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Information and Forms

To do business with the City of New York, organizations need to create a vendor account in the City's Payee Information Portal (PIP) (to get paid) and also in Procurement and Sourcing Solutions Portal (PASSPort) (for all other contracting actions, including completing vendor disclosures, finding and responding to contracting opportunities, signing the contract upon contract award, and much more). The Mayor's Office of Contract Services (MOCS) developed and maintains PASSPort.

Learn more about PASSPort and contracting with NYC – visit the MOCS website:
Getting Started: An Introduction to Doing Business with the City of New York

To view contracting opportunities, visit the PASSPort Public Portal.

Note: A PASSPort account is required to respond to solicitations (RFx). Organizations looking to respond to Health and Human Services (HHS) solicitations need to have an approved HHS Prequalification Application in PASSPort.

Need Help or Have a Question?

  • For assistance with PIP, please refer to the PIP website.
  • For PASSPort learning resources, visit MOCS Learning to Use PASSPort.
  • For technical assistance when using PASSPort, submit an inquiry to the MOCS Service Desk.
  • For assistance regarding solicitations (RFx), reach out to the soliciting City Agency via the email address listed for the relevant RFx in PASSPort, or post a question via the Discussion Forum of the RFx.

2025 Human Services Disclosure Reform

In collaboration with MOCS, the City of New York is excited to announce the rollout of several new human services disclosure reforms starting in March 2025!

In April, MOCS will offer a new and simplified Discretionary Prequalification (Discretionary PQL) for over a thousand small nonprofits that receive only City Council discretionary awards. MOCS will also add a 30- day extension option to the existing PQL and Discretionary PQL for financial statement audits or reviews that are not completed by a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) on the due date.

By August 2025, MOCS will add seven additional questions to the existing PQL in PASSPort to collect required disclosures under the NYC Conflict of Interest and Related Party Transactions Policy and Guidance for Contractors of Human Services. Please become familiar with this new Citywide policy and be prepared to disclose all related party transactions and potential conflicts of interest following the August update.

By packaging these reforms, the City of New York is reducing the administrative burdens currently affecting almost half of funded nonprofits. NYC is streamlining the process to help you get paid on time! For more information, please read the attached documents.

MOCS will be reaching out directly to the nonprofit community to provide further notification, trainings, and guidance. For any questions about these reforms, please email MOCS at vendorintegrity@mocs.nyc.gov.

Thank you.

DSS Compliance and Contract Monitoring Office

PASSPort

  • Need help or have a question regarding PASSPort? Submit an inquiry to the MOCS Service Desk.

DHS Fiscal Manual

Requests for Proposals

  • Open-Ended RFPs on PASSPort Public Portal (Search for Keyword: "Open-Ended" and RFx Status: "Released" and Agency: "Department of Homeless Services")
    To meet its legal and moral obligation to provide shelter to eligible New Yorkers in need, DHS maintains an open-ended Request for Proposal process through which non-profit social service providers submit proposals to augment capacity. Although DHS does not target specific areas to open shelters, the agency strives to keep families near their communities as much as possible. This is an open-ended request for proposals, therefore, there is no prescribed due date for submissions. All suitable proposals will be reviewed by the agency on an ongoing basis as received. Non-profit social service providers may learn more about getting started with PASSPort.

Negotiated Acquisitions

Competitive Sealed Bids

Notice of Renewals

Request for Expressions of Interest

NYC Procurement Roadmap

For a complete listing of HHS Accelerator RFPs released by other City agencies, please visit the NYC Procurement Roadmap. All current and prospective vendors should frequently review information listed there to take full advantage of upcoming opportunities for funding.