APH Social Services Competitions

Social Services Competitions

Austin Public Health administers over $35 million in City of Austin General Funds as well as federal and state funding.

This website will be updated with links to all open competitions.  Organizations providing social services able to do business in the state of Texas are welcome to apply. To receive notifications of opening Austin Public Health Social Service competitions or request documents from past competitions, please email APHCompetitions@austintexas.gov

Open Funding Competitions

There are no social services competitions at this time.

Upcoming Funding Competitions

Check back regularly and email APHCompetitions@austintexas.gov to receive emails about upcoming competitions.

Interested Offerors must do the following:

Offerors Initial Steps: Registration

1. Confirm your organization is a registered vendor with the City of Austin.

• To find the City of Austin Vendor Number please visit Austin Finance Online and search for the organization’s legal name.
• To register to become a potential City of Austin vendor, go to Austin Finance Online or email VendorReg@austintexas.gov to register.
  1. Be a registered user in the Partnergrants system. The proposals will be submitted through this web-based system.
• To register, visit Partnergrants and click on “Register Here.”
• Note that the organization’s City of Austin Vendor number is required to complete registration in Partnergrants.  

Offeror Initial Steps: Pre-Application

1. Complete an Annual Agency Threshold Application in the PartnerGrants database.

• This form must be submitted once per 12 months and remains valid for all competitions closing within that time period. The threshold application will be reviewed by APH staff and the agency will be notified once approved.
• Once logged into PartnerGrants, click on “Opportunity” and then opportunity title “Annual Agency Threshold Application-Applicants for Funding Start Here” to complete a new threshold application.
• Submit one per agency per 12-months and note the submission date for future use 

  2. Complete an Intent to Apply form for each proposal the offeror plans to submit by the due date identified in Form 1 – Offer Sheet. 

• Once logged into PartnerGrants, click on “Opportunity” and then opportunity title “RFP 202X-00X NAME” and click "Start a New Application (located at the top of the page) and complete an Intent to Apply form including a Threshold Certification verifying completion of Step 1 above - state the date the Threshold was submitted.
• Offerors may submit more than one Intent to Apply form and must submit a unique Intent to Apply form for each proposal per the guidelines of the RFP.

Below you will find past funding competitions, standard solicitation documents and standard agreement documents.

Systemic, institutional, structural, and historical racism is at the root of health disparities. In 2020, Austin's City Council issued a resolution to declare racism as a public health crisis. Austin Public Health plays a vital role in dismantling and deconstructing racial inequities through funding grants with social service providers.