RFP/RFQ Professional Services: Risk Manager-2020

Description

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT TO BE AWARDED BY ESTABLISHED QUALIFICATION CRITERIA The Township of Gloucester solicits RFP/RFQ qualifications for applicants for appointment for a Risk Manager. Responses should address the general criteria and mandatory minimum criteria for the positions sought. All responses will be treated as confidential and reviewed only by the governing body, unless otherwise required by law. Responses must be received in the Office of the Township Clerk, P.O. Box 8, 1261 Chews Landing Road, Blackwood, NJ 08012, no later than 11:00AM, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. The Township requires two copies of each response as well as one response on disc. All responses shall be opened and announced publicly, immediately thereafter by the Township Clerk or her representative. Responses will be reviewed by the governing body. All appointments will be announced at a public meeting. Unless otherwise noted appointments shall be for the calendar year of 2020 and subject to the execution of an appropriate contract. 1 INTRODUCTION The Township of Gloucester desires to appoint a Risk Manager for calendar year 2020 who will be responsible for assisting the Township in identifying its insurable exposures and to recommend professional methods to reduce, assume or transfer the risk of loss. The Consultant will review with the Township any additional coverages that the Consultant feels should be carried but are not available from the Camden County Joint Insurance Fund (JIF) and subject to the Township’s authorization place such coverages outside the Fund. The Consultant shall assist the Township in the preparation of applications, statements of value and similar documents requested by the Fund, it being understood that this does not include appraisal work by the Consultant. The Consultant shall review the Township’s assessment as proposed by the Fund and assist the Township in the preparation of its annual insurance budget. The Township intends to award a professional services contract for the defined scope of work in accordance with N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.4 et seq. (Fair and Open process) for the 2020 calendar year. ADMINISTRATIVE CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS The following items express the administrative conditions and requirements of this RFP/RFQ. Together with the other RFP/RFQ sections, they will apply to the RFP/RFQ process, the subsequent contract, and project production.