LISC Greater Kansas City seeks a consultant to provide overall management and coordination for the creation of a business plan for a new regional housing trust fund (HTF). The business plan will identify and include the logic model or theory of change, goals, structure, governance, lending and funding products, and funding sources. This would be the first of its kind in the Kansas City region in that it will blend public, private, and philanthropic dollars (as debt, equity, and grants) that will be deployed to affordable housing projects across the entire Kansas City metro region.
RFP Responses are due no later than 12:00 PM (CDT) on July 31, 2023.
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View the RFP and more information here
All questions regarding this RFP should be directed to Amanda Wilson, Senior Program Officer, via email (awilson@lisc.org). Responses to all questions will be published regularly on this page.
Is the Fund Capitalization + Launch piece something LISC, and not the consultant, will be leading after the Plan under Goal + Design is completed? Or, is the consultant expected to lead the Fund Capitalization + Launch as well?
The Scope of Work and Deliverables is the overall project timeline that includes activities that the Consultant will lead and/or support and also activities that the Consultant is not expected to lead and/or support. We wanted to include a more comprehensive scope and timeline so anyone responding to the RFP can see how we envision the entire process.
The expectations of the Consultant are outlined in the section “The Consultant will conduct the following” on page 2 and where “Consultant deliverables” are listed in the Proposed Scope of Work and Deliverables – as I think you stated in your email.
The Fund Capitalization + Launch section is dependent on the Business Plan that is created. LISC will be leading the Fund Capitalization + Launch work listed on page 4.
Where the RFP states “The Consultant would support LISC in securing funding sources through material creation, supporting scheduling meetings and small convenings, and ensuring meeting follow-up” on page 3 - this refers to the Investor/Funder Interest section at the top of page 4 where deliverables are listed as “PowerPoint and 1-pager for Investor/Funder meetings” and where the Consultant will help in scheduling those meetings and ensuring there is follow-up from those meetings. We don’t currently envision the Consultant supporting these activities during the Fund Capitalization + Launch phase.
The only thing we currently envision the Consultant supporting in the Fund Capitalization + Launch phase is “assist[ing] staff as needed in developing the fund’s first RFP” but this an optional, to be determined activity, based on whether LISC needs the support and whether the Consultant has fully expended their time.