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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 35863 with The Illumination Foundation, of Orange, CA, for site operations and interim housing services at 1725 Long Beach Boulevard for people experiencing homelessness, to increase the contract amount by $1,300,000, for a revised contract amount not to exceed $7,031,165, and extend the term of the contract for an additional six month period through February 18, 2024. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to amend Contract No. 35863 with The Illumination Foundation to continue the site operations and interim housing services for people experiencing homelessness. The request to increase and extend the contract is imperative to keeping the shelter operational while a new Request for Proposal (RFP) is being drafted for release in October 2023.
On February 16, 2021, the City Council awarded a contract to The Illumination Foundation as part of its adoption of RFP HE-21-209 for providing site operations and interim housing services for people experiencing homelessness for a period of one year, with an option to renew for an additional one-year period.
The initial contract period began on February 18, 2021, and the option to renew was exercised through the first contract amendment, bringing the contract expiration date to February 18, 2023. On February 14, 2023, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute the second contract amendment to extend the contract for an additional six month period through August 18, 2023, and added an additional $1,731,165, bringing the contract total to $5,731,165.
Additional time is needed to submit a new RFP for the operations at the shelter as permanent supportive housing. As such, a contract extension with The Illumination Foundation for an additional six month period, in the amount of up to $1,300,000 is requested to keep the shelter operational while a new RFP is currently bei...
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