Asset Recovery Specialist

The Lansing School District issued a Request for Qualifications and Proposal (RFQP) designated SO-1746 seeking an Asset Recovery Specialist to manage the complete asset recovery and disposal of property from the Historic Eastern High School building, which closed in 2019. The procurement covers services including accurate inventory of all District assets remaining in the building, separation of valuable assets suitable for reassignment or sale from those to be discarded, development and execution of recovery and disposal plans, maintenance of disposition records, and provision of weekly and monthly progress reports. The successful contractor must be self-directed, knowledgeable about K-12 property and facility operations, and capable of demonstrating experience planning and managing similar asset recovery projects, with client references for similar services preferred. The project must be completed by January 1, 2021, with an ideal completion date of September 30, 2020, and a mandatory building walkthrough was scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 5, 2019, with access provided through the northwestern corner doors. A milestone schedule must be developed within one month of contract award, including asset inventory completion, depleted asset disposal plan, valued asset recovery plan, inspection and sale dates, and final completion benchmarks. All questions regarding the RFQP had to be submitted to BIDS@LANSINGSCHOOLS.NET by 5:00 p.m. on December 9, 2019, and proposals were due at 11:00 a.m. EST on Thursday, December 12, 2019, submitted as two original hard copies to the District office. The District evaluated proposals based on both cost and qualifications.

Respondents were required to submit a completed proposal form along with required District forms including a Supplier/Vendor Application, affidavits of non-collusion and familial disclosure, Iran Economic Sanctions Certificate, Non-Discrimination in Employment Certificate, and Legal Status of Bidder Certificate. The contractor must provide a lump sum cost proposal based on a self-determined schedule and billing rate and work full-time or nearly full-time as a temporary extension of District staff. The contractor must maintain comprehensive insurance coverage including Worker's Compensation, General Liability with a minimum $2 million aggregate, Automobile Liability with a minimum $1 million, and Excess Liability with a minimum $1 million additional coverage, with the District named as additional insured. Progress payments, less retainage, shall be made no later than twenty-five days after invoice receipt, with final payment due within twenty-five days of final invoice. The District reserved the right to reject any or all proposals and terminate the contract at any time with three days' written notice. No specific budget range or award value was disclosed in the procurement documents, and no set-aside designations or incumbent vendor information was provided.