Notice of Intent Final.pdf

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Climate Action Accelerator Resource Hub
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CM-24-375
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California

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Summary of Notice of Intent to Award and Evaluation Memorandum

This file comprises a Notice of Intent to Award and supporting evaluation memorandum issued by the City of Long Beach Department of Financial Management regarding Request for Proposals No. CM-24-375 for a turnkey online resource hub for climate-related funding opportunities. The RFP was released on January 3, 2024, with a proposal submission deadline of February 7, 2024. One responsive proposal was received and evaluated by the selection committee. The City of Long Beach intends to award the contract to Geocko, Inc. dba FORWARD of Seattle, Washington. The contract will provide a fully operational online resource hub designed to support the City's climate action initiatives by consolidating climate-related funding opportunities for diverse residents and organizations.

The evaluation committee assessed proposals based on organizational capacity and experience, expertise and availability of key personnel, experience with comparable engagements, method of approach, quality and capacity of the program administration software system with timely implementation capability, capacity to implement comprehensive case management services, ability to securely process payments on behalf of the City, multilingual support capabilities, communications and reporting abilities including data collection and synthesis, and reasonableness of cost. The Notice of Intent to Award was issued on April 3, 2024, and was approved by Michelle Wilson, Purchasing Agent. The awarded vendor will receive a purchase order from the City, and work shall not commence without a signed purchase order. This Notice of Intent to Award does not constitute a final award.

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Department of Financial Management 411 West Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802

(562) 570-5486

April 4, 2024

RE: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS No. RFP CM-24-375

The City of Long Beach (City) has completed its evaluation of Request for

Proposals (RFP) No. CM-24-375 for a turnkey online resource hub for climate-related funding opportunities. One responsive proposal was received and evaluated. Based on the evaluation criteria stated in the RFP, and analysis of the responses, it is the City’s intent to award the contract to

Geocko, Inc. dba FORWARD of Seattle, WA.

Thank you for your participation in the procurement process. The City of

Long Beach regards your firm as an important and valuable provider of goods and/or services. If I can answer any further questions, please feel free to contact me at (562) 570-5486 during normal business hours or by email at rfppurchasing@longbeach.gov.

Sincerely, Anthony Delgado Anthony Delgado, Assistant Administrative Analyst II

NOTE: This Notice of Intent to Award does not constitute an award. The awarded vendor will receive a purchase order from the City of Long Beach.

Work shall not commence without a signed purchase order.

mailto:rfppurchasing@longbeach.gov

Memorandum

Date: April 3, 2024

To: Michelle Wilson, Purchasing Agent

From: Meredith Reynolds, Deputy City Manager, Office of the City Manager

Subject: CM 24-375 Climate Action Accelerator Hub

A Request for Proposals (RFP) CM 24-375 was released on January 3, 2024, soliciting proposals from qualified firms to a turnkey online resource hub for climate-related funding opportunities for the City of Long Beach. One proposal was received in response to the RFP by the February 7, 2024 deadline.

The proposal was reviewed to ensure all mandatory requirements of the RFP were met. The proposal met the mandatory requirements and was deemed responsive.

A selection met and evaluated the proposals. The proposals were evaluated in accordance with the evaluation criteria, as stipulated in the RFP:

• Organizational Capacity & Experience

• Expertise and availability of key personnel

• Experience in the performance of comparable engagements either as a single contractor or alongside sub-contractors

• Method of Approach

• Quality and capacity of program administration software system/application portal and ability to implement a fully operational system within a timely manner after being awarded • Capacity to implement a comprehensive case management service

• Ability to securely process payments on behalf of the City

• Ability to effectively support diverse residents and organizations in multiple languages

• Communications & Reporting

• Ability to collect and synthesize data

• Ability to communicate and collectively resolve issues

• Reasonableness of Cost

After a thorough evaluation of the proposal, the selection committee selected Geocko, Inc. dba FORWARD of Seattle, WA to provide the turnkey online resource hub for the City of Long Beach.

If you have any questions about our selection, please feel free to contact me at 8-6677.

APPROVED:

Michelle Wilson, Purchasing Agent Date

4/3/24

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