Fair Housing Services

The City of West Sacramento is requesting proposals for fair housing counseling services under an RFP with proposals due October 11, 2024, and prospective interviews scheduled for October 16, 2024. The contract is federally funded through Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) General Administration funds with an annual not-to-exceed amount of $21,000.

The scope requires an experienced fair housing counseling consultant to provide education, outreach, and counseling services to West Sacramento residents to encourage compliance with federal and state fair housing law. Deliverables include maintaining a toll-free phone line, responding to housing discrimination inquiries, conducting fair housing evaluations of multifamily complexes, investigating housing discrimination complaints, providing mediation services, and conducting community education. Minimum performance includes one fair housing workshop annually, two public service announcements per year, one newspaper article on fair housing issues, internet linkages to fair housing resources for the City's website, and one presentation to service providers serving low-income renters. Monthly reporting with detailed demographic data on clients served is required. Proposers must demonstrate a minimum of five years of experience providing fair housing counseling services to public agencies in California, provide five references from work completed within the last three years, maintain current business registration with the State of California, and obtain specified insurance coverage prior to execution — including commercial general liability of $1,000,000 per occurrence, commercial automobile liability of $1,000,000 per accident, workers' compensation, and professional liability insurance.

The initial contract term is at the City's discretion for up to two years, with an option for one additional one-year extension. Evaluation criteria weight cost at 20 percent, proposer qualifications and proven ability at 50 percent combined, technical approach at 15 percent, proposal transmittal letter at 10 percent, and acceptance of the City's standard contract terms at 5 percent. Questions are due September 13, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. No local preference applies.