The Assignment of Delinquent Municipal Tax and Sewer Liens of the City of West Haven

Agency:	City of West Haven
State:	Connecticut
Type of Government:	State & Local
NAICS Category:	237110 - Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction 541213 - Tax Preparation Services
Posted Date:	May 15, 2026
Due Date:	May 29, 2026
Solicitation No:	2026-33
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City of West Haven

Request for Proposal # 2026-33

The Assignment of Delinquent Municipal Tax & Sewer

Liens of The City of West Haven

Please utilize the City of West Haven Open.Gov website to register and submit for this Request

for Proposal. Paper copies will not be accepted unless specified by the City of West Haven

Procurement Department. For questions, please send an email to KChambers@WestHaven-

CT.gov and reference the RFP # 2026-33 above.

https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/westhavenct

PROJECT SUMMARY

The City of West Haven, Connecticut (the "City") is requesting proposals from interested parties

(the "ASSIGNEES") for the assignment of part of the City's delinquent municipal tax liens

("Delinquent Tax Liens") pursuant to the provisions of the General Statutes of Connecticut §12-

195h attached as Exhibit A (the "Act"), in accordance with the terms of this Request for Proposal

(the "RFP"). This request for proposal is for the full amount of taxes, interest, and fees due

to the City.

Respondents to the RFP# 2026-33 may obtain a copy of the City of West Haven Lien

Assignments by submitting a request via email to kchambers@westhaven-ct.gov.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Pre-Bid Meeting Required No

Pre-Bid Meeting Location

Pre-Bid Meeting Date & Time

Mandatory Walkthrough of Site No

Site Location

Site Location Date & Time

Information Period Closing Date and Time Thursday, May 22, 2026, 12:00PM

Solicitation Closing Date Thursday, May 29, 2026, 11:00AM

Opening Location

Location Time

Advertising Location(s)

Procurement Office, 355 Main Street, 3RD

Floor, West Haven, CT 06516

11:00 AM

New Haven Register, City Website, Open

Gov Website

Respondents are required to submit One (1) original and three (3) copies in a sealed envelope.

Proposals received after this time and date specified above will be rejected. No oral, telephonic,

emailed, or faxed corrections, deletions, or additions to any response shall be accepted. The City

reserves the right to reject any or all responses, and to waive any or all formalities in connection

with this request. Proposals which do not incorporate our requested format, including quoting

items as described, will not be considered. Unless otherwise stated in the solicitation. No

alternate responses will be considered unless alternate responses are specifically requested by the

City. The City reserves the right to award multiple vendors under this solicitation.

A response to this solicitation does not permit the City to award a contract, to pay any costs

incurred in the preparation of a response to this request, or to procure the city contract for

services, supplies or equipment. The City will not award to any contractor who is not qualified

under applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations.

Questions regarding this solicitation should be emailed to Kathy Chambers. Telephone or oral

questions will not be accepted. (kchambers@westhaven-ct.gov).

An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Women's Business Enterprises are

encouraged to apply.

INQUIRIES FOR CLARIFICATION

The city will not respond to the Respondent(s) request(s) for oral interpretation and/or

clarification of the Solicitation Specifications for any reason. The city will respond to a

Respondent(s) written request(s) for interpretation and/or clarification of the Solicitation

Specifications. Questions regarding this solicitation should be emailed to Kathy Chambers.

Telephone or oral questions will not be accepted. (kchambers@westhaven-ct.gov). The email

should include in the subject line RFP (i.e. 2026-33). The body of the email should contain the

question or clarification. Every interpretation made to a Respondent will be in the form of an

Addendum or Question & Answer to the Solicitation Documents.

ADDENDUMS TO THIS SOLICITAION

Any Addendum(s) to this solicitation document shall become part of the solicitation.

Respondents are required to check the city website for addendum(s). Each respondent shall be

bound by such addenda whether received/viewed by the respondent.

SOLICITATION PROTEST

Any Solicitation protest must be submitted in writing. Respondents may file a written protest of

the Solicitation results with the City's Purchasing Department. Protest must be submitted via

email, kchambers@westhaven-ct.gov.

The City will acknowledge receipt of a written protest. If the Purchasing Department

representative has not acknowledged receipt of the protest by the close of business on the

following days, please contact Kathy Chambers at the above listed email address.

SCOPE OF SERVICES

The City intends to assign a portion of its Delinquent Tax Liens to a third party in accordance

with the provisions contained herein and pursuant to Section 12-195h of the Connecticut General

Statutes (C.G.S.). Lien values are as of 05/22/2026. The value of assigned liens may change

during the period of this RFP opening and the closing date listed.

