Q&A
Discussion on contract evaluation and provider capacity
2:30:57
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104 sec
Council Member Stevens inquires about the evaluation process for new contracts, particularly for shelters, and how the city assesses nonprofit capacity. Commissioner Park explains the criteria used in reviewing proposals, including provider capacity and experience.
- The city aims to balance experience with capacity and bandwidth when evaluating providers
- Shelter service provision requires specific operational and human service skill sets
- The evaluation process considers compliance with city government rules and regulations
Althea V. Stevens
2:30:57
Hello.
2:30:57
Good afternoon.
2:30:59
I guess for me, some of the questions I always have and just think about, when we're thinking about even the landscape of nonprofits and the contracting in the city, you know, we have a lot of nonprofits who hold a lot of contracts with the city.
2:31:12
And so I'm just trying to get a better understanding of how is that evaluated when we're thinking about new contracts, and especially, like, with shelters because that's such a big overhaul.
2:31:21
And because I feel like a lot of times we look at them as jack of all trades, and that's not the case.
2:31:26
And so are we looking to start thinking about maybe having more of an evaluation and and factoring that in, to kinda get people to stay more in a niche?
2:31:36
Because often people are following the money and the trends, and so they'll jump and put their hats in the the ring to have all these different contracts.
2:31:44
So how does that how's that taken into consideration when thinking about, giving out a contract especially for something as big as a shelter?
Molly Wasow Park
2:31:53
Thank you, council member.
2:31:54
Very good question.
2:31:55
So when we are, reviewing a proposal that comes in through our open ended RFP, which is how we we solicit, and and, review new shelter proposals, we're one of the criteria that we're looking at is provider capacity.
2:32:11
And we're looking to balance 2 things.
2:32:14
One is some level of experience.
2:32:16
Right?
2:32:16
I think op providing shelter services is a skill in and of itself.
2:32:21
It is challenging.
2:32:22
There's particular, both operational and human service, skill sets that are needed and also compliance with with city government rules and regulations as we've been talking about all morning, right, is is challenging.
2:32:36
So we're looking to balance experience with also, capacity and bandwidth.
Althea V. Stevens
2:32:41
But if we're only looking because I because I understand the capacity piece.
