This federal contract award, valued at $923,645, was issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to the Swords To Plowshares Veterans Rights Organization, a non-profit community organization in San Francisco, California. The contract is for the provision of homeless veteran residential treatment services in San Francisco, with a performance period ending on August 31, 2017.
The contract was awarded on September 1, 2016 and is a firm fixed-price purchase order. Swords To Plowshares has previously been awarded multiple other federal contracts and grants from the VA, including an Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) worth up to $6.99 million to provide Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) services, and another IDV worth up to $3 million for housing support specialist services. These IDVs allow the VA to efficiently procure Swords To Plowshares' specialized services in addressing veteran homelessness. The organization also receives significant federal grants, such as from the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program and the Department of Labor's Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program, to support its wide range of services for homeless, low-income, and at-risk veterans in the San Francisco Bay Area.