Civic Engagement Contractors (1st RFP)

MNCDHH seeks responders to provide civic engagement support to work in partnership with state employees, representatives, and community organizations. The responder will be doing community outreach and engagement activities designed to include deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, individuals with age-related hearing loss, and deaf plus (and their families) in civic engagement activities; including but not limited to voters outreach, meet your legislator, and support community event planning. Please see contact information below to request the complete solicitation.

Sample tasks

• Gather community input about needs, gaps, and what community members want the MNCDHH to work on.
• Give presentations to share information about voting and encourage people to vote.
• Provide training on how to meet with their legislators
• Coach community members on the Art of Lobbying
• Special projects as requested by the Commission's Executive Director

About the RFP

Estimated Cost: Up to $50,000 in total. Winning bids will be awarded a portion.
Contracting Agency: Human Services/MN Comm of the Deaf, Deafblind, & Hard of Hearing
Location of Work: Throughout the state of Minnesota.
Response to this solicitation is due no later than 07/23/21 at 12:00 PM Central Time

Request copy of RFP

Please contact Katy Kelley-Rademacher at 612.999.2592 or Katy.Kelley@state.mn.us. For TTYs, please use 711 or 1.800.627.3529 (MN Relay Service for persons with speech or hearing disabilities)

Visit: Professional/Technical Service Contracting Opportunities. (Reference number: PT3572)

Responders Conference for Civic Engagement

Do you have questions about this RFP or need information in American Sign Language (ASL)? Please join MNCDHH for an info session, which is also called a Responders Conference. 

When: Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm (CST)

Zoom videoconference platform: Responders Conference Zoom link

Meeting ID: 821 3014 0299, Passcode: RFP

Interpreters and CART have been scheduled. To request deafblind interpreters, please email katy.kelley@state.mn.us by July 14, 2021. 

 Communications Outreach (2nd RFP)

MNCDHH seeks responders to provide Communications Outreach Support. We'd like to continue and grow our communications outreach. MNCDHH is looking for representatives who reflect the racial, indigenous, ethnic, gender and cultural diversity of Minnesota. Individuals who are deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing who use different kinds of communication modalities are welcome to apply for this RFP. Please see contact information below to request the complete solicitation.

Sample tasks

• Conduct #CanDoAnything interviews, Community Spotlight interviews, draft scripts for videos, help with captioning files and descriptive transcripts.
• Conduct the new Citizen Advocate campaign, which will include interviews, media gathering, and creating the captions and transcript files.
• Work closely with Communications Director to develop a special communication plan and then help carry out the plan. The plan will focus on reaching groups that are harder for us to reach, including but not limited to, 1. Greater Minnesota residents who are deaf, deafblind, or hard of hearing and 2. reaching individuals who self-identify as having a hearing loss, age-related hearing loss, or hard of hearing.
• Special Projects as requested by Commission’s Executive Director.

About the RFP

Estimated Cost: $5,001 - $25,000
Contracting Agency: Human Services/MN Comm of the Deaf, Deafblind, & Hard of Hearing
Location of Work: Throughout the state of Minnesota.
Response to this solicitation is due no later than 07/19/21 at 12:00 PM Central Time

Request copy of RFP

Please contact Katy Kelley-Rademacher at 612.999.2592 or Katy.Kelley@state.mn.us. For TTYs, please use 711 or 1.800.627.3529 (MN Relay Service for persons with speech or hearing disabilities)

Visit: Professional/Technical Service Contracting Opportunities. (Reference number: PT3573)