Request Issued by: Democracy at Work Institute (DAWI)
Date of issuance: Updated 9/25/2024
Response Due Date: 10/4/2024
Title: New York City Cooperative Education Support Contractor
Project Overview and Qualifications
DAWI seeks a technical assistance provider to work with new, emerging, and converting worker-owned cooperatives in rural communities across the country. Applicants must have demonstrated experience in areas of work outlined in the scope, strong relationships and credibility within the world of democratic workplaces and the ability to activate those workplaces to participate, and show that they have the ability to coordinate peer advisors from democratic workplaces.
About DAWI
The Democracy at Work Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit movement-based think-and-do tank that expands the promise of cooperative business ownership to communities most directly affected by economic, social, and racial inequality. We do research and advocacy; we develop tools and new models; we train worker-owners and developers; and we build cooperative development capacity to ensure that further growth in the worker cooperative movement reaches low-income people, people of color and recent immigrants. In all our work, as well as internal operations, we strive to embody our organizational values of Excellence, Equity, Entrepreneurialism, Collaboration, and Human-Centeredness.
Scope of Work
Anticipated project period: 10/1/2024 - 9/30/2025
Anticipated project budget: $40,000
The Democracy at Work Institute seeks a qualified partner to provide support on a wide range of initiatives. We anticipate that the project deliverables, milestones, and level of effort will be as outlined in this chart. Milestones and descriptions are preliminary and we welcome extra detail in proposals.
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Work Area |
Description Suggested Milestones/Deliverables |
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Technical Assistance for Startup Cooperatives: |
Support individuals and businesses to start, expand, convert and improve worker cooperatives in rural areas ● Work with a minimum of 8 start-up cooperatives |
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Technical Assistance for Businesses Converting/ Converted to Cooperatives: |
● Work with a minimum of 4 converting/converted cooperatives |
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Training for Worker Cooperative Members, Managers And Developers |
● Work with a minimum of 12 trainings |
Deliverables
Groups assisted (not legal entities): 10
Rural Businesses assisted: 14
Rural Coops assisted: 13
Coops incorporated: 3
Rural Jobs saved: 47
Rural Jobs created: 20
Reporting
The contractor will complete quarterly reports for DAWI staff to keep staff updated on progress, will use shared tracking tools, and will submit deliverables and written reports at mid-point and end of grant.
The contractor will submit a written mid-point report and a written final report.
As part of mid-point and final reports, the contractor will collect and submit written deliverables including: - sign-in sheets for all events, courses and TA events - copies of presentations and any final work product with clients - incorporation papers
Quarterly updates to shared tracking tools 12/31, 3/31, 6/30, 9/30
Mid-point report: 3/31/25
Final report: 9/15/25
Proposal Template
The response should include the following sections:
● Statement of Work
○ A description of how the applicant will undertake the scope of work, including key project milestones and/or deliverables
● Organizational qualifications
○ An overview of why the applicant is qualified to do the work outlined in the scope
● Personnel
○ Names and qualifications of the individuals that will execute this work ○ Allocation and role of assigned staff
○ Include a short bio and resumes of staff that will be allocated to the project
● Budget
○ A standard line-item budget using the following categories:
■ Personnel
■ Fringe
■ Contractors
■ Travel
■ Supplies
■ Other [describe]
Proposal Submission Instructions
Organizations that meet the qualifications outlined in this document should submit their documents electronically in a single PDF.
Proposals should be clearly written and describe the applicant’s understanding and plan to address the work described in the Scope section of this document.
Project Name: Rural Cooperative Development Grant Technical Assistance Provider
RFP Issue Date: 9/25/2024
Response Due Date: 10/4/2024
Contract Start Date: 10/1/2024
Submission Email Address: vbransburg [at] institute.coop
Submission Email Title: Rural Cooperative Development Grant Technical Assistance Provider
RFP Response