Jersey City Grant Application, Coordination, and Lifecycle Consulting Services

The City of Jersey City seeks proposals from qualified vendors to provide comprehensive grant lifecycle consulting services for a one-year contract term. The selected contractor will deliver support across five service categories, including grant research, strategy, and application development; federal infrastructure and complex applications; post-award administration, compliance, and reporting; financial reconciliation, reimbursement recovery, closeout, and audit remediation; and citywide training, process improvement, and strategic advisory support. Prospective bidders must download the specifications and all addenda from BidNet Direct and submit all questions online through that portal by December 3, 2026. Eligible vendors must be onshore in the USA, comply with New Jersey affirmative action and equal employment opportunity regulations, and furnish a New Jersey Business Registration Certificate. Sealed proposals must be delivered to the Division of Purchasing lockbox at 280 Grove Street, Room 116, Jersey City, New Jersey, no later than 11:00 AM on December 10, 2026. An appointed committee will evaluate written proposals on a 100-point scale. Scoring factors include technical approach and work plan (25 points), qualifications and relevant experience (20 points), staffing and capacity (15 points), references and past performance (10 points), municipal/federal grant expertise (10 points), reporting and internal controls (10 points), cost arrangement (5 points), and commitment to diversity (5 points).