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Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFQ HE22-017 for Long Beach Recovery Act Black-Serving Mental Health Services, and award contracts as-needed to the 27 agencies for Black-serving mental health services, in a total annual aggregate amount of $1,000,000 for a period of one year, with the option to renew for four additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and, authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contracts, including any necessary subsequent amendments. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into contracts with multiple mental health providers to provide mental health services to under- and uninsured Black Long Beach residents experiencing negative mental and emotional well-being. A collection of qualified, readily available mental health providers with the appropriate skillsets and subject-matter expertise will provide culturally affirming mental health services to the Black community at-large and the various sub-communities that make up the Black Long Beach population, including but not limited to, youth, LGBTQ+, veterans, People Experiencing Homelessness (PEH), and people with disabilities. Providers and staff will agree on detailed scopes of work and compensation prior to initiating any work.
The Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was advertised in the Long Beach Press-Telegram on January 5, 2022, and 265 potential proposers specializing in providing mental health services to the Black community received notification of the RFQ opportunity. Of those proposers, 76 downloaded the RFQ via the City’s electronic bid system. The RFQ document was made available from the Purchasing Division, located on the sixth floor of City Hall, and the Division’s website at www.longbeach.gov/purchasing
. An RFQ Announcement was also included in the Purchasing Division’s weekly update of Open Bid Opportunities, which is s...
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