Tennessee Department of General Services #RFP 33004-17326

Tennessee CDBG-DR Housing Program Administration Services

Tennessee is seeking a program administrator for disaster-recovery housing assistance under its CDBG-DR program. - Government buyer: State of Tennessee, Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD), Rural Development Division, Community Development Block Grant Program. - Opportunity: Administer the Housing Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program for disaster events DR-4751 and DR-4832. No OEMs, product vendors, or physical products are identified. - Services requested: Program management; outreach, intake, and case management; eligibility and income determinations; duplication-of-benefits reviews; damage inspections and scopes of work; environmental-review coordination; contractor procurement and management; construction oversight and inspections; financial management; compliance monitoring; data management, reporting, and closeout. - Program scope: Repair, reconstruct, or replace disaster-damaged housing and support mitigation, resilience, and temporary relocation assistance, with a focus on low- and moderate-income households. Eligible housing includes site-built and modular homes, manufactured housing, and rental properties of up to four units. - Geographic focus: DR-4832 assistance is limited to HUD-designated impacted counties Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Unicoi, and Washington. - Funding and contract ceiling: The program has $34,451,100 in allocated funding; this is program funding, not the contract value. Maximum contract liability is $1,600,000 over the maximum term, subject to program demand and an administrative-cost cap of 5% of CDBG-DR funds actually disbursed to eligible households. - Separate procurement: Construction and related services will be procured separately.

Description

The State of Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development seeks a contractor to administer federal Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery Housing Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program funds for disaster recovery events DR-4751 and DR-4832. The program supports repairing, reconstructing, or replacing disaster-damaged housing, with a focus on low- and moderate-income households in HUD-designated impacted areas. Administration may include program rollout, applicant intake and eligibility determinations, damage assessments, contractor and construction administration, financial management, compliance monitoring, and reporting. The RFP identifies total program funding of $34,451,100; construction and related services will be procured separately.

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