Update = Newsletter

Volume=20 I, Issue I

March=20 11, 2009

Update=20 Newsletter

Long=20 Term Workforce Housing

=B7 Sample RFP/RFQ=92s are = available from=20 the procurement team.

=B7 Scoring Spreadsheets for = proposals=20 are also available from the procurement team.

=B7 The use of RFP=92s for = construction=20 were approved by MDA and are available from the procurement team. 60% of scoring criteria will = be cost,=20 other 40% is up to the sub-recipient.

=B7 Construction front-end = documents are=20 ready for use and available from either the procurement team or your = Project=20 Coordinator.

=B7 See LINKS for directories = concerning=20 Debarment and Minority/Women=92s Business Enterprise.

Construction/Procurement

=B7 To=20 view the environmental process for Homebuyers Assistance (HBA) projects, = see=20 LINKS. =

=B7 To=20 view floodplain and coastal barrier maps, see LINKS.

=B7 For the checklist used by the environmental = team, see=20 LINKS.

=B7 If you have any questions, = contact=20 your Project Coordinator.

Environmental

Duplication=20 of Benefits

=B7 A Duplication of Benefits = policy and=20 checklist are under review by MDA and will be available soon. Training on these procedures = will follow=20 MDA approval. =

=B7 Previous benefits that = will be=20 reviewed include FEMA structural, MS Katrina HAP, SBA disaster recovery = loans,=20 homeowner=92s insurance, National Flood Insurance Program, and State = Wind Pool=20 Insurance. Please contact = your=20 Project Coordinator for more details.

=B7

Waivers

=B7 See LINKS=20 for an = explanation of=20 the February 2009 HUD Waiver of section 105(a) of the Housing and = Community=20 Development Act of 1974.