2027 RFP Professional Services

The Township of Gloucester solicits statements of qualifications for applicants for appointments to the following professional positions. Responses should address the general criteria and mandatory minimum criteria for the positions sought.

RFP FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

• Municipal Bond Counsel
• Municipal Labor Counsel
• Municipal Land Use Attorney
• Municipal Public Defender
• Municipal Court Chief Prosecutor/Municipal Prosecutor
• Special Counsel Special Litigation
• Special Counsel Conflict Attorney
• Special Counsel Affordable Housing
• Special Counsel Redevelopment Areas
• Special Counsel Tax Appeals
• Special Counsel Reverse Tax Appeals
• Municipal Auditor

The full list continues through 47 positions, including planner, engineer, architect and consultant positions and the Gloucester Township Sewer Utility positions.

**Municipal Bond Counsel:** The Township of Gloucester desires to appoint an attorney or firm who will be the primary legal representative of the Township in all matters relating to the issuance of public debt instruments, including bonds and bond anticipation notes of the Township.

**Municipal Labor Counsel:** The Township of Gloucester desires to appoint an attorney or firm that will be the Township's primary representative in all matters relating to labor relations.

**Municipal Land Use Attorney:** The Township of Gloucester may, from time to time, appoint a land use attorney to provide general services related to land use projects, as determined by the Zoning Board Attorney in municipalities in New Jersey.

**Municipal Public Defender:** The Township of Gloucester desires to appoint an attorney at law who will be the principal public defender for those who qualify for public defender services in the Municipal Court of the Township of Gloucester.

**Municipal Court Chief Prosecutor and/or Municipal Prosecutor:** The Township of Gloucester desires to appoint a chief prosecutor who will be the chief legal representative of the State of New Jersey and the Township of Gloucester in the prosecution of cases before the Municipal Court of the Township of Gloucester and to appoint an additional prosecutor(s) who will serve at the direction of the chief prosecutor.

**Special Counsel Tax Appeals:** Special counsel to represent the Township in connection with the Township's Defense of Appeals.

**Special Counsel Reverse Tax Appeal:** Special counsel to represent the Township in connection with the Prosecution of Appeals for the Township (Affirmative/Reverse Appeals).

Responses must be received in the Office of the Township Clerk, P.O. Box 8, 1261 Chews Landing Road, Blackwood, NJ 08012, no later than **12:00 PM, Wednesday, December 2, 2026**. The Township requires **two copies** of each response as well as **one response on disc**.

All responses will be treated as confidential and reviewed only by the governing body, unless otherwise required by law. All responses shall be opened and announced publicly, immediately thereafter by the Township Clerk or her representative. Responses will be reviewed by the governing body. All appointments will be announced at a public meeting.

Unless otherwise noted, appointments shall be for the calendar year of 2027 and subject to the execution of an appropriate contract.