Empire State Development (ESD) is seeking to engage a qualified consultant or consultant team to provide organizational and strategic planning support to assist in operationalizing recommendations from a comprehensive business plan and capital improvement effort for revitalizing the Broadway Market (the "Market"), a public market located in Buffalo, New York.

ESD is partnering with the City of Buffalo and local philanthropic organizations, led by the University at Buffalo Regional Institute (UBRI), as part of a broader economic development initiative in East Buffalo. The Consultant will serve as the "subject area expert" in effective public market operations to help the various agencies/organizations on the project team to take specific actions to execute the recommendations of the business plan and to best inform the design/construction of capital improvements to the Market. The overall objective is to create a setting at the Market for a more expansive and diverse set of vendors and offerings to facilitate year-round activity, which is both responsive to the needs of its neighborhood and serves as a regional destination.

The Consultant or team must possess training, skills, and experience in the following areas of expertise: Project management; Public market or food retail management; Operations and facilities support for market/retail facilities including tenant leasing experience; Planning and oversight of capital improvement projects; Nonprofit organizational development including staff recruitment; Fundraising for both organizational and capital construction campaigns; and In depth knowledge of buffalo, NY and the broader region.

The RFP may be downloaded on the New York State Contract Reporter website (https://www.nyscr.ny.gov). In order to download materials, you will need to set up a free account with NYSCR. This will permit tracking of the RFP distribution and provide you with automatic email updates of addenda and additional information.

A Pre-proposal meeting and site tour is scheduled for April 12, 2023. Proposals are due on May 15, 2023 at 3:00 PM.