Contracting Opportunities

The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) invests in a network of community based organizations and programs to alleviate the effects of poverty and provide opportunities for New Yorkers and communities to flourish.

DYCD contracts with various community-based organizations that provide services and activities for youth and low-income populations.

Doing Business with the City of New York

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.

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.

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Information on PASSPort and MWBE purchases:

City agencies can award contracts of up to $500,000 for goods, professional services, standard services and construction directly to City-certified M/WBEs without formal competition using the M/WBE Noncompetitive Small Purchase Method. This streamlined process makes it easier for the City to do business with M/WBEs. Don't miss out! Be ready to receive and respond to these opportunities directed specifically to our City-certified M/WBE businesses by creating an account in PASSPort today. Find the simple two-step account creation instructions here.

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HHS Solicitations

To respond to Health and Human Services Solicitations

Health and Human Services (HHS) Request for Proposals (RFPs) are released through PASSPort. Providers should always check the PASSPort Public Portal to maintain awareness of all upcoming HHS RFPs.

To respond to HHS RFPs in PASSPort, providers must:

1. Have a PASSPort account. To create a PASSPort account, click here.
2. Be prequalified in PASSPort. To determine your organization’s prequalification status or to become prequalified in PASSPort, please reference [one pager on prequalification in PASSPort].

For more information and resources, visit the Learning to Use PASSPort webpage.

PASSPort Overview Presentation

Requests for Proposals/Bids

Neighborhood Safety Councils (NSCs)

Procurement: Competitive Negotiated Acquisition

EPIN: 26025N0125

Release Date: March 17, 2025 

Proposal Due Date: April 18, 2025 at 3:00pm in PASSPort 

Neighborhood Safety Councils (NSCs) will work in partnership with the government to implement key strategies of the Blueprint for Community Safety. The NSCs will serve as a platform for community members to co‐design, plan, and implement initiatives that support community wide safety. The NSCs will partner with government agencies to provide the tools and resources for community members to monitor implementation, progress & outcomes. The NSCs will create regular opportunities for collaboration, mutual trust building, and relationship‐building between the community, CBOs, elected leaders, and local police precincts on neighborhood public safety.
DYCD is looking for place‐based CBOs with a history of strong community‐oriented programming, community‐ties, and inroads in their respective communities to serve as the NSC Chairs. They should be well‐versed in convening community leaders, stakeholders and residents. They should be trusted by the community and able to interface and coordinate with City agencies and other CBOs in support of the NSCs. They should also have expertise in one of the seven strategies or community‐based public safety. In utilizing their internal network and organizational structure, Neighborhood Safety Chairs should be able to lead, co‐ design, and plan initiatives through the Neighborhood Safety Council.

Providers who are interested in applying to this opportunity can access the solicitation document via the PASSPort Public Portal at: https://passport.cityofnewyork.us/page.aspx/en/rfp/request_browse_public

Questions may be addressed to the Agency Contact by the due date and time, and via the Discussion Forum in PASSport.

Proposal submission
All proposals must be submitted through the PASSPort system, by pre-qualified organizations, no later than 3:00pm on April 18, 2025.  DYCD will not accept any proposals offline. The proposal submission consists of a completed questionnaire and all required attachments referenced within the RFx.

Responses must be submitted via the PASSPort system no later than April 18, 2025 by 3:00pm.

Fatherhood Initiative Request for Proposal 

EPIN: 26025P0001 

Release Date: March 3, 2025 

Pre-proposal Conference: March 18, 2025 at 10:00am and 2:00pm 

Pre-proposal location: virtual via Zoom 

Proposal Due Date: April 14, 2025 at 2:00pm in PASSPort 

Through this Request for Proposals (RFP), DYCD is seeking qualified contractors to implement Fatherhood Initiative Programs across New York City. DYCD’s Fatherhood Initiative programs will serve fathers ages 18 years and over living at or below the federal poverty level and the primary goal is to support fathers to become self-sufficient and more connected with their children and community to strengthen their children’s economic, emotional and social futures. 

Pre-proposal Conference

DYCD will host a virtual pre-proposal conferences via Zoom.  To attend, please click on the registration link provided.  A meeting link will be emailed upon registration:

March 18, 2025 10:00am

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/NqCpovWBQcu1cKzU2IqlEQ

March 18, 2025 2:00pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/I0O89LdIQuW8Z6URxzj8JQ

Fatherhood RFP Pre-Proposal Conference files:

Fatherhood RFP Pre-Proposal Conference Presentation

PPC Chat AM Session 

PPC Chat PM Session 

Registration Fatherhood PPC Morning 

Registration Fatherhood PPC Afternoon 

Fatherhood PPC Morning Video Recording 

Fatherhood PPC Afternoon Video Recording 

Proposal submission 

All proposals must be submitted through the PASSPort system, by pre-qualified organizations, no later than 2:00pm on April 14, 2025.  DYCD will not accept any proposals offline. The proposal submission consists of a completed questionnaire and all required attachments referenced within the RFP.

Questions 

Questions regarding this RFP should be submitted via the Discussion with Buyer Forum within PASSPort no later than March 27, 2025