Rural Planning Grant Service

The Iowa government authority is seeking a vendor to provide rural planning grant services. The agency is trying to solve the problem of rural communities needing to interpret publicly available hard data to implement local changes. The program supports the use of online information to help communities enact changes through development codes, local ordinances, and housing incentives specific to individual community needs. The scope of work requires the vendor to provide a rural housing readiness assessment grant program. This program will empower communities to assess their current development environment and enact changes that result in policies and procedures attractive to potential developers. The selected vendor will perform all work offsite over a contract period of two years. Eligible bidders must be onshore organizations based in the United States. The agency is looking for proposals to determine the budget and has not disclosed a specific funding limit. The agency has not provided specific evaluation criteria or key dates in the initial solicitation.