Project: Marketing Services for Lead Line Service Replacement Equity Program
Specification Number: 1224254
Question Due Date: January 3, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. CST
Proposal Due Date: January 10, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. CST
Description: The City of Chicago Department of Water Management (DWM) announced programs for helping homeowners who would like to replace their lead service lines. It is estimated that Chicago has approximately 380,000 lead service lines in the ground. The overall scope of the project is for the City of Chicago to partner with a vendor to provide marketing services to recruit qualified applicants for the Lead Line Service Replacement Equity Program. The vendor must:
- Develop a cadre of community ambassadors to be trained on water testing and lead service line removal programs;
- Develop a cadre of community ambassadors to be trained on the Equity Program application process and documentation required;
- Deploy ambassadors to community events, churches, neighborhood organizations to provide presentations regarding the Equity Program;
- Define performance metrics for ambassadors including the number of contacts and events, etc.
- Provide all forms of communication, not limited to email, telephone calls, and door-knocking within a targeted population;
- Identify other trusted messengers (faith-based, non-profit, public health, small business, etc.) and validated communication channels (community newsletters, blogs, radio shows, social media channels, etc.) to deliver Lead Service Replacement information to Chicagoans
For detailed information about this solicitation and addendum, visit www.chicago.gov/eprocurement and click Current Bids and Solicitations.
