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.

__________________________

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.

__________________________

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

Rangel Neighborhood Youth Team Sports Grant

Procurement: Competitive Negotiated Acquisition

EPIN: 26025N0121

Release Date: October 28, 2024

Proposal Due Date: November15, 2024 at 2:00 PM 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 November 15, 2024.  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 November 15, 2024 by 2:00pm.

Rangel Community Center Competitive Negotiated Acquisition

Procurement: Competitive Negotiated Acquisition

EPIN: 26025N0077

Release Date: October 17, 2024

Proposal Due Date: November 8, 2024 at 2:00 PM in PASSPort

The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) is seeking to identify organizations to provider community, and youth development activities at the Rangel Houses Community Center. The vendor will implement and provide hands-on activities focused on supporting the development of children and young adults and fostering positive relationships within the community. Programming and activities should primarily take place at the Rangel Houses Community Center and within the Rangel Houses Development. Activities should be designed to support middle school and high school aged young adults. The vendor can propose a wide range of services to address the diverse needs of Rangel youth residents, including educational programs, health and wellness initiatives, recreational activities, soft skills workforce development, and social support services. Such comprehensive services would help foster a well-rounded, supportive environment for the community.

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, no later than November 8th, 2024, by 2:00pm .

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 November 8th, 2024, by 2:00pm.

Questions

Questions regarding this NAQ should be submitted using the Discussion with Buyer forum.

For more information on how to use PASSPort to respond to this NAQ, open the “Instructions for Responding to the RFP(RFx)” 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.