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February 8, 2019

Q) How much funding is available for this contract?  A) We will size the budget to the amount of work the consultant proposes, if that amount of work/approach make sense.

Q) What is the source of funding for this contract? A)This work is for our 2020-24 Consolidated Plan as well as for our CoC, so we are funding it with our CDBG Administration & Planning funds.

The additional data and reports requested have been added to the posting as attachments.  

Feb 1, 2019

Please note an exhibit A has been added to the posting to provide additional information relevant to the solicitation

Jan 25, 2019

Q) Is it only Lake County or Illinois firms that qualify to apply for the project?
A) No

Q) Can proposals be mailed in? As it is written the RFP seems to suggest that proposals be hand delivered to the address specified on the 9th floor office at 18 N County Street by the due date.
A) Yes, proposals can be mailed in.

Q) My firm is a sole proprietorship. There is a requirement in the RFP for an Account representative. I do my own accounting for the business. Does this disqualify me from making a proposal?
A) An “account representative” serves as the main contact between the vendor and Lake County. This is not the same as the person who does accounting for a business. You may serve as the account representative for your firm; however, please note that this is a large project with a short turnaround time, and staff capacity is a factor that is considered when selecting the best proposal.

Q) The timeline seems unreasonable for the research and delivery of the study. The contract extension occurs on April 9th and the research is expected to be completed April 15th with a draft report due Ma1st. This doesn't seem to make sense because the RFP is already limiting innovative approaches that could be used for the study by prescribing the use of the research approach, "perform outreach, interview stakeholders, and complete research." That also leaves only one week for the study. Why is there a rush to get the study completed?
A) The study must be completed according to the timeline provided. Only vendors that have the capacity to complete the work in the timeline provided should respond to the RFP. The contract for the Gap Analysis report will be executed on April 9th with a draft due on May 1st.  The County reserves the right to enter into contracts with qualified proposers to perform research duties of a limited scope prior to executing the Gap Analysis contract on April 9th. 

Q) Will you please provide my firm with access to the HMIS data for Lake County if you think my firm qualifies?
A) HMIS calculations of HUD’s system performance measures will be posted in this Answer section as soon as they become publicly available.