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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:

The City of New York has new features in its PASSPort online procurement platform that will make the contracting process easier and more transparent than ever. PASSPort facilitates every step of the procurement process - from identifying vendors to contract solicitation and response evaluation, award to contract, and invoicing to payment.  To maximize business opportunities, all contractors should create a vendor account in PASSPort. Please reference the Vendor Account Creation manual for step by step instructions on how to create a vendor account in PASSPort.  For more information on PASSPort, visit the Mayor's Office of Contract Services (MOCS) PASSPort Webpage. Need help or have a question regarding PASSPort? Submit an inquiry to the MOCS Service Desk.

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

COMPASS Center Based and Non-Public School Site Programs RFP

EPIN: 26026P0004

Release Date: October 1, 2025   

Proposal Due Date: November 12, 2025 at 2:00pm in PASSPort 

Through this Request for Proposals (RFP), DYCD is seeking qualified contractors to implement COMPASS programs located in center-based and non-public school sites across the city, for both Elementary and Middle School students. DYCD is releasing a separate RFP for contracts to operate COMPASS programs located in New York City Public School (NYCPS) sites.  Any eligible existing COMPASS center-based or non-public school K-8 program contractor must apply to this RFP in order to be eligible to continue providing COMPASS services after the end of their current contract term. 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


Proposal submission

All proposals must be submitted through the PASSPort system, by pre-qualified organizations. If your organization provides after-school youth services and you are interested in this opportunity, make sure you have or create a PASSPort account, and get an Approved HHS Prequalification (PQL) status. For the complete list of requirements and guidance, see the COMPASS RFP Five Steps Resource Guide on the Mayor's Office of Contract Services (MOCS) website. 

The Proposal submission consists of a complete questionnaire and all required attachments referenced within the RFx.

 

COMPASS Center-Based and Non-Public School Site Program, EPIN: 26026P0004

Pre-proposal Conference 

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


Questions

Questions regarding this solicitation should be submitted via the Discussion with Buyer Forum within PASSPort no later than November 5, 2025.

COMPASS Programs in Public Schools RFP

EPIN: 26026P0003

Release Date: October 1, 2025

Proposal Due Date: November 14, 2025, at 2:00 PM in PASSPort

 

Through this Request for Proposals (RFP), DYCD is seeking qualified contractors to implement COMPASS programs located in New York City Public School (NYCPS) sites and charter schools (located in NYCPS buildings) across the city, for both Elementary and Middle School students. DYCD is releasing a separate RFP for contracts to operate COMPASS programs located in center-based and other non-public school sites.  All existing eligible COMPASS Elementary and SONYC school-based contractors must apply to this RFP to be considered for a new contract to provide COMPASS services 

after the end of the current contract term. 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


Proposal submission

All proposals must be submitted through the PASSPort system, by pre-qualified organizations. If your organization provides after-school youth services and you are interested in this opportunity, make sure you have or create a PASSPort account, and get an Approved HHS Prequalification (PQL) status. For the complete list of requirements and guidance, see the COMPASS RFP Five Steps Resource Guide on the Mayor's Office of Contract Services (MOCS) website.

The Proposal submission consists of a complete questionnaire and all required attachments referenced within the RFx.

 

COMPASS Programs in Public Schools, EPIN: 26026P0003 

Pre-proposal Conference  

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


Questions

Questions regarding this solicitation should be submitted via the Discussion with Buyer Forum within PASSPort no later than November 7, 2025.

Neighborhood Youth Team Sports Grant

EPIN: 26026N0005

Release Date: September 17, 2025 

Proposal Due Date: October 7, 2025 at 2:00pm in PASSPort 

Neighborhood Youth Team Sports Grant, funded by New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS), will provide opportunities for youth under 18 in under-resourced communities to learn and participate in team sports activities. This may include educational instruction or upgrading of equipment and facilities to prepare and/or enable youth to participate in team sports.

This opportunity is available to eligible non-DYCD providers in addition to DYCD providers that do not have youth service contracts (organizations that do not have existing COMPASS, Beacon, Cornerstone, or Saturday Night Lights contracts). 

