Business Support Services

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.