THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, April 4, 2025 Page 17 ~ Legal Notice ~ Malden Housing Authority Consultant/Inspectional Services RFP Request for Proposals #040825 Type of Contract – Indefinite Quantity Contract Award Stipulation – Multiple Awards; Minimum Annual Award - $500.00. Total contract of up to 5 successive calendar years upon the foregoing terms, with initial and up to 4 individual successive calendar year extensions at MHA’s sole discretion. Each contract will be awarded on a Cost Reimbursement and a Firm Fixed Hourly Price basis. Proposal Due Date – Tuesday, May 6, 2025 - 2:00 P.M. Bid documents are available on April 7, 2025 at 8:30 am upon request at efahey@ maldenhousing.org or at the MHA address listed below. Offerors are advised that the cutoff date for questions to be submitted is 10 business days prior to the proposal due date. Proposal Objective – tthe Malden Housing Authority is seeking one or more Consultant(s) for Consultant/Inspectional Services. The Contractor will be requested on an as-needed basis to conduct the following types of services: Assist MHA by performing Annual federal and state public housing and voucher assistance program Physical Inspections, inclusive of HUD NSPIRE, HUD NSIRE-V, HUD HQS and HQS Quality Control, Annual, Move-in, Move-out, Housekeeping, Emergency and other inspections and provide a detailed written inspection report on each to MHA, all as may be required by MHA, in its sole discretion; and Quality control inspections on capital, maintenance or service work performed by contractors at various MHA state and federally assisted developments. The Contractor(s) selected hereunder must execute all relevant federal and state bid documents and contract forms and provide certification(s) of required insurance. Any award made hereunder is subject to annual appropriation. The MHA reserves the right to cancel this bid if it is in the MHA’s best interest to do so. For additional copies of or further information relating to this RFP, please contact: Ed Fahey, Mod, Procurement & Facilities Director Malden Housing Authority 630 Salem Street Malden, MA 02148 E-mail: efahey@ maldenhousing.org Y ou are now entitled to claim a tax credit on your April 4, 2025 ~ Legal Notice ~ Malden Housing Authority Telephone Systems Hardware Software & Connection Management Request for Proposals #021425 The MHA is seeking the services of one or more experienced, professional consultant(s) with the capacity to provide either specific or a wide range of services relating to and inclusive of management and oversight of Telephone Systems Hardware & Connection Management connectivity and provision and utilization of all necessary hardware and software, directed towards expanding and increasing MHA’s programmatic and administrative proficiency, for a minimum term of one (1) year, extending up to a maximum term of five (5) consecutive years, all awards to be made subject to funding and in the MHA’s sole discretion. Bid documents will be available from 4/7/25 at 9:00 am, Monday through Thursday by email request to efahey@maldenhousing.org or may be viewed at the Modernization/Procurement Office 630 Salem Street, Malden MA 02148. There will NOT be a pre-bid conference. Send written questions to Ed Fahey at efahey@maldenhousing. org, no oral questions will be allowed. Proposals are due no later than June 18, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. April 4, 2025 2024 Massachusetts individual income tax return if you are taking care of a dependent child, other dependent or spouse with a disability or another dependent who is age 65 or older. You can claim this tax credit if you are filing single, head of household or married filing joint on your tax return. Your dependent child must be under age 13 as of December 31, 2024. With respect to a dependent age 65 or older as of December 31, 2024, that would not include you or your spouse. The tax credit to claim on your Massachusetts return is $440 for each qualifying individual. There is no limit to the number of qualified individuals that you can claim the tax credit for. This represents an increase over the calendar year 2023 tax credit which was $310 per individual. If you are a Massachusetts non-resident filing a non-resident Massachusetts income tax return, you cannot claim For Advertising with Results, call The Advocate Newspapers at 617-387-2200 or Info@ advocatenews.net 2024 MASSACHUSETTS CHILD AND FAMILY TAX CREDIT this tax credit. Part year residents can claim the credit and must calculate the tax credit he or she is qualified for based upon the number of days living in Massachusetts. A dependent or spouse with a disability is an individual who is physically or mentally incapable of caring for himself or herself and who principally lives with the taxpayer for more than half of the taxable year. Taxpayers need to keep this tax credit in mind as many spouses are caring for a spouse who might be stricken with a disability such as dementia or a physical disability and requires a significant amount of time in home health care from his or her spouse. This is also a refundable tax credit so even if you your total tax is zero and you had no withholdings from wages or pension income, for example, you would still be able to receive a refund based upon the tax credit as calculated on your Massachusetts income tax return. This is the second year that Massachusetts has provided for such a tax credit. It is a big help to taxpayers caring for children, parents or disabled individuals or spouses. This is in addition to the increase in the circuit breaker tax credit available to taxpayers age 65 or older, which is now up to $2,730. It was $2,400 in 2023 and only $1,200 in 2022. Joseph D. Cataldo is an estate planning/elder law attorney, Certified Public Accountant, Certified Financial Planner, AICPA Personal Financial Specialist and holds a master’s degree in taxation.
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