Connecting Vulnerable Populations to City Services
Closed State & local contract opportunity Posted
- Solicitation number
- HR-25-654
- State
- California
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- NIGP codes
- UNSPSC codes
- 94000000 Organizations and Clubs
- 90000000 Travel and Food and Lodging and Entertainment Services
- 71100000 Mining services
- 73140000 Fibers and textiles and fabric industries
- 93150000 Public administration and finance services
- 72121603 Offshore wind farm geotechnical survey
- 72121604 Offshore wind farm installation and commissioning
- 72154062 Hot tapping service
- 80150000 Trade policy and services
- 82110000 Writing and translations
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- 72154063 Stopple or line stopping service
- 94121607 Scouting club
- 94121601 Playing card hobby clubs
- 92110000 Military services and national defense
- 83000000 Public Utilities and Public Sector Related Services
- 73130000 Food and beverage industries
- 78140000 Transport services
- 90120000 Travel facilitation
- 72121602 Offshore wind farm environmental survey
- 94121600 Hobby clubs
- 94121602 Handcrafts clubs
- 94121606 Collector hobby club
- 94121604 Cooking hobby clubs
- 93000000 Politics and Civic Affairs Services
- 81130000 Statistics
- 93100000 Political systems and institutions
- 93110000 Socio political conditions
- 93120000 International relations
- 78120000 Material packing and handling
- 81120000 Economics
- 90140000 Commercial sports
- 93170000 Trade policy and regulation
- 72121600 Offshore wind farm service
- 72121601 Offshore wind farm development and project management
- 72121605 Offshore wind farm operation, maintenance and service
- 72121606 Offshore wind farm decommissioning
- 93131701 Anti tobacco campaigns
- 94121605 Gardening hobby clubs
- 93131703 Research programs
- 94121603 Poetry or literature hobby clubs
- 93131702 Sanitation programs
- Points of contact
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- Elisa Landeros lbpurchasing@longbeach.gov (562) 570-6200
- Jalesia Brown rfppurchasing@longbeach.gov (562) 570-6200
Opportunity details come from longbeachbuys.buyspeed.com. Updated .
About this opportunity
The City of Long Beach is awarding a contract for connecting vulnerable populations to city services under RFP HR-25-654, with the Notice of Intent to Award issued on October 28, 2025, following a September 29, 2025 proposal deadline.
The City intends to award to Embers and Oak Storyworks of Long Beach, California, which scored 72% in initial evaluation and 54% after Demo Day presentation and interviews on November 15, 2025. Two other finalists—FUZE Technology (Los Angeles, CA) scoring 43% and T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Bellevue, WA) scoring 34%—were also invited to Demo Day. Embers and Oak Storyworks was selected based on demonstrated understanding of the challenge, experience working with vulnerable populations, municipal collaboration history, long-term benefit potential, and cost reasonableness.
The RFP seeks innovative solutions to improve service discovery, access, and engagement for residents and visitors—particularly vulnerable populations—by overcoming barriers related to awareness, access, and digital equity. Solutions may include public charging stations, automatic text lines, expanded Wi-Fi, offline access tools, city service system integration, or digital intake tools. The scope requires staff plans, workplan timelines with key milestones, data and reporting systems, training and support, risk mitigation strategies, and proof-of-concept demonstration.
The initial contract award is $75,000 for a 12-month term, with option to renew for four additional one-year periods up to five years total, contingent on performance and mutual agreement. Three finalists also receive $3,500 honorariums. Evaluation used five equally weighted criteria (20% each): qualifications, feasibility, impact, originality, and understanding of the challenge. Local businesses maintaining principal place of business in Long Beach with current business license received five extra credit percentage points. If the City sustains or scales the contract beyond the initial 12-month period exceeding $100,000, the Long Beach Equal Benefits Ordinance applies, requiring equal benefits for employees with spouses and domestic partners. Purchase Order issuance is anticipated February 2026; work shall not commence without signed Purchase Order.
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