Project initiation & work plan
Kickoff and a detailed work plan, due within 10 business days of Notice to Proceed. The kickoff itself is on-site, prime-side work.
Pre-bid brief · Live RFP · Under NDA 
A prime's pre-bid brief for Broome County RFP-2026-022.
Strategic advisory and predevelopment services to reduce hotel and motel placements for homeless households. Techtiz drafts the analytical and document work behind a US prime, NDA-first, and never county-facing.
Live · closes Jul 8, 2 PM EDT
Awarding body County of Broome
Jurisdiction Binghamton, New York
Status Drafting under NDA
Solicitation
RFP-2026-022Ref 0000425540
Ceiling
$200,000Not-to-exceed, tax-exempt
Award
Best valueSingle, all-or-none
Techtiz role
Back-officeRemote, NDA-first
Schedule of events
One hard deadline, and the envelope travels by hand.
Proposals are due July 8 at 2:00 p.m. EDT, physical sealed delivery only, no email and no electronic submission, and late proposals are not considered. The courier window is part of the schedule, not an afterthought.
Published
RFP-2026-022 released, reference 0000425540
Pre-proposal meeting
10:00 AM EDT, strongly encouraged; location not stated, confirm with the County
Questions due, 4 PM EDT
Written only, by email to both named contacts
Proposals due, 2 PM EDT
Physical sealed delivery only. No email, no late proposals
Validity ends
Proposals hold for 90 days from close
Insurance certificate
COI due within 20 business days of notice of award
The award model
Single award, best value, and the Legislature signs last.
One consultant or consultant team, all-or-none. No multi-pool or roster structure, no guaranteed minimum, and not lowest price.
The default1 best-value award. A single all-or-none selection across 7 numeric factors. The County reserves the right to negotiate with any or all proposers, reject in whole or in part, re-solicit, and waive minor non-conformities.
The approvalThe County Legislature approves. At the $200,000 level the award sits well above the $15,000 legislative threshold, which lengthens the award cycle and adds political review.
The lag60 to 90 days from close to start. The 6 to 9 month base runs from Notice to Proceed, but Legislature approval, mutual execution, and a satisfactory COI mean the effective start can lag bid close. A mobilization-lag risk, not a contradiction in the RFP text.
The tailOption to extend. Implementation support at County discretion after the base term, and Professional Liability coverage maintained for 2 years after the contract.
The differentiator · The THA frame
This is an NYS OTDA Temporary Housing Assistance engagement under 18 NYCRR Part 352, not a real-estate study, and Task 2 makes that regulatory review a required deliverable.
The pre-bid read is explicit: proposals that read as pure real-estate or economic-development work score poorly on Criterion 1, and a bidder who can show NYS OTDA THA engagement history separates from the field immediately. Understanding plus methodology carry 40 of the 100 points before any experience factor is scored, so the THA frame is where this bid is won or lost. The scope was built by the Department of Social Services with 5 other departments, and the current-state assessment starts inside the THA placement rules, not on a parcel map.
Techtiz structures and packages the THA regulatory research and the current-state analysis for the prime's licensed review. The prime owns the regulatory judgment.
The offshore allocation matrix
What a remote team builds, and what stays with the prime.
The centerpiece of this engagement. The line here is not a licensing bar; it is a data line around households experiencing homelessness, and it is absolute.
A contractual basis, not a statutory bar. The solicitation contains no offshore prohibition, and neither NYS General Municipal Law nor Broome County procurement procedures restrict where analytical and document-drafting labor sits. The gates are contractual and data-driven: an NDA executes before any County data moves, household-level data never leaves the United States, and the US prime reviews all data before anything routes to a remote team.
Offshore-eligible, post-NDA
Aggregate and public data only
Work-plan and schedule document drafting
Aggregate hotel and motel cost and utilization analysis
THA regulatory research from public records
Housing finance pro formas and operating models
Comparative cost and feasibility matrix construction
GIS mapping from public parcel data
Funding and financing research and eligibility analysis
Draft RFP and RFQ preparation and evaluation-criteria drafting, treated as confidential pre-release procurement documents under NDA
Matrix spreadsheets, strategy documents, and presentation assembly
Proposal writing and packaging against the 22-item compliance checklist
Techtiz operates only in this column, behind the prime, under NDA, and never touches the County, household-level records, or a stakeholder interview note.
