RFP for grant consulting services covering the full grant lifecycle. Services include grant research, application development, post-award administration, compliance, financial reconciliation, closeout, audit remediation, and training. Contract term is 12 months with two optional 12-month renewals. Proposals due December 10, 2026 at 11:00 AM. Must be submitted via mail or hand delivery to the Division of Purchasing lockbox. Questions must be submitted via BidNet Direct by December 3, 2026. Evaluation criteria include technical approach, qualifications, staffing, and cost. No informational meeting is scheduled.
Proposals must be received by 11:00 a. m. prevailing time on Thursday, December 10, 2026. Proposals must be submitted to, and be received by the division of purchasing, via mail or hand delivery, by 11:00 a. m. prevailing time on thursday, december 10, 2026.
The contractor will submit an invoice with backup documentation on a monthly basis. The contractor will submit an invoice with appropriate backup documentation on a monthly basis to the department of finance, division of grants administration.
Proposals are evaluated based on criteria including technical approach, qualifications, staffing, and cost. Technical approach and work plan 25 points, qualifications and relevant experience 20 points, staffing, capacity and key personnel 15 points.
Respondents must be qualified grant consulting firms with relevant experience. The city is accepting proposals from qualified grant consulting firms to provide grant application, coordination and compliance and comprehensive grant lifecycle consulting services.
Failure to include required forms or acknowledge addenda results in rejection. Failure to include the acknowledgement of receipt of addenda with the proposal will result in the automatic rejection of the proposal.
Questions must be received at least seven days before the RFP due date. All communications concerning this rfp or the rfp process shall be directed to the citys contact person via bidnet direct and must be received at least seven 7 days before the rfp due date.
Proposals may be rejected if incomplete, conditional, or not acknowledging addenda. Proposals which in the judgment of the city fail to meet the requirements of the rfp or which are in any way conditional, incomplete, obscure, contain additions or deletions from requested information, or contain errors may be rejected.