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Hillsborough evaluation committee records consensus scores for CDBG public‑services proposals
Summary
An evaluation committee for Hillsborough County’s RFP 2500189 (CDBG Public Services) met virtually and recorded consensus numerical scores for submitted proposals; no final awards were made during the session, and staff will verify scores and produce a ranked presentation.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY — An evaluation committee for Hillsborough County’s Request for Proposals (RFP) 2500189, for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) public‑services funding, spent the meeting reviewing applications and recording consensus numerical scores to rank proposals for later action. Committee chair Willette Hollinger led the scoring; Tracy Edwards, the county’s senior buyer, recorded the committee’s consensus tallies. "For the record, this meeting is being recorded and will be publicly noticed, and it has been publicly noticed," Edwards said at the start.
The committee applied a consistent scoring rubric across categories including national objective, activity timeline, performance capacity (subparts a and b), past subrecipient performance, leveraging, financial capacity and bonus points for proximity to mass transit and location in designated areas. Panelists stated scores aloud after agreeing a consensus figure for each category and requested that Edwards enter the final numbers into the scoring spreadsheet. Hollinger instructed members to state the final consensus score after each category so the recorder could capture it.
Scores recorded in the meeting transcript show a range of consensus totals across applicants: Tampa Lighthouse (board name in transcript: "Tampa Lighthouse Board of Line Inc") received a consensus total of 99; Metropolitan Ministries 97; Hillsborough County School Readiness Coalition, doing business as Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County, 92; Tampa Seniors‑service provider (transcript: "10 years in service of Tampa Bay") 94; Tampa Metropolitan Ministry/YMCA entries scored in the high 80s; other applicants recorded lower consensus totals, including Real Estate Foundation (61) and We Dream Community Development Corporation (42). Committee members discussed particulars of capacity and past performance when assigning category scores; some members expressed disagreement on whether an applicant’s experience clearly met the rubric’s thresholds before agreeing to a consensus number.
The meeting produced recorded consensus scores only; committee members did not make funding awards or take formal votes to grant contracts during the session. Edwards told the committee she would verify the scored totals and provide a final ranked presentation of the scoring sheet after the meeting. The recording and the meeting minutes will be posted on the county’s public meeting archive when available, the committee noted at adjournment.
