DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY (DEO) announces public meetings to which all persons are invited, related to 18-ITN-003-BM for Management of the Florida Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Program. DEO will hold Negotiation Team Meetings at a date and time to be determined later, and advertised in the Vendor Bid System, as set forth below. The Negotiation Team Meetings will not be open to the public, but each Negotiation Team Meeting will be recorded and released in accordance with section 286.0113, Florida Statutes. PUBLIC MEETINGS LOCATION: Caldwell Building, 107 East Madison Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0950 DATE and TIME: Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 3:00 p.m., ET PURPOSE: Reply Opening DATE and TIME: Friday, May 18, 2018, at 10:00 a.m., ET PURPOSE: Intent to Award Recommendation In accordance with section 120.525 Florida Statutes, public meetings for Invitation to Negotiate 18-ITN-003-BM, Management of the Florida Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Program are hereby noticed. DEO’s Invitation to Negotiate seeks replies for a full-service Contractor to provide program and contract administration services for Florida’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program for Hurricane Irma. The Contractor shall assist with the implementation and administration of CDBG-DR, provide assistance to Florida’s units of general local governments (UGLGs) and ensure adherence to state and federal regulations. The Contractor is responsible to the state for establishing and maintaining a first-rate training program enabling continuity of service throughout the state, providing face to face intake operations aimed at providing services to those citizens deemed most vulnerable and executing a construction program, including all aspects of environmental compliance, capable of withstanding a series of complex audits. The Department reserves the right to issue amendments, addenda, and changes to this timeline and specifically to the meeting notices listed above. Notice of any change will be posted within the Vendor Bid System (VBS) in accordance with Section 287.042(3), Florida Statutes, and will not be re-advertised in the Florida Administrative Register (F.A.R.). The VBS can be accessed at: http://vbs.dms.state.fl.us/vbs/main_menu.