Solicitation for Disability Program Navigator

HomeAbout SBS - Commissioner�s Message - SBS Leadership - Doing Business with SBS - Language Access PlanHelp for BusinessesHelp for JobseekersHelp for Neighborhoods - Avenue NYC - Business Improvement Districts - Neighborhood Achievement Awards - NYC Clean Streets - Services for Neighborhood OrganizationsSelling to Government - How to Certify with the City - Government Contracting - M/WBE Advisory Board - M/WBE Leadership Association - Division of Labor Services (DLS)Newsroom - Press Releases - Press Clips - ArticlesCareers at SBS - InternshipsContact SBS - Email the Commissioner

Request for Proposals (RFP) - Solicitation for Disability Program Navigator

PIN: 801-SBS90097

The New York City Department of Small Business Services (“the Agency”) is seeking a qualified vendor to fulfill conditions of a New York State Department of Labor grant to provide Disability Program Navigator (DPN) services in ten (10) Workforce1 Career Centers (WF1CC) in New York City. The Agency will award one contract to a qualified respondent to serve all ten (10) sites.

It is the Agency’s assumption that the selected contractor shall hire and supervise five (5) full-time Disability Program Navigators to work closely with WF1CC staff, jobseekers with disabilities and business customers in the WF1CC. The DPN Program will facilitate consumer choice in addressing the needs of individuals with disabilities seeking training and employment opportunities in WF1CCs established under the Workforce Investment Act. The DPN Program goal is to increase employment for individuals with disabilities by linking them to employers and by facilitating access to supports and services that will provide transition to employment.

RFP packages may be obtained in person beginning January 20, 2010 to March 9, 2010, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., excluding holidays and weekends, at the New York City Department of Small Business Services, 110 William Street - 7th Floor, Procurement Unit, New York, N.Y. 10038.

RFP packages may also be downloaded by completing and submitting the form below.

All interested contractors should check the website from now through proposal due date, as it is the sole responsibility of the respondent to be knowledgeable of all addenda related to posted procurements.

As no vendor conference is schedule for this solicitation, vendors are being given an opportunity, until 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on February 9, 2010 to e-mail questions regarding the job specification to: procurementhelpdesk@sbs.nyc.gov

The original and four (4) copies of the complete proposal and all attachments must be hand delivered or sent thru certified mail to the above address, no later than 3:00 p.m., March 9, 2010. Proposals received after the due date and time are late and shall not be accepted by the Agency, except as provided under New York City’s Procurement Policy Board Rules.

To download a copy of the RFP in Adobe Acrobat format, complete and submit the form below.