Grant Writing Services

The Vendor is required to provide capital infrastructure related grant writing services for the division.
- Highly qualified consulting firms (Consultant) with demonstrated expertise in providing grant development, grant writing, and funding strategy services for complex capital infrastructure-related grants.
- The city seeks to leverage available federal, state, regional, and private foundation opportunities to support a diverse portfolio of projects, programs, and operational initiatives across various departments as well as cross-departmental collaborative projects.
- consultant will serve as an extension of the City’s Grant Development Manager, in identifying competitive funding opportunities and developing high-quality grant applications that maximize the city’s ability to secure external funding.
- The city regularly pursues grant funding to support capital investments, infrastructure improvements, operational enhancements, transportation improvements, community development efforts, and other strategic priorities.
- Funding Opportunity Identification and Grant Strategy
• Identify and evaluate funding opportunities that align with City priorities, projects, programs, and operational needs.
• Monitor emerging legislation, appropriations, and funding initiatives relevant to local government and infrastructure projects.
• Advise the City on grant eligibility, competitiveness, timing, match requirements, and funding strategies.
• Assist in prioritizing grant pursuits, identifying funding gaps, and developing strategies to maximize funding opportunities.
- Grant Application Development and Writing
• Prepare and coordinate complete and competitive grant applications.
• Develop application narratives, project justifications, statements of need, implementation plans, schedules, and other required application components.
• Prepare supporting materials, including budgets, budget narratives, funding plans, benefit cost analyses, performance measures, logic models, evaluation plans, and outcome metrics, as required by the funding agency.
• Coordinate with City staff, consultants, engineers, and project stakeholders to gather information necessary for application development.
• Ensure all application materials comply with funding agency requirements, evaluation criteria, and submission deadlines.
- Research, Data Analysis, and Supporting Documentation
• Research, compile, analyze, and present data necessary to support grant applications and strengthen project competitiveness.
• Develop and assemble required attachments, exhibits, maps, letters of support, partnership agreements, memoranda of understanding, and other supporting documentation.
• Document project benefits, community impacts, performance outcomes, and other information required by funding agencies.
- Stakeholder and Coordination
• Facilitate coordination among City departments and external partners to support grant development efforts.
• Participate in meetings with City staff, funding agency representatives, legislative advocates, consultants, community organizations, and regional partners, as requested.
• Assist the City in responding to funding agency questions, requests for clarification, and supplemental information requests during the application review process.