Housing Agency Seeks Vendor Proposals for Wide Range of Services

The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) is seeking proposals from a vendor that can provide a wide variety of services related to a hybrid work environment with 18 locations and a base of more than 800 users, including on-premise and cloud infrastructures.

In a request for proposals issued March 23, the authority is seeking a vendor that can supply solutions in the following areas: “Cross-functional, service desk, end-user and distributed computing, application management, enterprise compute, data network management, information security, transition, governance and performance management.”

“HACLA has a strong preference to partner with a single service provider that can cover the entire scope of work of this RFP,” the document states. “However, given that HACLA is a multi-vendor environment, the service provider is expected to collaborate, integrate and participate in the management of HACLA’s existing and future vendors, as part of the cross-functional services aspects. HACLA reserves the right to select multiple service providers and to operate a multisourcing model where one service provider is the integrator of all IT services.”

HACLA is interested in a three-year contract, with two one-year options.

The RFP itself, including the scope of services and instructions for preparing proposals, is available on Regional Alliance Marketplace for Procurement (RAMP), a service provided by the city of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Business Council. Access is free but requires registration. A recording of a proposers conference will be made available Wednesday through HACLA.

“HACLA intends to award multiple contracts as the result of this RFP,” the document states. “Contracts will be awarded to the top qualified providers based on best value, which is generally defined by HACLA’s Procurement Policy as offering the most advantageous value to HACLA. Contracts valued in excess of $250,000 are required to be approved by HACLA’s Board of Commissioners at a noticed, public meeting.”

Any questions about the RFP must be emailed to the contract administrator, Swan Lam, by 11 a.m. April 5.

Proposals must be submitted by 11 a.m. April 29.

Vendors wishing to submit proposals must register on Oracle iSupplier. Vendors who are already registered should review and update their accounts for accuracy.

Information about other procurement opportunities is available online through HACLA’s website or the RAMP site.

HACLA is one of the nation’s largest public housing authorities, owning and managing a citywide portfolio of 9,405 housing units. It administers monthly housing assistance payments for more than 58,000 families and provides a wide range of programs and services.