Homebuyer Education Seminars

Orange County, Florida is seeking a contractor to develop and administer Homebuyer Education Seminars through a competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) process. The procurement, identified as Contract No. Y23-1080-KS, requires the selected vendor to conduct two eight-hour homebuyer education seminars per month over a twelve-month period, with one seminar in English and one in Spanish. Each seminar must have a minimum of 25 attendees and cover comprehensive topics including home ownership readiness, credit reports, budgeting, financing options, home selection, and maintenance. The contractor must maintain HUD certification as a Housing Counseling/Homebuyer Education Agency and have staff with at least two years of experience in homebuyer education services. Proposals are due electronically through the OpenGov Procurement portal by 4:00 PM on October 17, 2023, with a non-mandatory pre-proposal conference held on September 28, 2023. The evaluation criteria will assess staff qualifications (25%), firm qualifications (25%), technical approach (20%), location (10%), and fee proposal (20%). Potential respondents must submit questions via email by October 3, 2023, at 5:00 PM EST.

The procurement targets very low, low, and moderate-income families at or below 120% of the Orlando Metropolitan Statistical Area median income. While no specific set-aside designations are explicitly mentioned, the contract will have an initial one-year term with the option to renew for four additional one-year periods. The contractor will be responsible for all aspects of seminar delivery, including marketing, scheduling, facility procurement, and providing certificates of completion to participants. All submitted documents must be in common file formats (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or PDF), uncorrupted, unpassword-protected, and printable, with scanned images at least 150 dpi for readability. The procurement is managed by the Orange County Procurement Division, with Carrie Mathes in a leadership role and Kathy Saldutti serving as the primary contact for questions. Technical support for the OpenGov platform is available during business hours. While specific budget ranges are not detailed in the provided documents, the comprehensive requirements suggest a substantial contract focused on community housing education services.