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Bid Title

26-128 - General Environmental Services 2026

Issuing Agency

City of Clifton

Location

New Jersey

Published Date

Apr 16, 2026

Closing Date

Apr 30, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

Ref. #

26-128

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Project Description

Bid Number:	26-128
Bid Title:	26-128 - General Environmental Services 2026
Category:	Bid Notices
Status:	Open

Publication Date/Time: 4/16/2026 8:00 AM Closing Date/Time: Open Until Contracted Related Documents: 26-128 - General Environmental Services RFP 2026 Legal Notice RFP for Professional Legal Services for 2026- Rev - Copy

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CITY OF CLIFTON

DEPARTMENT OF PURCHASING

26-128 GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNSEL SERVICES

FOR

THE CITY OF CLIFTON

2026 - 2027

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR FAIR AND OPEN PROPOSAL

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.4 et seq., the City of Clifton is soliciting Fair and Open Proposals

for General Environmental Counsel Services for a contract period of one (1) year from date of

contract award. Proposals shall be endorsed “General Environmental Counsel Services” and

delivered to Purchasing Agent Amisha Jariwala, City of Clifton, 900 Clifton Avenue, Clifton, New

Jersey 07013.

Due Date: April 30, 2026, at 11:00 AM

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CITY OF CLIFTON

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNSEL FOR THE CITY OF CLIFTON

The City of Clifton is soliciting a Request for Proposal (“RFP”) to provide General

Environmental Counsel Services to the City, as directed by the Municipal Attorney or designee

thereof, for a contract period of one (1) year from date of contract award. All candidates are

required to comply with N.J.S.A. 10:5-31, et seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27 as amended (Affirmative

Action).

I - GENERAL

City of Clifton is seeking legal counsel whose responsibility will be to represent and advise the

City in any matters involving environmental contamination; remediation; the New Jersey Spill

Compensation Control Act; National Resource Damages; Water Pollution Control Act;

Sanitary Landfill Act; and regulations, requirements and/or violations set forth by the New

Jersey Department of Environmental Protection including any claims filed against the City of

Clifton.

In addition, said legal counsel must also be familiar with and have experience with claims

seeking insurance coverage on behalf of the City against any and all potential carriers wherein

coverage may be available.

All questions relating to the RFP shall be submitted in writing to City of Clifton Purchasing Agent,

Amisha Jariwala, via email to: ajariwala@cliftonnj.org, no later than 3:00 PM on April 23, 2026.

Any questions, which in the opinion of the City warrant a return reply or an amendment to the

RFP, will be furnished to all parties not less than seven (7) business days prior to receipt of

Proposals.

Proposals shall be received no later than 11:00 AM on April 30, 2026, and must be made on

the basis that they either meet or exceed the requirements contained herein.

II - SCOPE OF SERVICES

The City contemplates needing to retain the services of a law firm to act as General

Environmental Counsel to provide advice and legal representation in connection with

environmental issues and represent the City in connection with lawsuits or administrative

proceedings. Attorney will coordinate with the City’s LSRPs and represent the City’s interests

in investigations and possible court or administrative proceedings involving violations of laws

pertaining to environmental matters, including but not limited to those concerning emissions,

discharges, releases of contaminants into the air, ground, and/or water of New Jersey State, as

well as the marketing and sale of products harmful to the environment of New Jersey State.

Counsel shall assist with ongoing cleanup efforts in the City and assist in compelling

Responsible Parties to pursue remediation efforts where necessary.

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Environmental Counsel will also file all necessary pleadings and documents with the appropriate

Courts and/or administrative agencies, in matters for which the firm has been retained.

In responding to General Environmental Counsel Services, submitting Respondents are

encouraged to indicate which area(s) of specialized legal expertise, (i.e., type of environmental

matter), it excels in and wishes to be considered for and to demonstrate its competency in each

indicated area.

In furtherance of this anticipated need, the City wishes to have access to counsel with substantial

investigation and litigation experience for an environmental matter which may include

significant evaluative and investigative preparatory work and may require the retention of

scientific experts.

Work may include drafting pleadings, motions, briefs, and all other papers to be filed in court;

conducting and responding to discovery; attending all pre-trial, trial, and post-trial court

appearances; and handling appeals.

Respondent must also have resources sufficient to advance all costs, including the costs of any

experts needed to assess damage and the costs of the preparatory work described below.

Respondent must also be free of any conflict of interest and must comply with the conflicts

policy referred to in section III.i below.

III - MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Listed below are the minimum requirements necessary to be considered for this proposal:

a) At a minimum, the Respondent shall have five (5) consecutive years’ experience as

Environmental Counsel, representing a municipality or other public governmental

entity.

b) Respondents must demonstrate knowledge of both environmental issues as well as

insurance coverage issues and must demonstrate experience in actions seeking

insurance coverage.

c) The Respondent Must maintain a bona fide office in the State of New Jersey. Please

list the firm’s office address on the proposal signature form enclosed herein.

d) The Respondent Must list past and present public entities represented in claims

involving environmental claims.

e) The Respondent must identify the attorney(s) and support staff that will be assigned

to the account for the defense of the environmental claims and their experience in

handling such actions and the outcomes of the actions that they handled.

f) The Respondent must maintain an office within a reasonable distance to the City of

Clifton.

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g) The Respondent must be licensed to practice law in the State of New Jersey and

appear before all state and federal and administrative courts of the State of New Jersey

for a period of not less than five (5) years preceding appointment.

h) The Respondent must have a sufficient staff to perform the services set forth in the

Scope of Services in this RFP.

i) The Respondent must not have represented or is not currently representing a client

whose interests are adverse to those of the City of Clifton, thereby creating a conflict of

interest and the period of time covered by this restriction is five years prior to the date

of the proposal submitted in response to this RFP.

j) The Respondent must maintain professional liability insurance in the minimum

amount of One Million Dollars per occurrence (One million aggregate).

IV - PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS

The Respondent:

1. Shall provide Name, Federal I.D. number, address, phone and fax numbers of

the firm submitting the proposal and a brief description of legal background such

as years in business, size of staff and any affiliations.

2. Shall provide Name, title and address of principal/individual preparing this

response and the contact person for the RFP.

3. Shall provide Name, title, address and phone number of individual(s) to be

assigned as the Environmental Counsel for the City.

4. Shall describe the professional achievements of the firm and the principal who

would be assigned to the City of Clifton as its account consultant such as

educational background, licenses, number of clients handled and number of

years as a environmental attorney. Resumes or summarized credentials are too

be attached.

5. Shall provide a list of New Jersey public sector entities for which the firm has

provided similar services to those contained herein, including the name, title

and phone number of the appropriate contact person within the entity.

6. All respondents must be partners, owners, employees of the firm.

7. Respondents must provide a comprehensive schedule of proposed fees and

hourly rates for partners and associates of the firm.

8. The Respondent may submit any supplemental information it deems important

to the evaluation of this proposal and the reason why it should be considered in

the overall evaluation of the proposal.

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Commodity Codes

• NAICS 541330Engineering Services
• NAICS 541620Environmental Consulting Services
• NAICS 562910Remediation Services

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