# New York State Contract Reporter #2139763

CDBG grant administration and economic development consulting services

**Posted:** October 08, 2026
**Respond By:** November 20, 2026
**Identifier:** 2139763
**NAICS:** 541611, 541690, 541618

The County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency, through CREDC, is seeking consultant support for CDBG grant administration and economic development services.
- **Government buyer:** County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency, through the Chautauqua Region Economic Development Agency (CREDC; also identified as Chautauqua Region Economic Development Corporation).
- **Named project beneficiary:** Sunnyside Ventures LLC, doing business as Paradiso Spa and Suites. The CDBG project supports a planned boutique hotel, spa, gym, and smoothie bar in Mayville, including building acquisition and renovation, equipment and furnishings, and working capital.
- **Services requested:**
  - Administer the current OCR-funded CDBG economic development grant and support future CDBG grants, including accounting and records, procurement and contract-award assistance, environmental review documentation, federal compliance, reporting, audit oversight, and grant closeout.
  - Support project financing and grant, loan, or deferred-loan closing documentation; project-cost records; disbursement reviews; and recipient employment and financial documentation and monitoring.
  - Provide technical assistance for commercial and industrial development, economic development program planning and implementation, existing programs, and other community and economic development work.
- **Notable requirements:** Relevant OCR/CDBG grant-administration, economic and community development, commercial-financing, NEPA environmental-review, and project-management experience. Proposals are assessed on OCR/CDBG experience (35%), technical skills (25%), commercial financing (20%), and NEPA experience (20%). CREDC may select one or more consultants and anticipates cost reimbursement. Participation goals are 15% MBE and 15% WBE.
- **Named OEMs and proposed consulting vendors:** No product manufacturers, OEMs, or prospective consulting firms are identified. Sunnyside Ventures LLC and Paradiso Spa and Suites are the project beneficiary, not the consultant being solicited.
- **Products and quantities:** No products, part numbers, or quantities are specified; the procurement is for professional services.

### Description

The solicitation seeks a firm or individual to administer the current Economic Development Grant and future CDBG funding, support existing programming and future grants, and provide general economic development services to CREDC. Grant administration includes accounting and recordkeeping, procurement, environmental review, compliance, reporting, audit oversight, closeout, and assistance with project financing and recipient requirements. The underlying project supports Sunnyside Ventures LLC, DBA Paradiso Spa and Suites, in acquiring and renovating buildings and establishing a boutique hotel, spa, gym, and smoothie bar in Mayville, New York. Proposals are due November 20, 2026, at 4:00 p.m.; the RFP says awarded services expire three years after contract execution.

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