City of Chicago

Department of Family and Support Services

Legal Advertisement Request Form

DESCRIPTION:  Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS),

Domestic Worker Relief Fund RFP

As part of Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago Recovery Plan and aligned with her leadership to address the racial and gender disparities within the care economy, the Domestic Worker Relief Fund (“the Fund”) seeks to provide emergency cash assistance to domestic workers in Chicago. The goal of the Fund is to reach between 8,000-8,500 domestic workers who have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and to support their economic stability by providing one-time, $500 cash payments.

"Domestic worker" means a person whose primary duties include housekeeping; house cleaning; home management; nanny services, including childcare and child monitoring; caregiving, personal care or home health services for elderly persons or persons with illnesses, injuries, or disabilities who require assistance in caring for themselves; laundering; cooking; companion services; chauffeuring; and other household services to members of households or their guests in or about a private home or residence, or any other location where the domestic work is performed.

The Department of Family and Support Services (“DFSS”) seeks proposals from agencies who can fulfill all of the identified program administration functions for the Fund. The ideal respondent (“Program Administrator”) will have the resources and experience needed to implement the following overall components: 1) program management and coordination of the end-to-end application experience in coordination with stakeholders; 2) technology platform for application and enrollment; 3) coordination with sub-contracted outreach agencies; 4) application verification and selection; and 5) payment distribution and management. The selected Respondent will be required to sub-contract with trusted community-based organizations in this contract award to conduct outreach to domestic workers and help them to connect to the Fund.

The term of contract(s) executed under this RFP will be from March 23, 2022 - December 31, 2023.

For more information, please refer to the application posted on the City of Chicago’s eProcurement page: https://eprocurement.cityofchicago.org/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?OAFunc=PON_ABSTRACT_PAGE&PON_NEGOTIATION_STATUS=ACTIVE

A note about the City’s eProcurement System:

For those who have not done business with the City of Chicago before, registration in iSupplier is the first step to ensuring your agency’s ability to conduct business with the City of Chicago and DFSS. Please allow five to seven days for your registration to be processed.

Current contractors need only to start an application via their existing iSupplier/eProcurement account. 

All vendors must have a Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) and an IRS W9 for registration and confirmation of vendor business information.

RFP DUE DATE/SUBMISSION LOCATION:

March 11, 2022

 12:00, NOON CST

Proposals must be submitted via on-line application.

E-mailed or faxed proposals will not be accepted.

PRE-PROPOSAL WEBINAR

A Pre-Proposal Webinar will be held on February 25, 2022, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Attendance is not mandatory but is advised.

Please register prior to the webinar’s start using this link:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1993894389310715404

Question due date from Applicants: February 28, 2022

A link to the completed Webinar will be available on-line at the DFSS website after the time and date listed above for those who cannot attend at the live scheduled time. Please register prior to the Webinar’s start. The purpose of this pre-submittal event is to clarify the RFP process and the scope of the required services. Attendance is not mandatory, but it is strongly suggested that interested applicants attend.

DFSS Applicant Webinar_8486 Domestic Worker RFP_ FINAL

Chicago Resiliency Fund 2.0 Program Administrator Recorded Webinar : 

https://youtu.be/zRg8Kjsnetg