About: The King County Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) is pleased to release this Request for Proposal: Understand Community Priorities, with funding from the Veterans, Seniors and Human Services (VSHSL) and guidance from the VSHSL Implementation Plan.

This request seeks entities to conduct community assessments to assess the strengths, barriers and needs of geographic, cultural or experiential communities in King County.  These assessments will inform service delivery by VSHSL-funded providers and shape future levy development work.  This program will fund nine community assessments, three per population area (veterans, seniors, resilient communities/vulnerable populations).

Please refer to the Library tab for the full RFP and associated attachments.

Available Funding: Up to $958,347 in Veterans, Seniors and Human Services Levy funds 

Investment Period: January 1, 2021 - Dec. 31, 2023 (subject to change)

Bidders Conference:
Monday October 19, 2020, 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.

The 10/19 Bidders Conference recording and presentation slides are located in the ZoomGrants library. The Bidders Conference recording may also be accessed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_EFQ08_85k&feature=youtu.be.  

Questions: Submit questions through the Contact Admin tab. Final day to submit questions is November 9, 2020. The final Q&A document is available below in the Document Library.

Proposals Due:  Proposals must be emailed to Tamaso Johnson (tamjohnson@kingcounty.gov) no later than 10:00 a.m. on November 20, 2020.

Please note:

• Due to technical difficulties with our online system, we are re-opening the RFP and offering an extension of the deadline for submission of applications until 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 20, 2020. To ensure that all required application materials are received, please email ALL application materials to Tamaso Johnson (tamjohnson@kingcounty.gov) no later than 10:00 a.m. on November 20, 2020.
• NOTE: Because of technical difficulties with the ZoomGrants site, we are also asking applicants who have already submitted applications through ZoomGrants to take the additional step of emailing all application materials to tamjohnson@kingcounty.gov in order to ensure materials are received.
• All communication regarding this RFP must be directed to the Procurement Lead at tamjohnson@kingcounty.gov. All other communication will be considered unofficial and non-binding on DCHS. Communication directed to parties other than the Procurement Lead may result in disqualification of the potential bidder.

Notifcation of Award Decisions: December 2020

Anticipated Contract Start Date (subject to change): January 1, 2021

The dates listed above are subject to change. The full RFP and associated attachments are available for download under the Library tab. Applicants are advised to review these documents in their entirety for guidance on the purpose, requested program models, application questions and deadlines. Applicants are responsible for regularly checking ZoomGrants for any updates, clarifications, or amendments that may be uploaded.