Business Support Services

ColoradoColorado, USADue Monday, October 5, 2026

Client: Colorado
RFP Number: MRB-56944
Posted: —
Category: Marketing and Branding
Budget: Looking for proposals
NAICS: —
Set-aside: small business support programs and services across agency’s Neighborhood Equity and Stabilization (NEST) neighborhoods with established business corridors in specified census tracts that reside in low-moderate income areas.
Contact: —

Description

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The agency seeks qualified onshore United States governmental institutions, educational institutions, or not-for-profit organizations to deliver business support services across Neighborhood Equity and Stabilization neighborhoods. The selected vendor must provide integrated business technical assistance, one-on-one mentoring, and place-based corridor promotion in specified low-to-moderate-income census tracts. Required scope includes capital readiness, business planning, resource navigation, marketing strategy, digital commerce, procurement readiness, branding, merchant collaboration, digital business directories, and event programming to strengthen small businesses and activate commercial areas. Bidders will perform the work offsite. The agency seeks proposals to establish the budget. The buyer will hold a virtual pre-bid conference on September 15, 2026. Bidders must submit all questions no later than September 18, 2026. The provided text contains no specific evaluation criteria or additional key submission dates.

Key solicitation details

AI-extracted from 1-2026_cdbg_bss_rfp_guidelines_final_8.31.26.pdf. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.

Denver Economic Development and Opportunity is seeking qualified governmental, educational institutions, or not-for-profit organizations to deliver small business support programs and services across Denver's Neighborhood Equity and Stabilization (NEST) neighborhoods. The solicitation covers Business Technical Assistance, Mentoring, and Business/Corridor Promotion. Eligible proposers include governmental, educational institutions, or not-for-profit agencies engaged in public…

Issued by: Denver Economic Development and Opportunity (DEDO)
RFP Issued: Monday, August 31, 2026 2:00
Pre-Proposal Conference: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 2:00
RFP Guidelines Questions Due: Friday, September 18, 2026 4:00 PM
Addendum to RFP Released: Tuesday, September 22, 2026 4:00 PM
Proposal Submission Deadline: Monday, October 5, 2026 4:00 PM
How to submit: Electronic via online application portal
Submission details: Proposals must be submitted through the online Zengine application portal. Proposals not submitted through the online application will not be considered.
Contract term: Commencing upon contract execution and through September 30, 2028, with up to three additional one-year renewal periods.
Place of performance: Denver's NEST neighborhoods with established business corridors in specified census tracts in low-moderate income areas.
Insurance and bonding: Workers' Compensation Statutory limits; Employer's Liability minimum $500,000 each accident, $500,000 policy limit disease, $500,000 each employee disease; Commercial General Liability minimum $1,000,000 per occurrence and $1,000,000 policy aggregate limit; Professional Liability minimum $1,000,000 per claim and $1,000,000 policy aggregate limit.
Funding: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program; 2 CFR Part 200

How proposals are evaluated

Organizational experience and capacity	20%
Evidence of Successful Experience with HUD or Similar Federal Funding
Budget prioritizes direct services

Scope of work

Business technical assistance and mentoring
Targeted business- and corridor-focused promotional strategies
Place-based strategies including branding, marketing, digital presence, event programming, and community activation
Specialized business functions including capital readiness, business planning, marketing strategy, digital commerce, and procurement readiness
One-on-one mentoring to help businesses apply marketing and visibility strategies
Corridor promotional activities directly tied to technical assistance
Resource navigation and operational needs support
Coordinated branding, merchant collaboration, digital business directories, and wayfinding

Minimum qualifications

Must be a governmental, educational institution, or not-for-profit organization or agency engaged in public service
Non-governmental proposers must be registered with the Colorado Secretary of State to do business in Colorado
Must not be presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded by any Federal department or agency
Must be current with the City on any loan, contractual, or tax obligation
Must demonstrate ability to provide full coverage of designated eligible NEST service area

Documents to include with the bid

IRS Form W-9
Federal Tax ID Number
SAM Registration and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)
Federal Tax Exemption Determination Letter
Certificate of Good Standing from Secretary of State
Current fiscal year Organization Budget
Lobbying Certification
Drug-Free Workplace Certification
Contract Certification Form and Negotiation
Certificates of Insurance

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