Multi-Award for Nonprofit Organizations and Services in Bernalillo County

Project Description: The Bernalillo County (“County”) Purchasing Section of the Procurement and Business Services Department (“Purchasing”) is requesting proposals for the establishment of qualification-based capital projects solicited by county nonprofit organizations. All Offerors are encouraged to read this Request for Qualifications carefully, especially the mandatory requirements.
Funding for projects sought by Bernalillo County nonprofit organizations have come to Bernalillo County government to serve as the fiscal agent and project owner. The State of New Mexico requires that in order to maintain compliance with the anti-donation clause (Article IX, Section 14 of the NM State Constitution), any capital outlay appropriation intended for a third-party nonprofit that comes to Bernalillo County must be awarded to, and administered and owned by, Bernalillo County.
Administration of funds involving a nonprofit agency must include a method of procurement when a nonprofit entity is intended to receive the funding, which this Request for Qualification fulfills.
It is the intent of the County to issue a multiple award to establish a pool of qualified nonprofit organizations. Qualified nonprofits with designated capital outlay appropriations will enter into Third Party Agreements to facilitate projects that are undertaken. Bernalillo County reserves the right to decline serving as a fiscal agent to a capital grant appropriated to an intended nonprofit organization.