Re-Bid: FAYETTEVILLE STREET CORRIDOR FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & PLACEKEEPING TRAINING

Location:	North Carolina
Posted:	Apr 30, 2026
Due:	May 6, 2026
Agency:	City of Durham
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	U - Education and Training Services
Solicitation No:	26-1042
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Request for Proposals/Invitation to Bid

FAYETTEVILLE STREET CORRIDOR

FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & PLACEKEEPING TRAINING

**2nd Readvertisement**

OPENS April 30, 2026

CLOSES May 6, 2026

ALL PRIOR PROPOSALS MUST BE ELECTRONICALLY

RESUBMITTED (only).

Compliant proposals MUST be submitted by the due date listed in Section C hereto, as follows:

Via electronic mail to: Info@HaytiPromiseCDC.org.

A. Background

Hayti Promise Community Development Corporation (Hayti Promise or HPCDC) is a North Carolina non-profit

community development corporation founded in 2023 to be an equitable

redevelopment catalyst and an instrument for preserving culture and historic

identity. HPCDC is committed to helping long-term residents and businesses

create a safe and welcoming environment throughout the Hayti Promise focus

area, commonly called the Fayetteville Street Corridor.

The Hayti Promise board of directors is comprised of volunteers actively involved

in the governance, strategic decision-making, and financial and legal oversight

necessary to establish the organizational infrastructure for Hayti Promise to achieve its purpose. The Hayti Promise

board of directors is partnering with the trusted consultants at Moss+Ross to support its early-stage organizational

goals. With guidance from Moss+Ross, Hayti Promise is refining its mission and vision, developing an organizational

strategic plan, and is poised to launch its first fundraising campaign in late 2025. HPCDC’s top 2025 fundraising

priority is to attract the general operating support investments needed to enable HPCDC to recruit and retain

permanent staff. HPCDC’s singular programmatic priority is to continue driving the successful implementation of

the Fayetteville Street Corridor Project.

The Fayetteville Street Corridor Project

In May 2024, the Durham City Council awarded Hayti Promise a $10 million American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant

to help the City implement the Fayetteville Street Corridor Project (FSCP) through December 2026. The ARPA grant

prescribes both a programmatic and organizational scope of work and deliverables for implementation by HPCDC.

A dedicated City of Durham employee is assigned to support Hayti Promise

throughout grant implementation.

To implement the ARPA grant, HPCDC is leveraging the strength and

capacity of established partner organizations and experienced service

providers equipped to support the Hayti Promise mission and the grant

deliverables. Collaborating with city staff and partners, HPCDC developed a

working implementation strategy to operationalize the ARPA grant. This

“ARPA Grant Strategy” is characterized by Four Objectives: 1. Hayti Promise,

2. Place-Keeping, 3. Real Estate, and 4. Business. Each objective aligns with

community needs and ARPA funding guidelines and supports the singular

goal to catalyze immediate and long-range improvements in the built

environment along the Fayetteville Street Corridor, while taking intentional

steps to ensure the resulting benefits accrue locally and equitably.

Program delivery under the four objectives began in 2024 and is ongoing through December 2026. Each objective

(1 through 4) builds on the prior objective, collectively forming the infrastructure for sustained revitalization,

advocacy, and investment along the Fayetteville Street Corridor and vicinity.

OBJECTIVE ONE – HAYTI PROMISE

Hayti Promise organizational development deliverables supported by the ARPA grant include training, consensus

and capacity building, interim staffing, and fundraising. The deliverables were derived from extensive community

advocacy and engagement and embedded in the grant scope to meaningfully support solidification of Hayti Promise

as “the” proven community development engine dedicated solely to serving the Fayetteville Street Corridor as – a

trusted, community-rooted institution capable of providing sustained advocacy, attracting additional investment,

and facilitating targeted economic development and revitalization activities collaboratively with other stakeholders

and residents – in perpetuity.

