On-Call Grant Support Services

The City of Santa Cruz periodically relies on consultants to provide various professional services when workload has exceeded City staff capacity or when specialized expertise is required for a particular project. In the past, the City has, on an individual project basis, sought and processed Requests For Proposals and Requests for Qualifications to support various projects. Establishing professional services on-call lists reduce staff time and expedites project delivery by avoiding repeated solicitations of qualifications and review of proposals. Cost savings are realized from benefits associated with economies of scale and significant time savings. The City of Santa Cruz requests proposals from qualified proposers for on-call grant support services to City Departments. The City assumes the proposers may have varying levels of expertise and differing focus areas (e.g. federal, state, or foundation) in grant support services. As a result, the City expects to contract with multiple consultants to provide services on an as-needed basis. The services and general needs are more fully described in the “Preliminary Scope of Work”. The City is seeking multiple firms to provide grant support services for a three-year period, with the possibility that the initial term may be extended upon City approval. The qualified proposer(s) will provide consulting services under a master agreement. Future on-call service requests for specific scopes of work, costs, and timelines are to be negotiated for each specific project.