process. The awarded respondent must maintain an active Connecticut business license. If the services that the respondent is providing requires a license, certification, or other form of qualification, documentation must be provided at the time of submission.

There is no prebid meeting and no mandatory walkthrough of the site.

Any solicitation protest must be submitted in writing via email to kchambers@westhavenct. gov.

Proposals which do not incorporate the requested format, including quoting items as described, will not be considered. Unless otherwise stated in the solicitation, no alternate responses will be considered unless alternate responses are specifically requested by the city. Failure to reinstate an expired license within 14 days of notice may result in withdrawal of a contract. Failure to maintain a required license, certification, or other form of qualification will result in an automatic void of the contract.