Residential construction services/new mexico home recovery program

The State of New Mexico, Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM), in conjunction with the State Purchasing Division, is soliciting sealed proposals to establish agency-specific contracts with prime residential construction contractors for the New Mexico Home Recovery Program, funded by HUD Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) allocations. This Request for Proposals (RFP 60-79500-25-00264) seeks qualified contractors to provide rehabilitation, reconstruction, mitigation, elevation, replacement, and new construction services for single-family residential structures, including manufactured housing units (MHUs) and modular homes damaged by New Mexico's 2024 Disaster Events in federally declared counties of Lincoln and Chaves. The program projects assistance for approximately 350 to 450 housing units with a maximum assistance cap of $350,000 per unit, with pricing established as per-square-foot rates for reconstruction and new construction applied to standardized bedroom configurations (2-, 3-, and 4-bedroom units), and project-specific pricing through task orders for rehabilitation and MHU replacement. All costs must be fully burdened and inclusive of labor, materials, equipment, mobilization, permitting, and associated incidental expenses, with New Mexico gross receipts tax included as a separate line item where applicable. Mandatory qualifications include independently audited financial statements demonstrating financial stability, a Performance Surety Bond with minimum bonding capacity of $5,000,000, valid New Mexico contractor licenses (GB-2 or GB-98), applicable trade licenses, EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm status, and MHD Installer or MHC Contractor licensing for MHU work. Contractors must mobilize within 30 days of contract award and complete assigned projects within performance periods of 60 calendar days for rehabilitation, 120 calendar days for MHU replacement, and 150 calendar days for reconstruction, with liquidated damages of $150 per calendar day for failures to achieve substantial completion. Proposal evaluation will be based on organizational experience (350 points), organizational references (60 points), mandatory specifications (pass/fail), desirable specifications (190 points), financial stability (100 points), and cost proposal (300 points), totaling 1,000 evaluation points. The mandatory pre-proposal conference is scheduled for January 26, 2026, via Microsoft Teams, with a written questions deadline of February 4, 2026, and proposals are due March 16, 2026, at 3:00 PM MST/MDT via electronic submission through the eProNM system; contract awards are anticipated by April 10, 2026, with a protest deadline of April 24, 2026.

The RFP does not specify set-aside designations or restrictions limiting responses to disadvantaged enterprise categories; however, at least 80 percent of housing assistance funds must be directed to Most Impacted and Distressed (MID) areas as required by HUD CDBG-DR regulations. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the solicitation documents. DHSEM anticipates awarding multiple contracts with up to five or more awards determined to be in the best interest of the program, with resulting contracts featuring a four-year initial term with options for two one-year renewals, for a total term not exceeding six years. Selected contractors will be required to develop, submit, and obtain approval for their own complete architectural and engineering design sets in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local requirements, as well as program design and construction standards, and must comply with the 2021 International Residential Code, New Mexico Building Code, and certifications for one HUD-approved energy program and one HUD-approved green program. The total procurement budget is driven by the HUD CDBG-DR allocations to New Mexico for housing assistance, with individual unit costs capped at $350,000; however, the overall contract value range is not explicitly stated in the available solicitation documents. Contractors must carry workers compensation insurance, liability insurance, and builder's risk insurance in contractually specified amounts, secure all necessary permits and approvals from local authorities having jurisdiction, and provide one-year warranties on workmanship and materials.