The Assignee agrees to incorporate the conditions required of them by the City in this RFP in any

future sale or assignment of said Delinquent Tax Liens as authorized by the City. The provisions

of this RFP and all future agreements between the Assignee and the City shall be binding upon

both parties, their heirs, successors and assigns.

Assignment List

The City shall provide the Assignee with the name of the taxpayer, grand list number, property

address and amount due and such information shall be provided in an excel spreadsheet

(electronically by E-Mail). Each proposal shall include an aggregate amount for the liens listed

on the report provided and shall include the amount necessary to reimburse the City for

administrative and legal costs as set forth therein. All proposals will be considered final. The

City is soliciting proposals for the full amount of taxes, interest, and fees due to the City.

Additions to lien list

The City reserves the right to add any additional current year liens within the allowable time that

conforms to the requirements of General Statutes § 12-195h and all other closing documents

required by the City of West Haven on the Closing Date in return for payment of the Purchase

Price. The cost to the vendor will be based on their percentage markup at the time of submission.

Withdrawal of Liens

The City reserves the right to withdraw any Delinquent Tax Lien from the Report prior to the

date of the award. Any lien so withdrawn by the City, in accordance with this section, shall be

deleted from the Report and shall be excluded altogether from the sale of the Delinquent Tax

Liens and the purchase price reduced by the proportion that such lien bears to all liens to be

assigned.

Subsequent to award, further withdrawals by the City will be permitted during the interim

between selection of the winning proposal and compilation of the final schedule of Delinquent

Tax Liens to be assigned (the "Schedule") only in the event of an agreement between the City

and the Assignee, as defined herein, that any lien on the Report is legally unenforceable under

any state or federal law. Any item on the report may be withdrawn if a suit or claim in respect of

that item is filed. In the event of any further withdrawal, the purchase price shall be reduced by

the proportion that such lien bears to all liens to be assigned. The Assignee agrees to indemnify,

defend and hold harmless the City for all legal actions arising out of, resulting from, or related to

the assignment of liens.

Notice of the Schedule shall be confirmed by authorized signatures of both parties on the closing

date, as contained in Section 4 herein, and shall be deemed final and binding. Said Schedule shall

be incorporated into the form of the Assignment of Delinquent Tax Liens (the "Assignment"). No

further withdrawal of Delinquent Tax Liens from the Schedule shall be permitted except if any

Delinquent Tax Lien on the Schedule was incorrectly recorded by the City, in which case

appropriate adjustments will be made within a reasonable time of discovery.

The amount of the lien for those taxes which have been paid in full or in part prior to closing will

be adjusted by the city, if necessary, and deducted from the final aggregate price and, if paid in

full, the Delinquent Tax Lien will be released and removed from the Schedule. The Purchaser's

proposal may be adjusted only in the event of a full or partial payment on any lien listed in the

Report.

Administration of Accounts

The Assignee is required to send a letter on each account they purchase to the taxpayer within 60

days of purchase and provide the Tax Collector with a copy of the said letter. The Assignee will

be required to collect all accounts at its cost, and to work with the City Tax Collector on the best

basis to process all accounts. All payments shall be processed directly by the Assignee. Reports

on all payments shall be remitted by the Assignee on the third Monday of the month after the

month in which the payment was processed. Payments must be processed by the state statute

12-146 to fees, interest and then the delinquent tax starting with the oldest outstanding

delinquency first.

The Assignee shall provide the City with a report, monthly, which lists all accounts on the

Schedule and the status of each as to collection ("Monthly Report"). Each proposal shall include

a form of the Monthly Report.

Rights of First Refusal for Purchase of Future Tax Liens

The Assignee, its heirs, successors and assigns, at their option, shall notify the City of their intent

to exercise the right of first refusal for the purchase of any future tax liens on subsequent Grand

Lists of properties listed on the final Schedule only ("Future Tax Liens"), for consideration not

less than the full amount of all taxes, interest and fees due the City. There will be a 2%

premium added for the first subsequent lien assignment. All subsequent assignments after the

first will be at par.

In all subsequent years, if the Assignee does not wish to purchase, they must send notice to the

city, to be received by April 1st. Any such Future Assigned Lien that has not been purchased in

accordance with this agreement shall continue as a lien upon the subject property and shall have

priority over all liens on the subject property previously assigned to the Assignee. The City shall

be entitled to enforce collection on any such lien in any manner permitted by law.

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The Assignment of Delinquent Municipal Tax and Sewer Liens of the City of West Haven

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Bid Number:	2026-33
Bid Title:	The Assignment of Delinquent Municipal Tax and Sewer Liens of the City of West Haven
Category:	City Bids & Solicitations
Status:	Open