EXTRA-77599 - USA (Hancock, New Hampshire) - Contracted Assessing Services - Deadline November 9,2026

Vendor needs to provide contracted assessing services to the government authority located in Hancock, NH. – To provide Assessing and related support services in the ongoing operation of the Hancock Assessing Department as outlined in RSA 48:13.– To assist the Board of Selectmen in its role as the Board of Assessors in fulfilment of their duties and responsibilities related to the tax assessment of real property throughout the municipality and to assist the Selectboard in fulfilling the requirements of RSA 76:10.– To assist the Selectboard in the provision of any information or data, in a timely manner, required by the State to establish ratios or other statistical measurements in connection with assessment of property in the municipality. – Review the sales analysis performed and advise the Town of any areas of town or types of property needing to be adjusted or needing additional analysis.– To be available, on an as needed basis, to interact with the citizens of the Town and the general public in order to provide required and requested information regarding the assessment of property and the assessing function.– In any given year, to perform routine maintenance of the assessment data kept by the assessing department, which includes using the Town’s current Avitar system to measure, list, and value new, altered, and other properties as determined by the Town and to ensure that the new valuation data is recorded in a timely and compliant manner.– To administer and participate, on behalf of the Town, in taxpayers’ requests to the Selectboard for abatement of taxes and to provide recommendations to the Selectboard as to the merit of any and all such requests.– Provide for the establishment of all parcels affected by subdivisions, lot line revisions, and current use applications.– Review and consult as required with the taxpayers and the Board of Assessors; calculate values for land use change taxes.– Annually review and adjust each of the utility valuations as needed.– Continue the ongoing process whereby the Bidder will undertake the data collection function over the first four–year period of the proposed agreement related to a complete revaluation or statistical update which will be accomplished by a separate vendor.