[Consultantservices] [Consultant Services] RFP posted Friday, September 28, 2007 12:15 PM

[Grace Williams]

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Request for Proposals - Consultant Services

Long Term Workforce Housing Program
Gulf Coast Region, the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA)
Submittal Deadline: November 2, 2007

In order to identify the most viable approach to provide long term
affordable housing in the Gulf Coast Region, the Mississippi Development
Authority (MDA) is inviting proposals from qualified individuals, and
non-profit and for profit entities to develop Long Term Workforce
Housing Programs.

Responses to this Request for Proposal (RFP) will be received at 501
North West Street, E.T. Woolfolk Building, Suite 600, Jackson, MS 39201
until November 2, 2007, at 2:00 p.m., Central Time. MDA will host a
Proposers Conference for this solicitation, during which proposers will
be afforded the opportunity to meet with State personnel and discuss the
content of the RFP and the proposal process. The conference will be held
at 2:00 p.m. Central Time on October 4, 2007 at 501 North West Street,
E.T. Woolfolk Building, Room 112 (Public Service Commission Hearing
Room), Jackson, MS 39201.

For a copy of the proposal, please submit a written request to:
Mississippi Development Authority, Attn: Long Term Workforce Housing
Program, P.O. Box 849, Jackson, MS 39205, facsimile request to
601.359.9280, or e-mail request to longtermworkrfp at mississippi.org
<mailto:longtermworkrfp at mississippi.org> . The document is also posted
on the website at www.mississippi.org <http://www.mississippi.org> .

Acceptable proposals will be submitted, either collectively or
individually, to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) in the form of an action plan. Upon completion of the action
plan's public comment period, MDA will submit the action plan to HUD for
final approval. Upon final approval, MDA will negotiate a
contract/agreement with the Proposers to execute the activity. MDA will
fund the proposal through Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
disaster funding.

MDA invites the public to comment on this process. Written comments may
be submitted to MDA, Attn: Long Term Workforce Housing Program, P.O. Box
849, Jackson, MS 39205 or by facsimile to 601-359-9280. Comments may
also be submitted via e-mail to publiccommentltw at mississippi.org
<mailto:publiccommentltw at mississippi.org> . Comments will be received
until October 26, 2007, at 5:00 p.m., Central Time.

 

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