Competitive Grants
Postings include all outgoing grants and open-ended PT services. Each solicitation includes a brief description of work and a link to its Request for Proposal (RFP) or Request for Application (RFA).
Postings include all outgoing grants and open-ended PT services. Each solicitation includes a brief description of work and a link to its Request for Proposal (RFP) or Request for Application (RFA).
The Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) requests Applications to provide adjustment to blindness, job-related, Tactile American Sign Language, keyboard training and other rehabilitation services to applicants and eligible blind, visually impaired and deafblind consumers. This is an ongoing solicitation.
Jennifer Beilke
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
State Services for the Blind
2200 University Avenue West #240
St. Paul, MN 55114
Jennifer.Beilke@state.mn.us
Vocational Rehabilitation Services requests proposals to purchase driving evaluations, adaptive equipment recommendations for motor vehicles, and behind the wheel instruction for persons with disabilities who reside throughout Minnesota and are Vocational Rehabilitation Services' clients. This is an ongoing solicitation.
This request does not obligate the State of Minnesota to complete the work contemplated in this notice. The State reserves the rights to cancel this solicitation. All expenses incurred in responding to this notice are solely the responsibility of the responder.
Here is the Notice of Contract, and a link to the Request for Proposal (RFP)—also called a Request for Application—for this professional/technical (PT) services solicitation. This is an ongoing solicitation process.
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), Disability Determination Services (DDS) Office, is requesting proposals from qualified applicants to work as medical contractors reviewing the disability claims of Minnesotans who have applied for Social Security Disability benefits.
Applicants will be selected according to qualifications as stated in the application and as determined by DDS need for consultants by specialty.
This is an ongoing solicitation process, with no deadline. Responses must be in writing; fax or emailed proposals will not be considered.
Send responses to:
Milla Kokotovich
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
Disability Determination Services
121 East 7th Place
St Paul, MN 55101
For questions, call 1-800-657-3575 or 651-259-7781; fax 651-259-7884; or email Milla.Kokotovich@ssa.gov or Milla.Kokotovich@state.mn.us.
This request does not obligate the state to complete the work contemplated in this notice. The state reserves the right to cancel this solicitation. All expenses incurred in responding to this notice are solely the responsibility of the responder.
The Minnesota Trade Office (MTO), an agency within the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, is soliciting applications for funding for eligible small businesses to participate in export development activities that will assist the company to begin exporting or increase their exports from Minnesota. Proposals are accepted until all funds are committed.
Applications will be evaluated on a competitive basis as they are received. Proposals must be submitted electronically to: Ed Dieter.
Ed Dieter, STEP Program
Ed.Dieter@state.mn.us
651-259-7481
For complete information on the STEP Program, see the Export Financing Programs webpage.
Here is the Notice of Contract and a link to the Request for Proposal (RFP), for this solicitation. Deadline: 3:00 p.m., Monday, September 2, 2019.
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) is requesting proposals for the purpose of providing State Services for the Blind (SSB) staff with:
A) A six-week "Introduction to Blindness and Visual Impairment - Phase II" training under the blindfold program, with curriculum content covering topics in communication skills; travel training; independent living skills; and facilitated, structured group discussion.
B) A one-week "Introduction to Blindness and Visual Impairment - Phase II" training using vision-loss simulators in order to gain perspective on how common eye conditions affect customers and the relative value and importance of alternative techniques, covering topics in communication skills, travel training and and independent living skills.
C) Optional training daily and weekly rate. Occasionally an individual staff is hired in a position that does not necessitate the entire six weeks of Phase II training, but the employee would benefit from some exposure to the training as defined under A and B.
The deadline for submission of RFP is 3:00 p.m., Monday, September 2, 2019. No late proposals will be considered. Proposals sent by fax or email will not be considered.
Work is proposed to start after execution of the Master Contract. This request does not obligate the State of Minnesota to complete the work contemplated in this notice. The State reserves the right to cancel this solicitation. All expenses incurred in responding to this notice are solely the responsibility of the responder.
Jennifer Beilke, Program Administrator
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
State Services for the Blind
Jennifer.Beilke@state.mn.us
651-539-2273
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), Office of Broadband Development, will be soliciting proposals from qualified organizations for Minnesota Border to Border Broadband Development Grants. The grant application period opens on July 3, 2017. The application deadline is 4:00 p.m. Monday, September 11, 2017.
DEED is required by law to post the specific criteria and any quantitative weighting scheme or scoring system that will be used to evaluate or rank applications and award grants for this competitive grant program.
If you have any questions, you can call 651-259-7610 or email the Broadband office at deed.broadband@state.mn.us or look through the Broadband Grant Program FAQs. The FAQs will be updated throughout the grant application process as new questions come in.
This notice does not commit the State of Minnesota or DEED to entering into a grant contract with any organization.
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development is requesting proposals for the purpose of creating a series of brand-architected materials that partners across the state can utilize. We’re looking for brand architecture recommendations for common materials like business cards and letterheads, as well as templates for six to 10 other print documents, as well as 4-5 web page templates.
Work is anticipated to start after June 26, 2017.
Proposals submitted in response to the Request for Proposals in this advertisement must be received by mail, no later than June 26, 2017. Late proposals will not be considered. Email/fax proposals will not be considered. This request does not obligate the State to complete the work contemplated in this notice. The State reserves the right to cancel this solicitation. All expenses incurred in responding to this notice are solely the responsibility of the responder.
Responses to questions on the RFP process.
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development’s Vocational Rehabilitation Services requests proposals to provide Person-Centered training for all staff on key concepts that are values-based and establish the use of person-centered planning tools to empower Minnesotans with disabilities. VRS is seeking training expertise and Vocational Rehabilitation-specific curriculum to equip staff with the knowledge, skills, and ability to provide Person-Centered services.
Work is anticipated to start after July 14, 2017.
Proposals submitted in response to the Request for Proposals must be mailed to Lynda Hinrichs by July 10, 2017. Email submission is acceptable only if two signed hard copies are also mailed to the address.
Lynda Hinrichs, Staff Development Director
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
332 Minnesota Street, Suite E200
St. Paul, MN 55101
Lynda.Hinrichs@state.mn.us
Late proposals will not be considered. This request does not obligate the State to complete the work contemplated in this notice. The State reserves the right to cancel this solicitation. All expenses incurred in responding to this notice are solely the responsibility of the responder.
Here is the Notice of Contract, and a link to the Request for Proposal (RFP)—also called a Request for Application, and an Addendum, for this professional/technical (PT) services solicitation. This is an ongoing solicitation process.
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), State Services for the Blind (SSB), requests applications to provide adjustment to blindness, job-related, Tactile American Sign Language, keyboard training and other rehabilitation services to applicants and eligible blind, visually impaired and deafblind consumers.
It is the goal of this project that Minnesota consumers have available to them community resources that DEED will purchase on their behalf so that they may achieve vocational and personal independence. An important aspect of this project is that the pool of resources is sufficient to offer consumers a breadth of choices from which to make their informed selection.
For more information, access the SSB Information for our Vendors webpage under the "Documents" tab.
This is an ongoing solicitation process, with no deadline. Mail application via U.S. Postal Service or another delivery service; or scan the signed application packet into a PDF document and email it; or hand-deliver it.
Send applications to:
Jennifer Beilke
State Services for the Blind
2200 University Ave. West #240
St. Paul, MN 55114
Jennifer.Beilke@state.mn.us
651-539-2273
This request does not obligate the state to complete the work contemplated in this notice. The state reserves the right to cancel this solicitation. All expenses incurred in responding to this notice are solely the responsibility of the responder.