CSH is seeking proposals from qualified firms or individuals to provide professional event management services for our signature event, the 2025 CSH Summit, taking place in Chicago, IL on April 23-25, 2025. The consultant will manage the hotel contract for CSH, working alongside our Summit team to deliver a successful conference. Our ideal consultant will be organized, dynamic, detail-oriented, and a talented negotiator.
Scope of Services
The consultant will serve as a liaison between the hotel and the CSH Summit planning team. The consultant will work with a pre-negotiated and signed hotel contract to help CSH stay on budget and deliver the best conference experience to CSH Summit attendees.
Tasks and responsibilities will include:
- Identifying AV needs and communicating with the in-house AV at the hotel
- Managing the hotel room block at the Chicago Sheraton Grand Riverwalk Hotel.
- Manage the master rooming list
- Ordering food and beverage for the event
- Assigning rooms and set ups for sessions
- Securing spaces for special meetings both onsite, as needed
- Reviewing Banquet Event Orders (BEO)
- Liaison between exhibitors and the hotel to set up exhibit space in the lobby for four external exhibitors and up to ten internal tables.
- On-site management and troubleshooting with hotel team for the full three days of the conference
The consultant will be expected to join project management meetings bi-weekly from January until the conference. CSH Summit 2025 is taking place at the Chicago Sherton Grand Riverwalk, April 23-25. The consultant will be expected to be onsite April 22-April 25. It may be necessary to work late hours or attend early meetings during the week of the conference. The CSH Summit was an annual national conference. The expected attendance is 1,000 people.
About the CSH and the CSH Summit
CSH (Corporation for Supportive Housing) advances affordable and accessible housing aligned with services by advocating for effective policies and funding, equitably investing in communities, and strengthening the supportive housing field. Since our founding in 1991, CSH has been the only national nonprofit intermediary focused solely on increasing the availability of supportive housing. Over the course of our work, we have created more than 467,600 units of affordable and supportive housing and distributed over $1.5 billion in loans and grants. Our workforce is central to accomplishing this work. We employ approximately 170 people across 30 states and U.S. Territories. As an intermediary, we do not directly develop or operate housing but center our approach on collaboration with a wide range of people, partners, and sectors.
Since 2015, the CSH Supportive Housing Summit has brought together tenants, people with lived experiences of homelessness, service providers, developers, property managers, and funders for a vibrant gathering that explores innovations in the supportive housing field. Each year, the Summit generates fresh ideas that propel supportive housing forward, fostering collaboration and transformative impact.
We are thrilled to return to Chicago in 2025, the city where it all began. The conference will be held in-person at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, providing a unique opportunity for more than 1,000 attendees from diverse sectors and backgrounds to engage with current challenges, explore new solutions, and shape the future of supportive housing.
Proposal Submission and Minimum Qualifications
Please submit a proposal of no more than 3 pages to summit@csh.org by October 7, 2024.
Proposals should include:
- Budget summary and narrative
- Narrative highlighting the expertise that the firm/individual would bring to this role
- Examples of past experiences providing similar expertise
Special consideration will be given to proposals that demonstrate experience working with non-profits, are minority and/or woman owned, and include people with lived experience of homelessness and/or supportive housing in leadership positions. CSH may ask for references during the selection process. CSH expects to award a contract between $15,000-$30,000.
Please note that CSH requires subcontractors, including individuals and sole proprietors, to carry workers’ compensation insurance while performing work under a CSH subcontract. CSH subcontractors cannot have existing, pending or expired debarments that preclude them from doing businesses with the United States government and cannot have convictions for, nor have any pending indictments for, fraud or a criminal offense in connections with a public contract or subcontract.
