Big news for the region and the state today: the MA Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) released its procurement for the individual homelessness system. You can find the procurement and associated attachments and forms at https://www.commbuys.com/bso/external/bidDetail.sdo?docId=BD-22-1076-OCDDE-OCD01-72842&external=true&parentUrl=close
For quick reference, the procurement schedule is:
| Virtual Bidders’ Conference | 06/01/2022 at 10:00am and 06/02/2022 at 10:00am |
| Deadline for Written Questions | 06/03/2022 at 5:00pm |
| Publication of Answers to questions | 06/10/2022 |
| Response Deadline | 07/01/2022 at 5:00pm |
| Estimated date of award announcement | 09/15/2022 |
| Estimated start of contracts | 04/01/2023 |
In addition to being able to pose questions at the two bidders conferences, written questions may be e-mailed to gordon.calkins@mass.gov no later than 5:00 pm on 06/3/2022. Emails containing RFR questions should clearly identify on the subject line of the e-mail: “Individual Homelessness RFR Questions.” A question and answer document will be published on COMMBUYS.