OBJECTIVE TWO – PLACEKEEPING

Place-keeping promotes community pride, a sense of place and purpose, and greater solidarity among neighbors.

Place-keeping programming implemented by HPCDC focuses on achieving the noted goals by improving safety and

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well-being through property stabilization, crime reduction, blight removal, and fostering greater resident and

business involvement. Supported by city staff, in December 2024, HPCDC cemented a trilateral partnership with

the City’s Code Enforcement Division and a local nonprofit general contracting firm dedicated to preserving homes

in vulnerable neighborhoods. The Fayetteville Street Stabilization Partnership is leveraging up to $1.75 million of

the $10 million grant to work with eligible impacted property and business owners to resolve outstanding city code

violation cases and stabilize pivotal architecturally and culturally significant properties.

Additional place-keeping partnerships launching in mid-2025 add the experience and capacity of seasoned

nonprofits, including the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Conservation Corps North Carolina, to train

and compensate local youth and young adults to steward some of the many important public and private spaces

that contribute to making the Fayetteville Street Corridor a special place.

OBJECTIVE THREE – REAL ESTATE

Objective Three anticipates collaborations focused on ensuring various residential and commercial spaces are

available along the Fayetteville Street Corridor, attracting diverse occupants, and serving long-time residents,

students, and tourists. HPCDC has engaged Preservation Durham to assist with documentation, technical

assistance, and protection services supporting retention and potential expansion of the local and national historic

districts that flank portions of Fayetteville Street.

A forthcoming initiative will assist longtime property owners to safeguard, discover, and grow the value of their

real estate investments while improving the surrounding community by better understanding important real

estate-related instruments and concepts (estate planning, business incorporation, leveraging, entitlements, tax

credits, etc.). Yet another initiative informally dubbed “FSC Resilience Hayti” seeks to promote wealth retention

and generation through energy savings and “resilience-proofing” by assisting eligible owners and renters to make

green energy retrofits (solar energy systems, electric appliances, green infrastructure measures, weatherization

improvements, etc.) to homes or businesses.

OBJECTIVE FOUR – BUSINESS

Objective four seeks to improve the business ecosystem along Fayetteville Street to promote new business activity

and improved business sector advocacy, all while inviting businesses that are best suited to serve residents,

students, and visitors seeking new opportunities to experience and contribute to the culture that the “Hayti”

mantra often evokes. Initiatives contemplated under Objective Four include established community revitalization

techniques from property acquisition – exploring a commercial land trust – or implementing an NC Main Streets

program model along Fayetteville Street, to direct partnerships with North Carolina Central University – destination

signage – and business development through beautification.

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B. Scope of Work

Purpose

Hayti Promise Community Development Corporation seeks an experienced, mission-aligned, faith-based

training facilitator with five or more years of experience successfully delivering a structured, cohort-

based training program guiding faith organizations in North Carolina to transform underutilized assets

into places of purpose, connection, and long-term sustainability. Highly qualified proposers will partner

with Hayti Promise and eligible faith-based organizations in the Fayetteville Street Project area to

reimagine and activate dormant and underutilized assets. Responsive bids will blend spiritual

discernment, asset-based community development, business modeling, and actionable capital

strategies to help local faith organizations leverage resources while creating dynamic and sustainable

community-centered placekeeping and capacity-building models. Due to the nature of the funding

source enabling the scope of work, joint ventures or multi-partner proposals are discouraged.

Responsible proposers will additionally possess the attributes needed to engage productively with Hayti

Promise directors, partners, vendors, and diverse stakeholders, including:

• Durham taxpayers;

• Residents and businesses exploring services to be provided;

• Donors or investors seeking to support the organizational mission and goals;

• Vendors interested in supplying goods or services;

• Elected officials, journalists, and researchers.

