BOROUGH OF MAYWOOD
FAIR AND OPEN REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR 2026
The Borough of Maywood (“Borough”) is soliciting qualification statements from interested persons and/or firms for the
awarding in 2026 of contracts for the provision of the services listed below by a request for qualification process (“RFQ”).
Individual persons and/or firms interested in assisting the Borough with the provision of these services must prepare and
submit a qualification statement in accordance with the procedure in this RFQ. The Borough will review qualification
statements only from those persons or firms that submit a qualification statement that includes substantially all the
information required to be included as described, in the sole judgment of the Borough’s Mayor and Council.
The Borough intends to qualify person(s) and/or firm(s) that: (a) possess(es) the professional, financial, and administrative
familiarity with the Borough, experience, training, and capabilities to provide the proposed services, and (b) agrees and
meets the terms and conditions determined by the Borough that provide the greatest benefit to the taxpayers of the Borough.
The selection of qualified respondents is not subject to the public bidding or competitive contracting provisions of the Local
Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq. The selection is, however, subject to the fair and open process authorized
by the New Jersey Local Unit Pay to Play Law, N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.4 et seq. The Borough has structured a procurement
process that seeks to obtain the desired results, while establishing a competitive process to assure that each person and/or
firm is provided an equal opportunity to submit a qualification statement in response to RFQ.
Qualification statements must be submitted to and be received by Barbara Dispoto, Borough Clerk, at the Office of the
Borough Clerk, 15 Park Avenue, Maywood, N.J. 07607, on or before 10:00am on Tuesday, December 3, 2025.
Qualification statements will not be accepted by facsimile transmission or e-mail. The responses will be opened at 11:00am
on Tuesday, December 3, 2025, in the Office of the Borough Clerk for review by the Mayor and Council.
PURSUANT to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 19:45A-20.5, et. seq. referred to as the New Jersey Pay to Play, the Borough of
Maywood, County of Bergen, State of New Jersey, hereby solicits its proposals for the award of contracts for the following
“Professional Services” for the 2026 calendar year:
LEGAL COUNSEL:
Borough Attorney
Borough Bond Counsel
Borough Labor Counsel
Special Counsel - COAH
AUDITING SERVICES:
Borough Auditor
OTHER SERVICES:
Engineer
Risk Manager
Grant Consultant
The Borough’s Mayor and Council reserves the right to select qualified contractors in their sole discretion, which shall be
exercised in accordance with their sole judgment as to the public interest. Those responding to the RFQ are required to
comply with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27-1 et seq., if applicable.
Barbara L. Dispoto, RMC/CMC
Borough Clerk