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 regarding this Solicitation should be submitted using the Discussion with Buyer forum in Passport.

For more information on how to use PASSPort to respond to this NAQ, open the “Instructions for Responding to the RFI” link in the View RFx / Documents tab.

The Agency cannot guarantee a response to written questions regarding this Solicitation received less than one week prior to the proposal due date.

Proposal submission
All proposals must be submitted through the PASSPort system, by eligible pre-qualified organizations, no later than 2:00pm on October 7, 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 October 7, 2025 by 2:00pm.

Adult Literacy RFP Re-Issue   

EPIN: 26025P0002 

Release Date: July 23, 2025 

Pre-proposal Conference: July 31, 2025 at 1:00pm 

Pre-proposal location: virtual via Zoom 

Proposal Due Date: August 18, 2025 at 2:00pm in PASSPort 

DYCD is seeking a qualified vendors to provide Literacy programs in New York City. The populations served by the programs that are the subject of this RFP are adults that are English Language Learners (ELLs), lack sufficient mastery of basic educational skills and/or lack high school diplomas. The programs’ primary purposes are to provide contextualized literacy services to help participants and communities thrive. The program will improve a broad range of competencies related to literacy, such as basic language skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening), and support participants to meet their contextualized goals in areas including but not limited to parenting, workplace, health care and civic engagement.


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:

 

July 31, 2025 at 1:00pm

https://dycd-nyc.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/4GL1l_CmQvyY7y-HKuJfoQ


Proposal submission 

All proposals must be submitted through the PASSPort system, by pre-qualified organizations, no later than 2:00pm on August 18, 2025.  DYCD will not accept any proposals offline. The proposal submission consists of a completed questionnaire and all required attachments referenced within the RFP.

Providers who are interested in applying to this opportunity can access the solicitation document via the PASSPort Public Portal at:

Browse Public RFx: PASSPort

 

Adult Literacy RFP Re-Issue Pre-Proposal Conference files: 

Adult Literacy RFP Re-Issue Pre-Proposal Conference Presentation 

PPC Chat 7.31.25  

Adult Literacy RFP Re-Issue Zoom Registration  

Adult Literacy RFP Re-Issue PPC Video Recording 

 

Questions 

Questions regarding this RFP should be submitted via the Discussion with Buyer Forum within PASSPort no later than August 11, 2025.

RFP Awards

Child Adult Care Food Program Awards
DYCD is pleased to announce the Child Adult Care Food Program: 26023P0006 RFP Organization Deemed Eligible for Award.
Download list of Eligible Awardees

Former Requests for Proposals/Bids

Renewals and Extensions

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FY 2026

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Applications


FY 2025 COMPASS High Programs Negotiated Acquisition Notice

Pursuant to section 3-04(b)(2)(iii) of the Procurement Policy Board Rules, the Department of Youth and Community Development intends to extend the COMPASS High Programs. COMPASS High programs are for students entering grades 9 and 10. COMPASS High programs are intended to provide encouragement, support and a sense of community to help participants successfully transition from middle school to high school, stay on track through the 10th grade and make the most of their high school experience. 

The term shall be July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026.

FY25 NA for Office of Neighborhood Safety Crisis Management Systems - Notice of Intent to award messenger-based services to prevent and interrupt gun violence through proven public health approaches.

Pursuant to section 3-04(b)(2)(i)(D) of the Procurement Policy Board Rules, the Department of Youth and Community Development will negotiate with the following Crisis Management Systems (CMS) service providers. The Crisis Management System (CMS) is an integral part of creating and maintaining community safety in New York City. Operating in 28 NYPD precincts that account for more than 50% of the annual gun violence incidents across the City, CMS empowers a network of credible messenger-based services to prevent and interrupt gun violence through proven public health approaches. The term will be from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026, with an option to renew for up to two years. Below are the provider’s names, Pin numbers, addresses and the amounts.

The term will be from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026.

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Concept Papers

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For additional information, please review:

The Contracting Opportunities FAQ. You may also email us at ACCO@dycd.nyc.gov or call: 646-343-6399.