The Housing Authority of the Township of Edison, New Jersey, herein after referred to as the “Authority”, will accept proposals for “Accounting Services” for the period of December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2023, and December 1, 2023 to November 30, 2024. It is the Authority’s desire to retain and employ a duly qualified accounting firm to act as the Authority’s Accountant in all financial matters which may arise in connection with the business and management of its various housing programs. All accounting services must be provided in accordance with the existing rules, orders, directives and regulations promulgated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and New Jersey State Law, provided that such compliance is in the best interest of the Authority and is required by law.
The scope of accounting services being requested will relate to all of the Authority’s programs (including, but not limited to, Public Housing, RAD conversion, Section 8, Capital Fund Program Leveraging Programs, and Continuum of Care Grant). All services required of the Accountant are found in the enclosed Agreement for Accounting Services. All respondents shall complete the enclosed Agreement by completing the information (including fees proposed) in the spaces provided and originally executed copies of the Agreement and include a detailed letter, resume or both, stating their qualifications to serve as the Authority’s Accountant, that they meet, to the Authority’s satisfaction, the threshold qualifications, stated below and presenting evidence an experience to demonstrate they meeting the Authority’s quality/merit factors stated in the attached evaluation sheet. The selection of the Accountant will be based upon which candidate who, having met the threshold qualifications, scores the highest in the sum of points, which shall be allocated in accordance with the qualify/merit factors stated on the evaluation sheet, attached to this Request for Proposals.
