December 5, 2025

RE: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS No. RFP HE-25-529

The City of Long Beach (City) has completed its evaluation of Request for Proposals (RFP) No. RFP HE-25-529 for Long Beach Reentry Services

Program - Substance Use Treatment. Three proposals were received and evaluated. Based on the evaluation criteria stated in the RFP and analysis of the response, it is the City’s intent to award a contract to:

• Roots Through Recovery, of Long Beach, CA

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) 570-3835 during normal business hours or by email at rfppurchasing@longbeach.gov.

Sincerely, Elisa Landeros Elisa Landeros, Procurement 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.

Financial Management Business Relations Bureau/Purchasing Division

411 West Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802

(562) 570-6200 mailto:rfppurchasing@longbeach.gov

Memorandum

Date: December 4, 2025

To: Michelle Wilson, Purchasing Agent, Financial Management

From: Stephanie Chmelik, Acting Bureau Manager, Collective Impact Bureau, Department of Health and Human Services

Subject: RFP HE-25-529 Long Beach Reentry Services Program - Substance Use

Treatment

On August 20, 2025, a request for proposal (RFP) HE-25-529 was issued for Long Beach

Reentry Services Program - Substance Use Treatment, which will be responsible for providing specialized Substance Use Treatment to individuals arrested for, charged with, or convicted of an offense, AND who also self-identify as needing substance use treatment. Three proposals were received by the October 8, 2025, deadline.

The three submissions were reviewed to ensure they met the minimum qualifications and requirements of the RFP. All three proposals met the requirements and were further reviewed in accordance with the evaluation criteria, as stipulated in the RFP.

A three-person selection committee comprised of members from the Department of

Health and Human Services, the Long Beach Reentry Advisory Committee, and a community member evaluated the proposal based on their subject matter expertise.

The proposals were evaluated in accordance with the following evaluation criteria:

CRITERIA Weight

1. Organizational Capacity & Experience

• Meet the minimum qualifications of this RFP

• Successful experience performing activities related to those listed in this RFP

• Capacity and qualifications of staff to meet the performance outcomes

• Previous success in similar engagements and programs

30%

2. Method of Approach

• Creation of effective program plan to ensure implementation timeline alignment

• Demonstrates access to and knowledge of priority population.

30%

RFP HE-25-529 Long Beach Reentry Services Program - Substance Use Treatment

• Commitment to and impact on racial and health equity in the proposed project and through previous work

• Representation of priority population in organization’s leadership.

• Experience collaborating with and willingness to partner with other groups to reach goals

• Plan includes meaningful and intentional outreach engagement with community stakeholders

3. Communications & Reporting

• Ability to maintain, input and update client data and findings into selected formats for consumption by a broad range of stakeholders

• Project is actionable, connected to the organizational mission, provides a theory of change, and key resources are identified to achieve goals including language access plans

• Implementation focuses on priority populations and/or in key communities.

• Ability to provide data and preliminary evaluations on a regular basis throughout the contract period

• Ability to participate in mandatory monthly and quarterly grantee meetings and provide a primary point of contact

• Participate in selected system to track progress of the project and report programmatic outcomes

20%

4. Reasonableness of Cost

• Feasibility, reasonableness, and optimization of the proposed budget

10%

5. Commitment to Racial Equity

• Experience working with diverse populations and communities, and how this program is connected to racial equity goals and the work of your organization

• Work that your organization has undergone to improve racial equity.

• Number of people with lived experiences and individuals from racially diverse populations engaged in your organization’s planning and decision-making processes

10%

• Policies or practices in place that ensure the experiences of racially diverse communities are represented in your organizational infrastructure

After a thorough review and evaluation process, the selection committee selected the following organization to provide substance use services for the Prop 47 Long Beach

Reentry Service and Diversion Program:

• Roots Through Recovery, Long Beach, CA.

The committee recommends Roots Through Recovery based on their proposal submission, aligning with the evaluation criteria in the RFP. Final scores for all evaluated proposals are shown in the table below:

Vendor

Name

Final

Score

Local

Preference

Base

Score

Local

Preference

Credit Los Angeles Centers for

Alcohol and Drug

Abuse 84% 10% 74% 10% Roots Through

Recovery 85% 10% 75% 10% Wellness Equity Alliance 53% 0% 53% 0%

Approved by Purchasing:

Michelle Wilson, Purchasing Agent Date:

12/5/25