Informal Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Economic Development Technical Assistance services. The project budget is not to exceed $90,**** are due by July 14, 2026, at 11:00 AM. Services include evaluating projects, structuring loans, and utilizing development finance programs. Vendors must demonstrate experience with public sector clients and relevant development tools. Evaluation criteria include qualifications, firm experience, staff experience, and project methodology. Financial statements are not required, and a performance bond is not required.
Proposal due date is Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at 11:00 AM.
Proposed pricing must be firm and include a proposed schedule of payments tied to services and/or deliverables.
The vendor warrants that the services will be performed in strict accordance with the highest standards of care, skill, diligence, and professional competence applicable to suppliers engaged in providing similar services.
The evaluation process is designed to award the contract to the vendors with the best combination of attributes based upon the evaluation criteria, not necessarily to the vendor with the lowest cost.
Vendors must demonstrate qualifications to provide economic development advisory, underwriting, financial analysis, project finance, business and commercial real estate analysis, housing and community development, and public-sector technical assistance services.
Protests based on any omission or error, or on the content of the solicitation, will be disallowed if these faults have not been brought to the attention of the IRFQ contact at least ten 10 days before the proposal opening.
Multiple proposal submissions from the same vendor for the same project will be deemed noncompliant and will be rejected.
This project is budgeted as a not-to-exceed contract amount of $90,****, with $45,**** allocated for 2026 and $45,**** allocated for 2027.
