Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation has received a federal award through the Economic Development Administration: Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance. We are seeking quotes from qualified firms or individuals to conduct a Community Needs Assessment for the Building Readiness: Alaska Seafood Modernization & Competitiveness project.
This is one of three planned assessments under the award (Community Needs, Market, and Feasibility). AFDF is procuring the Community Needs Assessment first. The total contract value will not exceed $66,667, and AFDF expects the work to be completed within approximately six months of the contract start date.
SCOPE OF WORK
The Community Needs Assessment contractor will:
Design and lead a statewide needs assessment that identifies the infrastructure, workforce, processing, and recovery needs facing Alaska's seafood industry, with priority attention to the communities covered by the award's federally declared disasters.
Gather input directly from processors, harvesters, Alaska Native corporations, municipalities, and other stakeholders, through surveys, interviews, and the first two of AFDF's four regional stakeholder sessions, which are scheduled early in 2027 to support this assessment.
Compile and analyze the data gathered to document economic conditions, infrastructure gaps, and workforce challenges across the disaster-impacted regions.
Document stakeholder priorities and place-based insights gathered through the engagement process.
Produce a written Community Needs Assessment report, with findings and prioritized recommendations, for use in AFDF's statewide Modernization and Resilience Roadmap.
Coordinate with AFDF's Disaster Recovery Project Manager and the Market and Feasibility assessment contractors (procured separately, in 2027) to avoid duplicate outreach and keep data consistent across deliverables.
This is a fixed-price contract for the deliverables above. AFDF expects a draft report with preliminary findings partway through the engagement, followed by a final report.
Email your response to Anna Nelson at anna@osswriting.com by 11/25/26 at 5:00 p.m. AKDT. Questions
regarding this RFP should be submitted to the same contact by 11/18/26.
