STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance & Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: June 28, 2023
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Jack Ireland
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SUBJECT
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Authorize the City Manager or his or her designee to execute a service contract for a term of one two years with United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Inc. (single proposer), approved as to form by the City Attorney, in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for Capacity Building Programmatic Support Services to support and stabilize small emerging non-profits for the Office of Homeless Solutions - Not to exceed $1,000,000 - Financing - General Fund
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BACKGROUND
This action does not encumber funds; the purpose of a service contract is to establish firm pricing for services, for a specific term, which are ordered on an as needed basis.
This service contract will provides for Capacity Building Programmatic Support Services that will identify, support, and stabilize small emerging non-profits, to equip them with the ability to apply to and participate in government-funded programs in the future. for the Office of Homeless Solutions. This will support the City Council and City Manager's goal of increasing local non-profit capacity to provide support for the unsheltered through concentrated cultivation of local infrastructure. The awardee will design and maintain an eight-(8)month course and maintain two courses for a maximum of fifteen (15) participants per cohort to support and train organizations in becoming stable non-profits. Training modules will include development of vision, mission statements, strategic planning, internal controls, budgets, bylaws, performance measurement, website design/maintenance and the government granting process. Requirements will be established by awardee in coordination with the City for organization(s) to qualify for a financial audit, start-up, and support course c...
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