Recommend approval to authorize the City Manager to execute the renewal of an annual contract with the Chatham Savannah Authority for the Homeless for Unified Case Management services for the City 54 Program serving homeless persons with disabilities in the amount of $78,110. The Subrecipient shall provide permanent tenant-based rental assistance for persons identified as homeless or chronically homeless who are generally presumed to be principally low and moderate income persons.

The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah approved a Resolution on November 5, 2018 to provide a grant in the amount of $78,110 in Community Development Block Grant funds by the City to the Subrecipient for the period beginning January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019.

The method of procurement of procurement used was the request for proposal (RFP), which evaluates criteria.  This contract is grant-based so cost was not evaluated.  The criteria evaluated for this RFP were the firm’s qualifications and capabilities, organization and program experience with HUD’s “Housing First Approach”, being a Chatham-Savannah Homeless CoC member, and local vendor participation. 

This contract was originally approved by City Council on October 11, 2018 in the amount of $97,720. This if the first of four renewal options available. The contract term shall be January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020.

Approval