NATURE/SCOPE OF SERVICES – The City of Perth Amboy is requesting submissions from qualified individuals and firms to provide Grants Writing, Management and Consulting Services. The Respondent will be required to perform, but not limited to, the following services: 1. Research and identify potential funding sources, public grants, private foundation grants and possible local and corporate sponsorships. Research shall include a presentation of all grant requirements and criteria; matching fund requirements; reporting requirements and terms and conditions of potential grant opportunities; 2. Track state and federal funding opportunities pertinent to the City’s objectives; 3. Conduct and facilitate an onsite needs assessment and review and develop a plan(s) to identify funding sources for City’s objectives; 4. Attendance at all meetings deemed necessary by the City; 7 5. Prepare grantsubmissions and conduct and facilitate responsesto all grant proposals, on behalf of various City departments, including narratives and other writing services, statistical gathering, letters of support, budgets and final submissions; 6. Prepare written summaries of all grant reporting requirements, criteria, obligations, matching fund requirements, terms and conditions, deadlines and evaluation criteria prior to submission; 7. Advise City, based on the grant management requirement of each proposal, whether the grant amount is equitable to the required grant management; 8. Oversight of any administrative services necessary to meet grant requirements; 9. Preparation and review of grant reports and applications as requested by City. 10. Maintain a database of all reporting requirements to the grantor and provide timely notifications to the appropriate Departments.
