Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Jefferson Parish Department of Purchasing is soliciting Request for Proposals (RFPs) from qualified proposers to provide technical accounting assistance and related grant management services for the Jefferson Parish Department Jefferson Community Action Programs (JeffCAP) Head Start Birth-5. Jefferson Parish seeks to engage a qualified accounting consultant to assist the Department of Jefferson Community Action Programs (JeffCAP) Head Start Birth-Five with technical assistance and related management services, on an immediate basis for programs funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Services. The JeffCAP Accounting Unit staff members use the Parish AS400 system to input program and salary expenses that are then processed and paid by Jefferson Parish. Drawdowns for these expenses are then subsequently performed in the various financial management systems (e.g., Grant Solutions, PMS, HSES, and CACFP) to notify Office of Head Start (OHS), the Department of Health and Human Services Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture of these payments. OHS then issues reimbursement to Jefferson Parish shortly after notification. Additionally, both JeffCAP Accounting Unit staff members and members of the managerial staff work together to perform periodic, deadline-driven annual reporting in all financial management systems. All proposals will be evaluated on criteria such as vendor’s technical proposal, qualifications and experience, financial profile and proposal responsiveness and other criteria more specifically defined in the RFP document.
