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19-175 - RFP: Consulting Services to Assist Fair Housing Consortium

End date: Wednesday July 10, 2019 at 2 p.m.

PURPOSE
The cities of Springfield, Chicopee, Holyoke and Westfield (hereinafter referred to as the “Fair Housing Consortium” are seeking a consultant to assist in undertaking regional analysis of impediments to fair housing and creation of strategies to overcome those impediments in advance of the cities undertaking comprehensive community development planning for the period 2020-2024.

FUNDS AVAILABLE
The cost of this consulting project is not to exceed $70,000.

TIMELINE
The project will begin August 1, 2019 and must be complete by January 31, 2020.

The project will produce a regional AI that identifies fair housing issues in Hampden County, impediments to fair housing, and recommended actions and strategies for each of the Fair Housing Consortium cities.

The AI must be prepared in accordance with HUD’s Fair Housing Planning Guide Volume 1, which can be found at https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/FHPG.PDF. As described below, the AI must also incorporate components required in the AFH—particularly an analysis of data regarding integration/segregation, areas of racial/ethnic concentrations of poverty, disparities in access to opportunity, and disproportionate housing needs.

SCOPE OF SERVICES

Consultant Services –
Regional Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing
and Strategic Plan to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing

Task 1.0 Create a full work plan/planning process which incorporates significant public engagement, collection/updating and analysis of data, prioritization of issues, setting of goals, and recommendations for actions

Task 2.0 Support the CoC in integrating public engagement in the AI analysis and planning

Task 3.0 Assist the Fair Housing Consortium in identifying and engaging stakeholders

Task 4.0 Gather/update and analyze existing data and assist the Consortium in collection of qualitative data

Task 5.0 Facilitate key partner and public meetings

Task 6.0 Research/introduce strategies to address segregation, racially/ethnically concentrated areas of poverty, disparities in access to opportunity, and disproportionate housing needs.
Task 7.0 Communicate on a regular basis with the Consortium point-of-contact and leadership team, including attendance at monthly meetings (in person or by phone)

Task 8.0 Produce the AI, in the format required by HUD, incorporating additional AFH factors as described in the RFP, and including measurable goals and objectives
Task 9.0 Provide recommendations to each of the Consortium cities on strategies and action steps to address the fair housing issues identified

The City of Springfield supports the goal of twenty percent minority and women participation in all contracts. No questions will be answered unless received by the Chief Procurement Officer at least 7 days prior to the expiration of the time set for submitting bids or proposals. The Chief Procurement Officer reserves the right to waive any informality in and to reject any or all bids if it is in the public interest to do so.