Active SLED Opportunity · OREGON · WASHINGTON COUNTY
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Washington County DHS seeks property owners to partner in creating an Access Center for homeless services in Central Washington County. Funding is available for property rehabilitation or acquisition. The center will provide housing navigation, shelter, and amenities to support housing stability and equitable outcomes.
Washington County Department of Housing Services (DHS) seeks to partner with building or land owners interested in utilizing property for an Access Center. A capital funding award, structured as a forgivable loan, will be used for the rehabilitation of an existing property or the acquisition of a new potential site for an Access Center.
DHS Local Implementation Plan for the Supportive Housing Services (SHS) program aims to create one (1) Access Center in Central Washington County. The Access Center will be used as a coordinated entry access point to supportive housing services, including: housing navigation service center, inclement weather shelter, and provider of other necessary homeless service amenities, such as showers, laundry, and meal provisions. To achieve this goal, Washington County is seeking partnerships with property owners and community partners to help create an Access Center in Central Washington County with an emphasis on equitable access and outcomes.
DHS will work in full partnership with property owners to fund, develop, and support the new Access Center as quickly and effectively as possible to meet our unsheltered community’s urgent needs. The County will also serve as the primary funder and administrator of services offered at the site, working in partnership with the building owner to support the development and ongoing maintenance of the site, and a community-based provider to ensure efficient and effective program operations of the Access Center. The operations contract will be negotiated and executed separate from this process and will result in a single day rate for access center operations. The applicants for these funds should understand that due to limited ongoing resources, operators will need to fundraise for additional operational dollars. The County anticipates that the property owner and the operations contractor will be the same entity, but that is not a requirement.
Washington County launched an ambitious strategy to build a countywide system of care to address and prevent homelessness through services and supports that lead to housing stability and equitable outcomes. This work is funded through resources from the regional Supportive Housing Services (SHS) ballot measure that was passed by voters in the tri-county metro region in May 2020. The measure authorizes a new regional tax that will generate revenue for implementation of the SHS program from July 2021 through December 2030, with the potential for extension through voter renewal.
Using SHS funds, the County has increased its shelter capacity significantly including bridge shelters, pod shelters, seasonal shelters, motel conversions, and year-round congregate and non-congregate
shelters. To support these shelters, DHS intends to add an Access Center in Central Washington County, which will also be funded through SHS. This Access Center will help to centralize the homeless services
and amenities utilized by the County’s homeless population and will help coordinate the County’s response, improving access to both temporary and permanent housing options.
The Department of Housing Services is committed to fair access and lawful treatment in all programs. Populations with limited service access and homelessness are inextricably linked; therefore, housing justice is at the forefront of all programmatic work.
Applicant demonstrates experience and a logical plan to execute the core components of their program. to get the information you will evaluate and score. List the criteria by which you will evaluate the response to this criteria.
Applicant has a thorough plan to construct and operate the Access Center as described.
Applicant, and/or development team and partners have previous experience in real estate and/or obtaining permits and other development requirements.
Applicant and/or partner’s experience reflects history with building or operating and providing services that are focused on helping individuals gain safety, improve health, and address barriers to securing housing.
Proposed project is c
Proposed project is consistent with DHS programmatic and operation cost model.
Proposed project contributes to the overall shelter system. DHS will review the proposed site for congruity with other proposed Access Centers, existing and planned shelters, and other planned homeless services sites throughout the County.
By electronically submitting this response the Supplier attests and certifies that:
1. Person completing this response represents that I am either authorized to bind the Supplier, or that I am submitting the Response on behalf of and at the direction of the Supplier's representative authorized to contractually bind the Supplier.
2. I represent that the Supplier or its applicable representative(s) has reviewed the information contained in this Solicitation Package and that the information submitted is accurate.
3. Respondent agrees that the action of electronically submitting its response constitutes:
a. an electronic signature on the responses, generally,
b. an agreement to conduct business electronically,
c. an electronic signature on any form or section specifically calling for a signature, and
d. an affirmative agreement to any statement contained in the solicitation that requires a definite confirmation or acknowledgement.
Applicant read through the enitre opportunity and confirms that they meet all of the requirements?
Enter your registry number without spaces or dashes. If you are not currently registered enter N/A. If you are the successful proposer you will be required the register with the Secretary of State in order to contract with the County.
The responder hereby certifies that they have complied with the tax laws of Oregon and all political subdivision of the State of Oregon, including ORS 305.620 and ORS chapters 316, 317 and 318. Washington County may terminate the contract if contractor fails to comply with any tax laws during the term of the contract.
Provide the name, email, and phone number for the contact in case of questions, or interview or demonstration arrangements.
The application shall be prepared succinctly, providing a straight forward, concise description of the applicant's abilities. There should be no unnecessary attachments or exhibits.
Application should contain no more than ten (10) pages of written material (excluding examples such as program materials which may be included in an appendix) describing the ability of the proposer to perform the work described. The minimum font shall be twelve (12) point.
Upload the required information for this application, any appendix information or other information outside of the ten (10) limit should be uploaded seperately in Section 5.2. Upload any confidential information in Section 5.3 not here.
These pages may not be reviewed by the evaluation committee and do not count against the ten (10) page limit.
Upload any confidential information for your application. These pages do count against the ten (10) page limit.
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SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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