The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) solicits qualified individuals or firms to provide financial monitoring for workforce contractors.  H-GAC, as the staff for the Gulf Coast Workforce Board, contracts with six to 15 organizations each year to deliver workforce service for businesses and people in the Houston-Gulf Coast area. 

H-GAC will engage the successful bidder or bidders to conduct financial reviews of contractor operations.

DEADLINE

The deadline for receiving responses to this request is 12:00 noon on Thursday, February 2, 2012.  Late proposals will not be accepted.  There will be no exceptions.

We will not hold a bidder’s conference for this request.

SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL
Bidders may deliver, mail, or email their responses.

For printed proposals:  (1)  Format using a 12-point font and 1.5 line spacing, (2) Staple or bind hard copies in the upper left hand corner, and (3) provide three complete copies of your response.

For proposals on computer disc:  (1) Use a standard CD-RW disc, (2) Provide your proposal in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format (do NOT password protect files), and (3) include one set of signed original proposal submission documents (proposal cover page and all declarations, assurances and certifications pages with original signatures).  H-GAC is not responsible for unreadable computer discs.

For electronically submitted proposals:  (1) Make sure you include the proposal cover sheet as the first page of text, (2) Provide your proposal in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format (do NOT password protect files), (3) Do not send materials in zip files—our email server will not accept those files, and (4) Provide scanned images of signed declarations, assurances, and certifications.

• Mail responses to Carol Kimmick, Human Services Department, Houston-Galveston Area Council, Post Office Box 22777, Houston, Texas 77277-2777.  Be sure your submission is postmarked by no later than Friday, January 27, 2012.
• Email responses to workforceproposals@h-gac.com and carol.kimmick@h-gac.com by no later than 12:00 noon Central Daylight Time on February 2, 2012.
• Deliver responses by hand to H-GAC offices at 3555 Timmons Lane, Suite 100, Houston, Texas by 12:00 noon Central Daylight Time on February 2, 2012. Address your submission to Carol Kimmick, Human Services Department, Houston-Galveston Area Council.  H-GAC offices are open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday.

After the deadline, H-GAC will notify each bidder in writing of our receipt of its proposal.