Housing and Community Development Strategic Consulting Services

The City of St. Cloud, Florida is seeking proposals for Housing and Community Development Strategic Consulting Services through Request for Proposal (RFP) 2025-116. The procurement is specifically for comprehensive strategic consulting services focused on housing and community development initiatives. Prospective consultants must submit electronic responses exclusively through the OpenGov Procurement portal at https://secure.procurenow.com/portal/stcloud, with strict submission guidelines prohibiting hand-delivery, mail, telephone, fax, or email submissions. The RFP was released on April 20, 2025, with key dates including a deadline for questions on May 8, 2025, and a final response deadline of May 29, 2025, at 10:00 am local time. Submissions received after the deadline or outside the designated electronic portal will be automatically rejected. While specific evaluation criteria are not fully detailed in the available documentation, the procurement appears to require comprehensive strategic consulting expertise in housing and community development planning and implementation.

Based on the available information, no specific set-aside designations or restrictions on responding organizations are explicitly mentioned in the provided documents. The RFP does not indicate preferences for disadvantaged enterprises or specify limitations on the types of consulting firms that may submit proposals. Similarly, no incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified, and there are no details about existing infrastructure or technology integration requirements. The documentation also does not provide specific award values or budget ranges for the consulting services. Interested firms are encouraged to thoroughly review the complete RFP documentation through the designated procurement portal to fully understand the scope, requirements, and potential constraints of the proposed consulting engagement with the City of St. Cloud.