06926D0002-PantryLink Challenge

12/15/2025 12:00:00 PM (Your Local Time)

Notice for PantryLink Challenge - 06926D0002

The New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) through its Community Food Connection (CFC) Program welcomes proposals from qualified vendors to design and implement a scalable, participant-centered solution to enhance the City’s emergency food assistance system through a voucher-based or credit-based food assistance model. Through this pilot/RFx, DSS seeks to expand food access, increase participant choice and dignity, and reduce operational inefficiencies within the emergency food network. procure a voucher-based or credit-based food assistance model that empowers participants who utilize CFC-funded pantries with direct purchasing power.

Anticipated # of Contracts: One (1) or more task-orders based on a one (1) master agreement (MMA1) award

Antiticpated Contract Term: July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2029

Antiticpated Procurement Value:

• Anticipated total maximum available funding: $5,000 ,000 over the contract term.
• Total costs to administer this pilot (“Total Administrative Costs), including but not limited to overhead, professional and administrative expenses, and profit/indirect rates, should not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the $1M budgeted for food (i.e., up to a total of $1.25M in the pilot year).
• The resulting master agreement will be issued task orders for subsequent phases of the pilot project in the manner discussed in the RFx. DSS may re-allocate funds based on those pilot outcomes across all master

Questions regarding this RFx must be transmitted in writing to the Agency Contact Person, Delano Browne at cbpcfc@hra.nyc.gov . Questions submitted before the information session will be addressed during the session. Answers to questions discussed at the conference, along with any substantive questions received subsequently, will be provided via addendum to the Citywide Bidder’s List through the PASSPort system.

To express interest in this Challenge-Based Demonstration Project or RFx,  organizations must have an account in PASSPort. Proposals will ONLY be accepted through PASSPort. If you do not have a PASSPort account in PASSPort, please visit www.nyc.gov/passport . Please submit your proposals by both acknowledging the receipt of the RFx in the Acknowledgement tab and completing your response in the Manage Responses tab of PASSPort. Vendor resources can found here Resources Library | MOCS . If you need additional technical assistance with PASSPort, please contact the MOCS Service Desk at www.nyc.gov/mocshelp .