Comprehensive Needs Assessment

Estimated Initial Contract Period: Start Date 03/01/2022 End Date 12/31/2022. SCOPE OF SERVICES The RAD Capital Needs Assessment (RCNA) and CNA e-Tool will provide HAD with the data needed to determine the initial reserve funding required by HAD to convert any or all of its 393 public housing units, and for SHA to convert all of its 50 public housing units to RAD. General Requirements. The selected Contractor will follow all inspection and reporting requirements for the RCNA and e-Tool 3.0 included in the RAD PIH Notice H-2019-09 PIH 2019-23 HA for housing authorities converting from public housing to Section 8. Generally, the RCNA will identify health and safety concerns and capital needs over a 20-year period. The preparation of the RCNA will include the following: 1. Perform interviews and review existing property documentation with knowledgeable HAD staff including building plans, histories, prior assessments, maintenance records, and Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) scores to understand if repairs/replacements have occurred. 2. Identify all development components that will be part of the assessment. 3. Establish a methodology that will sample multiple like-kind buildings, and common areas such as lobbies, corridors, and community facilities, in accordance with the HUD RAD program. The HUD RCNA tool provides a general list of potential components to be assessed. Generally, components to be assessed are those for which replacement represents a significant capital cost eligible for funding from the HUD Capital Fund Grant received by the PHA. The HUD list is not all inclusive and may not include significant components that will need assessment. 4. Perform walks, rough assessment/inspections of the property to ascertain the condition of the property to include immediate critical and non-critical needs; general code compliance; expected repair, replacement, and major refurbishment needs; and total estimated cost to complete such items. The assessor will record the data on Data Collection forms for the following: site, building exterior, building systems, unit, and common areas. 5. The assessor will provide and record an estimate of Expected Useful Life (EUL) for each individual component and will provide a source for EUL in general.