RFP 25 05 Broker Services Hackensack BOE Final 041425

Location:	New Jersey
Posted:	Apr 13, 2026
Due:	May 7, 2026
Agency:	Hackensack Public Schools
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	R - Professional, Administrative and Management Support Services
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HACKENSACK BOARD OF EDUCATION

HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY

REQUEST FOR

PROPOSAL

(RFP)

Broker Services:

Property/Casualty

RFP 25-05

Lydia Singh

Business

Administrator/ Board

Secretary

Submission Date:

ETHICS IN PURCHASING

Statement to Vendors

School District

Responsibility

Recommendation of Purchases

It is the desire of the Board of Education to have all Board employees and officials practice exemplary

ethical behavior in the procurement of goods, materials, supplies, and services.

School district officials and employees who recommend purchases shall not extend any favoritism to

any vendor. Each recommended purchase should be based upon quality of the items, service, price,

delivery, and other applicable factors in full compliance with N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-1 et seq.

Solicitation/Receipt of Gifts – Prohibited

School district officials and employees are prohibited from soliciting and receiving funds, gifts, materials,

goods, services, favors, and any other items of value from vendors doing business with the Board of

Education or anyone proposing to do business with the Board.

Vendor Responsibility

Offer of Gifts, Gratuities - Prohibited

Any vendor doing business or proposing to do business with the Board of Education, shall neither pay,

offer to pay, either directly or indirectly, any fee, commission, or compensation, nor offer any gift,

gratuity, or other thing of value of any kind to any official or employee of the Board of Education or to

any member of the official’s or employee’s immediate family.

Vendor Influence - Prohibited

No vendor shall cause to influence or attempt to cause to influence, any official or employee of the

Board of Education, in any manner which might tend to impair the objectivity or independence of

judgment of said official or employee.

Vendor Certification

Vendors or potential vendors will be asked to certify that no official or employee of the Board of

Education or immediate family members are directly or indirectly interested in this request or have any

interest in any portions of profits thereof. The vendor participating in this request must be an

independent vendor and not an official or employee of the Board of Education.

Lydia Singh, CPA

Business Administrator/Board Secretary

HACKENSACK BOARD OF EDUCATION

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

GENERAL

SPECIFICATIONS

Lydia Singh

Business Administrator/Board Secretary

HACKENSACK BOARD OF EDUCATION

Request for Proposal (RFP)

Broker Services

Instructions for Respondents

1. Proposals are to be submitted to:

Lydia Singh

Business Administrator/Board Secretary Hackensack

Board of Education

191 Second Street

Hackensack, New Jersey

07601

By: Lydia Singh ON: May 7, 2025 at 10:00 am

by mail, delivery service or in person; proposals that are submitted are to be sealed

2. Proposals must be placed in a sealed envelope/package and marked as shown below on the front of

the envelope/package. Proposals must be submitted in duplicate on the submittal forms as provided,

and in the manner designated. The Board requires one original and one duplicate copy of the proposal

package. The duplicate is necessary for processing the proposals. Respondents should also keep a

complete copy of the proposal packet, exactly as submitted.

Envelope Label Information:

Lydia Singh

Business Administrator/Board Secretary

Hackensack Board of Education

191 Second Street

Hackensack, New Jersey

07601

Proposal

No. 25- 05 Broker

Services

Date:

Name of

Attorney/Firm Address

City, State, Zip

Failure to properly label the proposal envelope may lead to the rejection of the proposal!

The Board of Education does not accept electronic (e-mail) submission of bids or proposals.

3. PURPOSE

The Board of Education is soliciting request for proposals (RFP’s) for the purpose of entering

into a contract for Broker Services.

4. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION - EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Each company shall submit to the HACKENSACK Board of Education, after notification of award,

but prior to execution of a goods and services contract, one of the following three documents:

● Appropriate evidence that the contractor is operating under an existing federally approved or

sanctioned affirmative action program;

● A certificate of employee information report approval issued in accordance with N.J.A.C. 17:27-

4; or

● An employee information report (Form AA302) provided by the Division and distributed to the

public agency to be completed by the contractor, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 17:27-4.

Please note: A completed and signed Affirmative Action Questionnaire is requested with submission of

bid/proposal. However, the Board will accept in lieu of the Questionnaire, Affirmative Action Evidence in

the form of a current Certificate of Employee Information Report submitted with the bid/proposal.

If awarded a contract your company/firm will be required to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A.

10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27 et seq., and the terms and conditions of the Mandatory Equal

Employment Opportunity Language (Exhibit A).

Sample Certificate of Employee Information Report

All respondents are requested to submit with their response, a copy of their firm’s Certificate of

Employee Information Report. Failure to submit the Certificate or other required documents prior to

the execution or award of contract will result in the rejection of the bid/proposal.

This is the opportunity summary page. It provides an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation.

RFP 25 05 Broker Services Hackensack BOE Final 041425

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