Strategic Plan Development Service for Homeless Response

The Rhode Island Department of Housing is seeking a vendor to lead a statewide, stakeholder-driven process to organize, draft, and deliver a comprehensive strategic plan to address homelessness. The agency needs this plan to align with state statutory responsibilities and federal strategic guidance while including measurable implementation steps and reporting commitments. The selected vendor will finalize a detailed workplan, review relevant Rhode Island statutes, assess current system capacity, and provide a summary of findings and gap analysis. The scope of work requires analyzing Point-in-Time counts, shelter utilization, exit destinations, length of homelessness, inflow/outflow trends, and racial/ethnic data. The agency expects the vendor to produce clear, visual data products like charts, maps, and dashboards to support recommendations. Additionally, the project covers drafting a plan with evidence-based approaches, identifying federal and state funding resources, and providing recommendations for progress report templates. Only onshore organizations based in the United States are eligible to bid on this opportunity. The agency requires the performance of the work to be conducted offsite, and bidders must submit their responses digitally via email or online. While the agency has not disclosed a specific budget and is looking for proposals, all questions regarding this opportunity must be submitted no later than June 15, 2026.