07126P0006-Homeless Outreach Services within the MTA System

2/14/2026 2:00:00 PM (Your Local Time)

The Department of Homeless Services (DHS) is seeking an appropriately qualified vendor to provide street outreach, case management and housing placement services to individuals experiencing homelessness in public spaces, including the street and subway, many of whom face complex challenges including serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Outreach teams are a referral source or service-rich placements designed to engage individuals who are not yet ready for traditional shelter, offering a pathway toward permanent housing. There will be 4 contracts for outreach within the MTA system, which will be broken down as follows: (1) Catchment Area 1- the MTA system within Manhattan, (2) Catchment Area 2- the MTA system within Bronx, (3) Catchment Area 3- the MTA system within the Brooklyn and (4) Catchment Area 4 the MTA system within Queens.  There will be one award per Competition Pool (Catchment Area). The contractor will have teams go into the MTA System, engage individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness, provide assessments, services and placements, and case manage the clients through to permanent housing.

• Anticipated Contract Term: 7/1/2026 - 6/30/2029
• Anticipated Annual Funding: $27,508,008
• Anticipated total maximum available funding: $82,524,024
• Anticipated number of contracts: 4

Questions regarding this RFx must be transmitted in writing to the Agency Contact Person via  ACCOContractPlanning@dss.nyc.gov. Questions received prior to the Pre-Proposal Conference will be answered at the conference. Responses to questions addressed at the conference and those received subsequently will shared in an addendum through the PASSPort System.

To respond to this Human/Client Services RFx, organizations must have an account and an approved HHS Prequalification Application in PASSPort. Proposals and Prequalification applications will ONLY be accepted through PASSPort. If you do not have a PASSPort account or an approved HHS Prequalification Application 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 .