Program Year (PY) 2026 Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation (OOR) - (Demolition/Reconstruction/Disaster)

Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners is requesting competitive sealed proposals from for-profit and not-for-profit entities to manage and operate single-family Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation projects for disaster and non-disaster rehabilitation with proposals due August 5, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time through Euna Procurement. The estimated project budget is $7.5 million, with a maximum award per proposal of $2.5 million.

Applicants must be licensed and in good standing with Florida for a minimum of two years, demonstrate at least five years of direct housing rehabilitation experience with at least two years in Florida, and document management of at least five completed single-family rehabilitation projects. For-profit entities are eligible only for non-federal funding; all applicants must comply with Build America, Buy America domestic content procurement preferences and federal debarment regulations.

The scope encompasses disaster rehabilitation, code-violation and housing-system repairs, and demolition/reconstruction activities serving households earning up to 80 percent of Area Median Income within Unincorporated Hillsborough County, Plant City, and Temple Terrace. Maximum rehabilitation costs are capped at $100,000 per owner-occupied single-family unit and $425,000 for demolition/reconstruction projects. Selected contractors must complete construction within 12 months of agreement execution and serve at least 20 percent of participants from special needs categories—domestic violence survivors, persons with disabilities, and youth aging out of foster care—with priority consideration for applicants committing to this threshold.

Evaluation uses a 120-point scoring system: Project Budget and Household Capacity (15 points); Substantive Knowledge and Experience in OOR (25 points); Knowledge of Owner-Occupied Housing Rehabilitation Techniques and Organizational Capacity (30 points); Capacity to Serve Special Needs Households (15 points); Past Subrecipient Performance or New Proposer Experience (15 points); and Financial Capacity (20 points). Applicants with open County-funded projects determined to be out-of-compliance or two or more projects less than 50 percent complete are ineligible. Funding sources include federal HOME Investment Partnerships Program, Community Development Block Grant Program, State Housing Initiatives Partnerships Program, and local funds. Insurance requirements include Commercial General Liability from $1 million to $5 million per occurrence, Professional Liability from $1 million to $5 million per claim, Builders Risk equal to 100 percent of completed project value, Cyber Liability at $1 million minimum, and Crime Protection/Employee Dishonesty at $1 million, all with Hillsborough County listed as additional insured.