This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Stonington, Connecticut. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The TOWN of STONINGTON is accepting sealed proposals for professional services from qualified firms or individuals for professional and technical services required to prepare a 2022 Small Cities Community Development Program Application and provide administrative and technical support to implement activities including program income during the contract period, if grant is approved. Each proposer must submit a sealed envelope, the outside of which must be clearly marked ENCLOSED 2022 SMALL CITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT and include the proposer's company name and address. Any questions regarding this bid should be emailed to Susan Cullen, Director of Economic and Community Development at scullen@stonington-ct.gov, with copy to James Sullivan, Director of Finance, Town of Stonington, at jsullivan@stonington-ct.gov by 3:00 PM on Thursday September 29, 2022. The successful Proposer is required to comply with all provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Opportunity Act of 1972, Executive Orders #3, No. 17, 11246, 11375 and 11478. Consultants shall comply with State Statutes concerning Employment and Labor Practices, if applicable, and Section 31-53 of the Connecticut Statutes, as amended (Prevailing Wages). The Town of Stonington and its Agencies and Commissions is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Respondents must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religious creed, age, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity or expression, genetic information, veteran status intellectual disability, mental disability or physical disability, including, but not limited to, blindness, unless it is shown by such Respondent that such disability prevents performance of the work involved. The Town of Stonington complies with all Federal, State, and Local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in the Town has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Respondents to this RFP agree and warrant that in the performance of the work contemplated under this RFP they will not discriminate or permit discrimination against any person or group of persons. Respondents agree to provide the State of Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities with such information requested by the Commission concerning employment practices and procedures. A completed Fee Proposal Form Exhibit G, and all other attachments listed therein must be submitted with the Proposal. The Town of Stonington reserves the right to amend or terminate this Request for Proposals, to reject any or all bidders, to waive and technical or legal deficiencies, to request additional information, to waive any informalities or non- material deficiencies in a response, to determine qualifications exclusively and finally in its sole discretion, to select any firm based on any combination of factors, and the Town's best interests, to negotiate with any firm submitting a bid for different or additional terms, and to take any and all other action that, in the Towns sole judgment, will be in its best interests. The Town of Stonington is an: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/ EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER MBE/WBE AND SBE's are encouraged to bid The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined