Title
CDBG Owner-Occupied Housing Rehabilitation Program - Sheltering in Place Coronavirus Prevention Request For Proposal Award (Ordinance S-46795)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into contracts for Coronavirus prevention Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Owner-Occupied Housing Rehabilitation services to support social distancing/sheltering in place for an aggregate amount not to exceed $2 million. Request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds over the life of the contracts.
Report
Summary
At the April 21, 2020 Special Policy Session, staff presented its CDBG 2015-2020 Substantial Amendment plan, which also included plans to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health crisis. Council subsequently provided authority to procure goods and services necessary and appropriate to implement and administer the City's COVID-19 programs at the May 6 Formal Council Meeting.
On May 21 the Neighborhood Services Department issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for CDBG-funded Owner-Occupied Housing Rehabilitation services to support low- and moderate-income residents in Phoenix to prevent the spread of Coronavirus by providing home repairs to critical systems or structures to allow the safety and comfort for people social distancing and sheltering in place. The program's services will address health and safety hazards that allow residents to social distance due to the COVID-19 public health crisis. A total of five applications were received by the June 3 deadline and forwarded to the review panel. The RFP review panel evaluated each submittal on a 1,000-point scale: project description/need (150 points), proposed outcomes and impact (425 points), and track record/capacity to implement (425 points). The following two proposals met the minimum threshold requirement and are recommended for contract award.
Owner-Occupied Housing Rehabilitation Program Services
- FSL Real Estate Services (820 points)
- Habitat for Humanity (750 points)
Contract Term
Contract terms awarded through this RFP process will be for one year, commencing on or about June 25, 2020, for an aggregate amount not to exceed $2 million.
Financial Impact
There is no impact to the General Fund; these contractual services are funded through the CDBG and CDBG-CV grants.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Neighborhood Services Department.