Documents relating to 2024 IT Services Award - All Proposals submitted and reasoning behind choice
Dear Bloomfield Township,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
All proposals submitted for consideration as IT providers for Bloomfield Township in 2024
Decision-making documentation leading to contract award
Yours faithfully,
Vale Rideout
The Township of Bloomfield received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
Request on January 25, 2024. This response to your request is being
provided to you on the 6^th business day after the Township’s receipt of
said request.
Your response is due on January 5, 2024. However your request requires
additional time to fulfill. The Department needs additional time to
compile the information. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of
time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i. Specifically, OPRA states that, “the
requestor shall be advised by the custodian when the records can be made
available. If the record is not made available by that time, access shall
be deemed denied.”
Your request requires an extension of time until on or before February 19,
2024.
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfulfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the Township of Bloomfield to deny
access. At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the
Superior Court of New Jersey, or file a complaint with the Government
Records Council (GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form.
You may contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at
P.O. Box 819, Trenton, New Jersey, 08625, by e-mail at
[1][email address], or at their website at [2]www.state.nj.us/grc.
The GRC can also answer other questions about the law. All questions
regarding complaints filed in the Superior Court should be directed to the
Court Clerk.
Andrea Schneider
Confidential Secretary
Township of Bloomfield
Municipal Clerk’s Office
973-680-4014
References
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1. mailto:[email address]
2. http://www.state.nj.us/grc
The Township of Bloomfield received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
Request. An extension was granted until February 19, 2024. This response
to your request is being provided to you on February 16, 2024.
· From the Township’s IT Department: See attached documents.
** Personal Information has been redacted in accordance with the OPRA
statute N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.
This is being transmitted to you via email, as per your request. If your
request for access to a government record has been denied or unfulfilled
within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a right to
challenge the decision by the Township of Bloomfield to deny access. At
your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court
of New Jersey, or file a complaint with the Government Records Council
(GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. You may contact
the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box 819,
Trenton, New Jersey, 08625, by e-mail at [1][email address], or at
their website at [2]www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other
questions about the law. All questions regarding complaints filed in the
Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.
Township of Bloomfield
Municipal Clerk’s Office
973-680-4014
References
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1. mailto:[email address]
2. http://www.state.nj.us/grc