FY2022-23 Disparity Study

The City of Asheville's Community and Economic Development Department requests proposals from qualified firms to conduct a five (5) year disparity study of its contractual awards in goods, professional and general services, and construction. This period should cover July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2022. The objective is to determine the effectiveness of the current program and recommend modifications and adjustments, if necessary, to the City program that are in compliance with law. The Contractor shall provide the City with current legal guidance not only relative to new legislation, policies and procedures to meet any constitutional mandates, but also the programmatic needs of the City. This is the official source of this solicitation. All updates to this solicitation shall come in the form of published addenda and shall be published to the same location. The City will not be responsible for full or partial sets of Contract Documents including any addendum obtained from any other source. Proposals should be delivered to the project manager, Frank McGowan, in PDF format shared via email. Proposers are encouraged to send a test email to this address in advance of submitting their proposal to ensure the message is received. These test emails will be acknowledged by the project manager. The City of Asheville reserves the right to reject any or all Bids and to waive informalities. Information: All questions concerning this Invitation to Bid should be submitted via email. Please send a confirmation/test email to DisparityStudy -RFP@asheville.gov prior to submitting your questions. Please put 298-DISPARITYSTUDY23 in the subject line of your email. You will receive a confirmation email or receipt. If you do not receive a confirmation email, please reach out to the City of Asheville at 828-259-5811 before the submission deadline. This number is for email test failures only.

Division 31 -	Earthwork.
Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements.
Division 33 -	Utilities.
Division 34 -	Transportation.
Division 35 -	Waterway and Marine Construction.