Certified Public Accountant for Budget/Management Analyst Services

TOWN OF WEST SPRINGFIELD

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

RFP # 25-0035

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT FOR BUDGET/MANAGEMENT ANALYST SERVICES

The town of West Springfield is seeking to engage an experienced certified public accountant (“CPA”), who is licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to provide Budget/Management Analyst services.  Per the Section 2-8 of the West Springfield Home Rule Charter, the Budget/Management Analyst “shall perform a legislative oversight and a post-audit function and shall not be involved in the day-to-day administrative detail of the financial operations of the town. The Budget/Management Analyst shall have free access to all books, accounts, bills and vouchers of the town and shall continuously review and examine the same. The Budget/Management Analyst shall make periodic reports thereon to the Town Council, with such frequency as the Town Council by ordinance, by rule or by other vote may direct, but not less frequently than quarterly. All officials of the town shall cooperate with the Budget/Management Analyst in the performance of this oversight function. The Budget/Management Analyst shall have such other powers and duties as may be provided by charter, by ordinance or by other vote of the Town Council.”

Specifications may be obtained from: www.townofwestspringfield.org/government/departments/finance/procurement-bids

Any questions concerning this IFB must be sent in writing by 4 p.m. on May 16 to Jaime Flores, Procurement Administrator at jflores@tows.org.

All bids shall be sealed and addressed to: Jaime Flores, Procurement Administrator, 26 Central St., Suite 32, West Springfield, MA 01089. Sealed proposals will be received in the Law department until 10 a.m. on May 30.

There is also a special mailbox set up in the lobby of the Town Hall labeled “bids” for bidders who wish to physically drop off their proposals. All electronic proposals can be submitted at www.bidnetdirect.com/massachusetts/townofwestspringfield.

If submitting hard copy proposals, proposers shall submit one original and three copies of the separately sealed price and non-price (technical) proposals, as per the bid documents.

This contract will be awarded only to a responsive and responsible bidder whose proposal meets all of the requirements in the specifications. The contract shall be awarded by the Chief Procurement Officer, which reserves the right to waive any informalities, to accept or reject, in part or in whole, any and all proposals or to take whatever action may be deemed to be in the best interest of the town of West Springfield. Bids will remain firm for ninety (90) days following the opening of proposals.