US prime only
On-site, licensed, and PII work
Kickoff meeting and all on-site County department interviews
DSS household-level placement record review, PII under NYS Social Services Law
Stakeholder interview notes naming individuals
Landlord outreach and interviews in Broome County
Site visits and motel or property inspections
All presentations and Legislature briefings
Final procurement-package review with County Purchasing and Law
Where bids fail
Submitting by email Jul 8, 2 PM EDT
The rule
Physical sealed delivery only: 1 original marked ORIGINAL, 1 copy, 1 redacted FOIL copy, and 1 USB, in a sealed envelope labeled with respondent name and address, the RFP title, and the RFP number. No email or electronic submission, and late proposals are not considered.
If you miss it
Courier a full day early to the Division of Purchasing and verify the envelope label line by line before it ships.
How scoring works
7 factors, 100 points, and 40 of them before experience.
Criteria 1 and 4, understanding of the County's specific problem and a credible task plan, together outweigh any single experience factor. Fee carries one of the 2 lightest weights, so this contract does not turn on price.
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Before any point is scored, 5 pass/fail responsibility gates apply: 5 or more years of relevant experience, public-sector advisory on homeless systems or temporary housing, implementation-ready recommendation capability, demonstrated procurement-document preparation, and identification of all key subconsultants. An interview or oral presentation sits at County discretion and is likely given the 6-department stakeholder base and Legislature approval; treat it as a shortlist stage to prepare for, not a scored line item.
Scope
8 mandatory tasks, 14 deliverables, about 30 weeks.
A professional-services advisory engagement, not a build. Task 2's THA regulatory review sets the discipline for everything after it. 4 of the 8 task-level reads are locked; the full decode is in the document pack.
Current-state assessment
Hotel and motel usage and cost analysis plus the required NYS OTDA THA regulatory review under 18 NYCRR Part 352. Due within 45 days. The regulatory judgment stays with the prime.
A non-capital channel set the County has not run
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A conversion model with a financing twist
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Decision matrix & phased strategy
A comparative decision matrix and a 3-horizon strategy: immediate 0 to 90 days, near-term 3 to 12 months, medium-term 12 to 24 months.
A funding stack most of the field will miss
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A sequencing read that shortens the award
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Meetings & coordination
Presentations and coordination across the 6 departments behind the scope, including Legislature briefings. On-site and presentation work stays with the prime.
Value model
A $200,000 ceiling, and the breakdown matters more than the total.
The County expresses value as a single fixed ceiling: $200,000 not to exceed, task-based fixed fee preferred, over a 6 to 9 month base. The scenarios below are pre-bid estimates, not County figures and not a bid.
Low
$165-175ktotal fee
A reduced team. Risks reading as underscoped against an 8-task, 14-deliverable plan.
MidRecommended
$190-199ktotal fee
A full team with credible task-level support. Model under NDA
High
$200,000the ceiling
The ceiling exactly, only if the task-level breakdown justifies every dollar.
The pricing variable that matters most is not the total; it is the credibility and transparency of the task-level fee breakdown, because fee is one of the lightest-weighted factors. The County is tax-exempt, so no tax appears in any fee line, and a purely hourly or T&M proposal risks a non-responsive ruling on contract type.
Techtiz builds the task-level fee schedule and the not-to-exceed model for the prime's review. Techtiz back-office pricing is scoped per engagement after NDA.
Compliance frameworks
The rule set behind a responsive proposal.
What the packet actually requires, and where a dispute would land.
18 NYCRR Part 352 · OTDA THA
The Temporary Housing Assistance rules that govern placements. Task 2 names the review as a required current-state item.
State Finance Law 139-m
GBV workplace policy adopted and distributed before bid close. Effective November 5, 2025. No policy, no award.
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NYS Social Services Law
Household-level placement records are PII. They never leave the US prime, and never leave the United States.
FOIL
A mandatory redacted copy for release. Redact pricing, rates, and claimed-proprietary data only, never technical content.
Insurance
Statutory Workers Comp and Disability plus liability coverage with carrier-rating and exact certificate-naming requirements. The COI is due within 20 business days of award.
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Agency context
Who is buying, and the 2 named contacts.
The County of Broome is a New York State county government of 198,683 residents (2020 census; 195,736 estimated 2025), seated in Binghamton and led by County Executive Jason T. Garnar. The scope was developed by the Department of Social Services in coordination with Mental Health, Planning and Economic Development, Health, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Law, 6 departments in total, with the Division of Purchasing as contracting authority. Communication runs through 2 named contacts only: <strong>Carolyn Secor, Division of Purchasing,</strong> carolyn.secor@broomecountyny.gov, with the County Executive's office copied on all written inquiries. No phone is published in the solicitation; verify at broomecountyny.gov. The prime, not Techtiz, uses that channel.
