Description
The County of Greene is seeking proposals to establish a roster of qualified consultants to provide assistance to the Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Planning (GCEDTP) and other County Departments as may be designated. The GCEDTP is a multi-disciplinary economic development, tourism and planning agency that implements a wide variety of programs and activities for community and economic development, capital facility development, engineering, architecture, construction management, planning, transportation, information technology, and communications and media and grant writing.
Some of the key services that the consultants will be expected to provide include:
• Preparation of grants in accordance with specified requirements of various public agencies
• Program delivery and administration for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, Microenterprise Assistance Program (MAP), Greene County Revolving Loan Program (Quantum Fund)
• General promotion of industry and community and economic development services
• Planning services, including land use and project plans, affordable housing projects, broadband, cellular and radio communications, public facilities, infrastructure, grant writing services, Brownfield Redevelopment planning, environmental impact statements, State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) assistance, and Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan
• Engineering and architectural services, including site design, renderings, engineered drawings, construction and bid document preparation, land surveying, and site and project analysis and estimating
• Construction management services, including professional construction management services that provide Greene County with effective management of capital facility construction with oversight of schedule, cost, quality, safety, scope, and function
• Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code (Uniform Code) and State Energy Conservation Construction Code (Energy Code) administration services
• Information technology services, including industry research, network design, camera and wireless surveillance, procurement of goods and services, state audit reporting, risk and security assessment, and consulting support for the County’s Information Technology Department
• Environmental services for site assessments and archeological surveys, including phase 1 environmental site assessments, phase 2 environmental site assessments, and archeological surveys
• Land surveying, including preparation of legal boundaries, maps, and metes and bounds descriptions
• Communication and media services for the Department’s “Buy In Greene/Invest In Greene” business and consumer programs, including management of Greene County Economic Development Corporation and Department of Economic Development and Planning website(s), press releases, digital paid and social media campaigns
• Public transportation planning, including assistance with Greene County Transit program planning, operations, and implementation, non-motorized transportation planning, compliance with Federal and State transportation-focused agencies, and grant writing