The North Suburban Consortium (“NSC”) is soliciting proposals from qualified professional consultants to provide planning services, technical advice and assistance in connection with the preparation of the Five-Year Consolidated Plan (“Con Plan”) required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) pursuant to its HOME Investment Partnerships Program (“HOME”) and Community Development Block Grant Program (“CDBG”). The Con Plan will cover the eight communities comprising the NSC: Arlington, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Revere and Winthrop. The Con Plan will support the combined HOME entitlement grant for these eight communities, as well as the CDBG entitlement grants for the four member communities that receive a regular CDBG entitlement grant: Malden, Medford, Arlington, and Revere.