To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Amendment #25-097-2 with Focus Strategies
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract Amendment Agreement #25-097-2 with Focus Strategies, a corporation, effective April 1, 2023, to amend Contract #25-097 (as amended by Amendment/Extension Agreement #25-097-1), to increase the payment limit by $75,000, from $193,385 to a new payment limit of $268,385, for additional consultation and technical assistance to the Health, Housing and Homeless Services Division with regard to Housing Project Management with no change in the term of July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2023.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this amendment will result in additional expenditures of up to $75,000 and is funded 100% by Homeless, Housing and Assistance Prevention (HHAP) grant funds. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
Focus Strategies has been providing consultation and technical assistance to the Health Housing and Homeless Services Division with regard to HUD activities, including grant-writing services for County’s McKinney-Vento application and county’s Continuum of Care planning and resource development. The Contractor has been providing these services to the county since July 10, 1998.
In February 2022, the County Administrator approved and the Purchasing Services Manager executed Contract #25-097 with Focus Strategies in an amount of $120,000 for the provision of consultation and technical assistance services to the Health Housing and Homeless Services Division, for the period from July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022.
In October 2022, the County Administrator approved and the Purchasing Services Manager executed Amendment/Extension Agreement #25-097-1 with Focus Strategies, effective December 31, 2022, to increase the payment limit by $73,385 to a new payment limit not to exceed $193,385, for additional consultation and technical assistance services and to extend the termination date from December 31, 2022 to December 31, 2023.
Approval of Contract Amendment Agreement #25-097-2 will allow the contractor to provide additional consultation and technical assistance services through December 31, 2023. The Health, Housing and Homeless Services Division submitted the amendment request late due to limited staffing and several vacancies.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this amendment is not approved, county will not have the Housing Project Management expertise needed to support multiple projects.
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I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. |
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Monica Nino, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors |
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