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Jersey City Issues New RFP
for Management Services

The Jersey City, New Jersey, library board has issued a new request for proposals “to supply management consultant services to the Jersey City Free Public Library.” The library's previous attempt to outsource its management and operations was thwarted last October when a state Superior Court judge ruled that the board acted improperly in awarding a contract to Library Systems and Services, Incorporated.

The new RFP, issued February 16, includes provisions guaranteeing civil service protections for staff and mandating that operational and capital funds will remain under the control of the board; both issues were involved in the court case.

The Jersey Journal reported that Councilman Robert Cavanaugh told the library board that before relaunching the bidding process it should resolve a dispute over $25,000 the firm claims it is owed for the brief period it managed the library before the contract was voided. Al Cameron, library director of business affairs, responded that the library has a draft agreement settling the claim.

Posted March 1, 1999.

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