​On September 20th, 2017, Hurricane María hit Puerto Rico causing catastrophic island-wide damages. In response to this major disaster, the Governor of Puerto Rico issued the Executive Order Number OE-2017-047, declaring a state of emergency in Puerto Rico. Additionally, on September 21, 2017, the President of the United State of America issued a Major Disaster Declaration for Puerto Rico, ordering federal assistance to supplement the Government of Puerto Rico’s (GPR’s) recovery efforts and authorizing federal funding for emergency works in all seventy-eight (78) municipalities of our island, in order to begin to recover from the effects of this catastrophic disaster.
 
In response to the recovery efforts, in February 9, 2018, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allocated $1,507,179,000 to the Government of Puerto Rico in Community Development Block Grant for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds appropriated by the Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements, 2017, for the purpose of assisting in long-term recovery from 2017 disasters.  The Puerto Rico Department of Housing (PRDOH) has been designated by the Governor of Puerto Rico as the grantee and administrator of this allocation. In addition to recover and rebuild, these funds are granted to stimulate economic growth in every affected community.
 
The PRDOH is working to complete all documentation to execute an amendment to a Programmatic Agreement (PA) related to CDBG-DR projects subject to environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act and HUD’s corresponding implementing regulations at 24 CFR Part 50 and 58, Protection and Enhancement of Environmental Quality, as well as Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), 16 USC § 470f, and its implementing regulations at 36 CFR Part 800, Protection of Historic and Cultural Properties.
 
The PRDOH seeks to contract historic preservation services with the intention to have in place historic preservation consultants that will revise projects' documentation that require in depth analysis to comply with the abovementioned regulations. The Historic Preservation Specialist must provide guidance to manage situations were comprehensive analysis will be needed and will provide all necessary services to address these situations with state and federal agencies.
 
The RFP process is designed to promote fair and open competition while seeking a cost competitive option. The RFP package must be downloaded from the website www.cdbg-dr.pr.gov in the “Procurement” section. Interested Proposers must be registered using the forms available on the “Registration” section at www.cdbg-dr.pr.gov. Download and complete the CDBG-DR Procurement Process Registration Form. All prospective Proposers must send the completed CDBG-DR Procurement Process Registration Form to cdbgdr-procurement@vivienda.pr.gov. Alternatively, prospective Proposers can also obtain hardcopies of this RFP at the PRDOH’s headquarters at no cost on business days at the Procurement Office located on the 9th floor of the Department of Housing, 606 Barbosa Ave., Juan Cordero Building, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Attention: Mr. José A. Rivera Delgado, Acting Contracts Manager. For any additional information on the RFP’s documents availability, you may contact us at (787) 759-9407 Ext. 3030. Responses to this RFP should be prepared in accordance with the instructions provided in the RFP package. The Proposal will be evaluated by the PRDOH as described in the RFP and in accordance with applicable local and federal laws and regulations, including HUD’s requirements, among others. Proposals will be held in confidence and will not be released for public review until the final awards is completed.
 
The PRDOH is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate as to sex, gender or sexual identity, race, age, national origin, religious creed, civil status, war veterans, handicap or disable status. We appreciate your interest in being considered for the performance of the services described in this RFP.