Realtor RFP for Public Guardian and Public Administrator Programs

The Sale of Real Property services are for the Public Guardian and the Public Administrator programs.

Populations served: The services provided are for clients of the Public Guardian program and decedent cases of the Public Administrator. Contractors will collaborate with AAS staff to list and sell the properties.

Aging and Adult Services (AAS): San Mateo County AAS is a division of County Health. The Division provides a wide range of services to help seniors, people with disabilities and dependent adults live as safely and independently as possible in the community, AAS also administers the estates of deceased persons for whom there is no one able or willing to serve as administrator. AAS’s goal is to develop an integrated long-term supportive services system for older adults and adults with disabilities that is person-centered and responsive to the individual needs of older adults and adults with disabilities. Coordinated home and community-based services are designed to maintain individuals in community settings and provide flexible resources that reduce administrative duplication, complexity and fragmentation.

San Mateo County Public Guardian/Conservatorship Program: Deputy Public Guardians/Conservators (DPGs) coordinate housing, care, medical treatment, and asset management of frail elderly and gravely disabled persons under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Superior Court.

San Mateo County Public Administrator Program: Deputy Public Administrators administer the estates of persons without an appropriate person willing or able to act as administrator. The Public Administrator’s primary duties are to protect the decedent’s property from waste, loss and theft; to make appropriate burial arrangements; conduct thorough investigations to discover all assets; liquidate assets at public sale or distribute assets to heirs; pay the decedent’s bills and taxes and locate persons entitled to inherit from the estate and ensure that these individuals receive their inheritance. The Public Administrator also acts under the authority of the Superior Court.