City of Toledo PlanetBids #10009010

Toledo seeks a CVI umbrella organization to administer community microgrants and support local programs

The City of Toledo is seeking an organization to coordinate and strengthen its community violence intervention ecosystem. - Government buyer: City of Toledo, Office of the Mayor, Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE); Division of Purchases and Supplies is identified on the bid checklist. - OEMs and vendors: No product manufacturers or service vendors are named. PlanetBids is identified as the proposal-submission platform. - Services requested: - Coordinate Toledo’s Community Violence Intervention and Prevention (CVI) ecosystem, including partner coordination, governance, monitoring, and reporting to MONSE and grant stakeholders. - Administer 15 competitive community microgrants of $5,000 each, totaling $75,000, including outreach, application review, award recommendations, agreements, and disbursements. - Provide or arrange grantee capacity-building and technical assistance for compliance, financial reporting, budgeting, bookkeeping, contracting, data collection, training, and implementation. - Strengthen closed-loop referrals between CVI programs and service providers, beginning with 15 priority referral destinations. - Serve as fiscal agent and pass-through administrator for microgrants and other subawards as needed. - Notable requirements: The total contract ceiling is $250,000, inclusive of microgrant funds. The selected organization must provide a work plan and project manager, support inclusive grantmaking and grantee assistance, and complete a CVI risk assessment. The umbrella organization, its staff, board members, and affiliates are ineligible to receive the microgrant funds.

Description

The City of Toledo seeks an Umbrella Organization to provide administrative, fiscal, and coordination support for Toledo’s community violence intervention ecosystem. Work includes administering 15 competitive $5,000 microgrants ($75,000 total), providing back-office capacity building and technical assistance, strengthening closed-loop referrals, and serving as fiscal agent for microgrants and other subawards as needed. The selected organization will coordinate with MONSE and community partners and report to MONSE, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, and City Council. The RFP states that the contract will not exceed $250,000, including the $75,000 in microgrants passed through to community partners.

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