Affordable Housing Portfolio Stabilization Analysis Special Procurement

The Oregon Housing and Community Services Department (OHCS) has approved a special procurement for a direct award to Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. for an Affordable Housing Portfolio Stabilization Analysis, and written protests are due October 28, 2026. This is not an opportunity to submit a proposal. The notice announces a completed approval, and no competitive solicitation, pricing, or response deadline is open to other vendors.

The deliverables are a portfolio stabilization assessment and an accompanying investment business case that quantifies how many affordable rental units can be financially stabilized at defined state investment levels. OHCS justified special procurement under ORS 456.625(19)(b) because the analysis must be delivered before the 2027 legislative session and depends on operating benchmarks drawn from Enterprise's national portfolio of mission-owned affordable rental housing, which are not published or constructible from public data. OHCS cited a portfolio of approximately 1,200 projects and nearly 60,000 units, with roughly 39 percent of properties unable to currently meet operating expenses and debt service. The state will own all deliverables, models, workbooks, and methodology documentation and will make them available to prospective offerors in any subsequent implementation-phase solicitation.

The estimated cost is $130,000 for a single, fixed-term award running October 23, 2026 through January 11, 2027, with no renewal or extension options. The approving officials were Designated Procurement Officer Phillip Andrews on October 7, 2026, and Executive Director Andrea Bell on October 21, 2026. No set-asides were identified.

Protests must be written and delivered to the OHCS Procurement & Business Operations Manager within seven calendar days of the October 21, 2026 notice date. A protest must include a detailed statement of legal and factual grounds, a description of resulting harm, and the relief requested. Protests may be mailed to 725 Summer Street NE, Suite B, Salem, Oregon 97301, or emailed to phillip.j.andrews@hcs.oregon.gov with the subject line "Protest of Special Procurement # S-91400-00018236." Questions go to Autumn Waters, OHCS Procurement Specialist, at 971-239-9979 or autumn.waters@hcs.oregon.gov.