The County of Broome is a New York State county government of 198,683 residents (2020 census; 195,736 estimated 2025), seated in Binghamton and led by County Executive Jason T. Garnar. The scope was developed by the Department of Social Services in coordination with Mental Health, Planning and Economic Development, Health, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Law, 6 departments in total, with the Division of Purchasing as contracting authority. Communication runs through 2 named contacts only: Carolyn Secor, Division of Purchasing, carolyn.secor@broomecountyny.gov, with the County Executive's office copied on all written inquiries. No phone is published in the solicitation; verify at broomecountyny.gov. The prime, not Techtiz, uses that channel.
198,683
Residents, 2020 census
6
Departments behind the scope
2
Named contacts, written only
The competing field
41 primes mapped, 15 of them in New York.
Computed from the bidder database, public-source estimates for partner targeting, not audited numbers. 1 firm, Helio Health, appears twice in the database (2 offices), a minor double count.
41
Primes mapped
27 / / 14
Highly vs partially relevant
15
New York in-state
~$21.9B
Combined est. revenue
8
National, $100M or more
14
Mid-market, $10M to $100M
19
Boutique, under $10M
5+ yrs
Gate local nonprofits miss
The $21.9B total is dominated by 1 firm: AECOM at ~$16.1B is roughly 73 percent of it. Excluding AECOM the field totals about $5.8B; excluding AECOM and ICF (~$2.1B), about $3.7B. The 3 largest are AECOM, ICF, and Baker Tilly (~$980M), then CohnReznick (~$720M) and Abt Global (~$680M). The realistic set is narrower: consultancies with dedicated homeless-systems practices that do both strategy and hands-on procurement drafting.
The full named map and the relevance scoring across all 41 firms are in the full document pack.
Before June 16
3 questions worth filing.
Written questions go by email to both named contacts before the deadline. Techtiz never contacts the County; these are questions Techtiz can help the prime draft. The 3rd, the one that does the most work, is in the full pack.
Question 01
What is the DSS data access model and format?
Whether hotel and motel cost data arrives as aggregate extracts or system access defines what a remote team can model and what stays onshore.
Question 02
What is the preferred Legislature presentation timeline?
The approval calendar drives the phased-strategy dates and the mobilization plan after award.
Question 03
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Under NDA How Techtiz fits
The analytical layer, behind your firm.
Techtiz drafts the models, the matrices, the maps, and the documents, and hands a review-ready package to the prime. The prime holds the client relationship, the licensed and on-site work, the THA regulatory judgment, the past performance, and the signature under penalty of perjury.
NDA before any data
A mutual NDA before a single record moves. Aggregate and public data only; no household-level PII offshore; no County household data stored outside the United States.
Draft the analytical layer
Pro formas, comparative matrices, GIS maps from public parcel data, THA research from public records, funding eligibility analysis, and draft procurement documents.
Validate & package
Your team validates every claim and owns the regulatory judgment; Techtiz assembles the proposal against the County's 22-item compliance checklist, sealed-envelope ready.
Your firm owns the response
The submission, the presentations, the Legislature briefings, the references, the signature, and all County contact stay with the prime.
NDA Prime name, engagement value, and proprietary content stay under NDA. Techtiz never contacts the County and never touches household-level placement data.
Bidding RFP-2026-022? The window is open.
Request the full document pack.
The decoded 8-task scope read, the THA regulatory frame, the comparative-matrix and pro forma structures, the task-level fee model, the 22-item compliance checklist map, and the where-bids-fail checklist. A US partner manager replies within 1 business day, under a mutual NDA, never county-facing, and never touching household-level data.
Frequently asked questions
Pre-bid brief & confidentiality
Quick answers about how to use this engagement example and what detail is available under NDA.
Why is the prime contractor name withheld?
Most SLED subcontract work sits under mutual NDA and prime branding requirements. Public summaries describe engagement type, technical surface, and outcomes. Partner names and proposal content are shared only with explicit written permission or under an executed teaming agreement.
Can Techtiz support our bid on a similar pursuit?
Yes. If your pursuit matches this engagement type, email sled@techtiz.co or use the teaming intake form. Within 1 business day a U.S.-based partner manager replies with a mutual NDA template and a calendar slot—never agency-facing.
What do we receive under NDA?
Full RFP-decode packs, compliance matrices, technical volumes, submission runbooks, and named-resume options scoped to your vehicle and timeline. Prime name, pricing, and agency data stay inside the prime boundary.
Does Techtiz contact the procuring agency?
No. Techtiz is subcontract-only and never faces the agency. Your program manager holds the client relationship, sign-off, and all agency communication.