Homeless Emergency Project, Inc.

Homeless Emergency Project, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Clearwater, Florida, operates as a prime recipient of federal contracts and grants for emergency residential shelter, substance abuse treatment, and case management services to homeless individuals and veterans, competing on a full-and-open basis with no set-aside designations across 90% of its award portfolio.

HEP's federal footprint centers on two customer agencies. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 accounts for 34 awards carrying $23 million in combined potential value — the entirety of HEP's documented contract revenue — through two single-award indefinite delivery contracts: a $3.942 million IDC for contracted emergency residential services (24 shelter beds) and a $2.117 million IDC for substance abuse treatment program services (28 SATP beds), both placed in Clearwater, Florida. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development funds 40 awards, primarily through the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) and the VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program (CFDA 64.024), in the form of project grants and sub-grant awards for facility rehabilitation, case management operations, and emergency solutions programming. Recent contract work includes delivery orders of $788.4 thousand (October 2025 through September 2026) for emergency residential services under the primary IDC, a $365 thousand delivery order (April 2026 through March 2029) for SATP services, and a $511 thousand delivery order (April 2025 through March 2026) for SATP services. On the grant side, HEP received $108.305 thousand in Continuum of Care funding (May 2024) and $137.506 thousand in VA GPD per-diem support (August 2021) for operational costs.

HEP's IDC structure surfaces five named parent vehicles across its award history: two VA-issued single-award indefinite delivery contracts (36C24819D0007 with 6 task orders and VA24817D0170 with 5 task orders) and three HUD vehicles (36C24823D0007 carrying 4 task orders valued at $2.5 million, 36C24824D0067 with 3 task orders, and VA24816D0011 with 2 task orders). Recent activity shows a modest decline — seven awards in 2022, eight in 2023, six in 2024, two in 2025, and one in 2026 — with only one award (the $788 thousand emergency residential services delivery order) facing ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months. On SCI-reportable federal service contracts, HEP invoiced $1.7 million across FY2023–FY2024, scaling from 5.2 FTEs in FY2023 to 12.6 FTEs in FY2024, with median government-paid hourly rates around $55.70/hr reflecting direct-service delivery labor. HEP operates as a prime on all documented work with no named subcontractors. The organization's capability portfolio is concentrated in residential mental health and substance abuse facilities (22 NAICS awards) and temporary shelters (10 awards), with place of performance consistently in the Tampa Bay region, primarily Clearwater and Pinellas County.