About this opportunity
AI summaryThe City of Detroit issues this Request for Information to gather market insights from experienced call center operators to support and potentially upgrade the Detroit Housing Resource Helpline. The city projects the system must handle approximately 120,000 calls annually across operational tracks including Call Center Operations and Call Center Technology/Integration. Required capabilities include intake and triage, CRM and software data capture, multilingual support in at least four languages, quality assurance, and tracking metrics. Only onshore United States organizations are eligible to respond, and respondents may submit their materials digitally via email or online for offsite performance. Because this RFI serves planning purposes only, the city does not intend to award a contract or evaluate proposals from this request. The city will use the submitted information to develop future requests for proposals.
Buyer and opportunity details
- Client
- City of Detroit
- Solicitation No.
- 55095
Scope of work
- Internal intake and triage for emergency and non-emergency housing needs
- Secure caller data capture and integration with external CRMs and case management software
- Operating helpline hours Monday through Friday 8am to 6pm and Saturday 9am to 12pm
- Routing calls to an after-hours emergency line and maintaining phone number 866-313-2520
- Phone tree multilingual greeting translation for English, Spanish, Arabic, and Bengali
- Outreach and follow-up via text message, email, and robocalls
- Quality assurance processes including electronic and recorded call recordkeeping
- Tracking and reporting metrics such as call volumes, wait times, and referral outcomes
Minimum qualifications
- Experienced call center operators, especially those with social service delivery experience
Documents to include with your response
- Call Center Technology/Integration Questionnaire responses
- Call Center Operation Questionnaire responses
- Solution architecture
- Data-flow diagram
- City AI Factsheet for applicable AI tools
