Energy Waste Reduction Workforce Development Program Statewide Governance and Administration Coordination Services
- Client
- Lansing, Michigan
- RFP Number
- EXTRA-78163
- Posted
- 10/17/2026
- Category
- Professional, Consulting, Administrative or Management Support Services
- Budget
- Looking for Proposals
- NAICS
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Description
AI GeneratedThe Michigan Works! Association seeks a United States organization to provide offsite statewide governance and administration coordination services for its Energy Waste Reduction Workforce Development Program. The selected vendor will maintain a monday.com workspace, build Power Automate flows, generate automated reports and dashboards, analyze issue trends, and support performance scorecards and utility data feeds. Eligible entities include onshore U.S. organizations with required minimum qualifications in monday.com, Power Automate, key staff hands-on experience, and data security capabilities. Women, minority, and veteran-owned business enterprises are encouraged to apply. Proposals must be emailed in PDF format to Natasha Allen by November 6, 2026, at 5:00 PM EST, and all inquiries are due by October 23, 2026. Submissions must include technical details, staff bios, and a line-item cost-reimbursement budget covering hourly rates and deliverable hours without software license costs. Proposals are evaluated out of 100 points based on technical approach (30), organizational background (30), budget cost (25), proposal accuracy (5), Michigan location (5), and small or minority business status (5), alongside pass/fail minimum qualifications. The contract period aligns with the program year of July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027, with a potential optional extension.
Key solicitation details
AI-extracted from Michigan_Works_Association_WFD_Governance_Admin_RFP.pdf. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.
The Michigan Works! Association is seeking a contractor to provide statewide governance and administration coordination services for its Energy Waste Reduction Workforce Development Program. The successful bidder will build and operate systems to coordinate 16 local agencies, track outcomes, and meet reporting and compliance requirements. Onshore USA organizations are eligible.
- Issued by
- Michigan Works! Association
- RFP released
- Friday, October 16, 2026
- Deadline for inquiries
- Friday, October 23, 2026, 5:00 PM (EST)
- Responses to inquiries posted
- Friday, October 30, 2026, 5:00 PM (EST)
- Proposals due
- Friday, November 6, 2026, 5:00 PM (EST)
- Notification of award
- By Wednesday, November 11, 2026
- Anticipated contract start
- Monday, November 16, 2026
- How to submit
- Electronic
- Submission details
- Submitted in PDF format only to Natasha Allen, Director of Strategic Initiatives, at [email protected]. Submit Section I and Section II.
- Contract term
- From the date of award through September 30, 2027, with optional extensions for up to three (3) additional years.
- Estimated value
- Not to exceed $80,000.00 for the contract term
- Place of performance
- Performance of the work will be offsite.
- Insurance and bonding
- The bidder may be required to obtain licenses and liability insurance, including cyber liability coverage and bonding of staff responsible for financial transactions.
How proposals are evaluated
| Minimum Qualifications – monday.com and Power Automate experience, key staff, and data security | Pass/Fail |
| Technical Approach & Work Plan – quality of the proposed monday.com and Power Automate solution, reporting approach, and implementation timeline | 30 |
| Organizational Background & Qualifications – depth of relevant experience, strength of key staff, portfolio, and references | 30 |
| Budget Considerations & Cost – sufficient detail provided to assure reasonable cost | 25 |
| Accuracy and Completeness of Proposal | 5 |
| Location – Michigan-based firms | 5 |
| Small-Minority-Women-Veteran Owned Business | 5 |
Scope of work
- Coordinate governance structure including meetings, agendas, materials, minutes, and action-item tracking
- Maintain statewide compliance and deliverables calendar
- Support Program Manual, forms, templates, tools, FAQs, and administrative guidance maintenance
- Support subgrantee monitoring, desk reviews, schedules, and tracking findings
- Enhance and administer monday.com workspace serving as coordination hub
- Build and maintain Power Automate flows automating local agency data collection and transfers
- Produce or automate monthly Program reports and dashboards
- Support monthly data feeds, balancing reports, and cycle-time reports
Minimum qualifications
- Demonstrated experience designing, building, and administering monday.com workspaces for at least 2 clients or programs within the past 3 years
- Demonstrated experience building and maintaining production Microsoft Power Automate flows for at least 2 clients or programs within the past 3 years
- Key staff proposed must personally have hands-on experience with both monday.com and Power Automate
- Willingness to complete utility's Vendor Security Review Questionnaire and comply with information security and confidentiality requirements
Documents to include with the bid
- Signed Proposal Cover Page (Section I)
- Organizational Background description (100 words or less)
- Minimum Qualifications descriptions for required experience
- Portfolio & Qualifications including résumés or brief bios
- Technical Approach & Work Plan
- Budget detailing costs by Statement of Need area, hourly rates, and estimated hours by deliverable
- Three client references
- Conflict of Interest Disclosure
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