C. Timeline and Milestones

Responsive proposals will adhere to the following:

Readvertisement Opens:

Written Q&A Period Ends:

Q&A Responses Posted:

4/30/2026

Proposals Due (Noon):

Project Begins:

Project Completion:

5/6/2026 @ Noon

5/15/2026

See Scope of Work

Questions and Answers

Questions regarding this solicitation may be submitted via email to Info@HaytiPromiseCDC.org.

Questions and responses will be posted by the date listed in Section C hereto.

Finalist Interviews

Hayti Promise may, in its sole discretion, interview selected proposers (finalists) via video conference as

part of the evaluation process. Proposers selected for an interview will be notified via Email and are

expected to maintain availability to facilitate timely interviews.

D. Submittal Requirements

Responsive proposals shall be submitted by Noon on the Proposal Due date. Electronic submittal

elements shall consist of a single (1) PDF document no larger than 30 MB in size using 11-point font.

Upon submittal, proposers shall ensure a confirmation is received from Hayti Promise via electronic mail.

Delivery

Compliant proposals MUST be submitted by the due date listed in Section C hereto, as follows:

Via electronic mail to: Info@HaytiPromiseCDC.org.

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E. Proposal Content

Responsive proposals will include:

• Cover Letter – A one (1) page letter introducing the proposer to Hayti Promise and describing the

proposer’s interest in delivering the specified Scope of Work.

• Vendor Information – Legal Name, Business Type (individual, corporation, limited partnership,

general partnership, limited liability company, professional corporation, professional association,

etc.), State Organized (must be registered with the N.C. Secretary of State before contract execution),

Name and Title of the individual(s) authorized to sign a contract with the Hayti Promise.

• Key Staff/Partners – One (1) page resume for each staff member or partner directly engaged in the

Scope of Work.

• Statement of Qualifications – One (1) page description of recent past successful experience providing

the deliverables specified in the Scope of Work to a non-profit or similar client. Provide data or other

evidence of the effectiveness of the services provided.

• Approach to Scope of Work – Two (2) page description of your approach to delivering the Scope of

Work. Detail the proposer’s expectations (if any) of Hayti Promise during the process.

• Delivery Schedule –One (1) page schedule with progress steps, milestones, and deadlines for

completing the Scope of Work by the Project Completion date specified in Section C hereto (Timeline

and Milestones).

• Fee Schedule – One (1) page itemized budget detailing proposed fees associated with each

milestone/deliverable and whether the fee(s) are one-time or recurring.

• References – Name and contact information for three (3) clients willing to speak to your direct

experience and qualifications for the specified scope.

• Work Samples – At least two (2) unique samples of work/deliverables highly similar to the

specifications in the Scope of Work delivered to nonprofit or local government client(s).

• Conflict of Interest and Non-Collusion Affidavit – Responsive proposals shall include a complete,

correct, signed, notarized copy of the statement included as Appendix D hereto.

• Sample Contract – A complete copy of a standard service contract the proposer routinely uses to

contract with similarly sized non-profits, to be utilized in whole or part (at the client’s sole discretion),

should the firm be selected to provide services under this solicitation.

F. Evaluation Criteria

Consistent with applicable federal procurement requirements, standards for evaluating each

proposal may include, but are not limited to:

1. RESPONSIVE – Clear compliance with all legal requirements, specifications, budgets, and

deadlines associated with the solicitation; and

2. RESPONSIBLE – Quality, conformity to scope, and completeness of proposed deliverables;

relevance of experience; evidenced capacity; skill, judgment, integrity; absence of conflicts of

interest, ability to effectively support a governing non-profit board of directors; and

3. LOWEST COST – Lowest proposed cost for services that is adequate to provide the quantity

and quality of work specified, which is less than or equal to the specified not-to-exceed

budget, and is consistent with competitive market rates for like services in the local

marketplace.

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This is the opportunity summary page. It provides an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation.

Bid Number:	26-1042
Bid Title:	Re-Bid: FAYETTEVILLE STREET CORRIDOR FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & PLACEKEEPING TRAINING
Category:	Requests for Proposals/Qualifications and Services
Status:	Open